There are some Moodies video clips from a German TV show (which I
can't find at the moment) where he's running his MkII through a
Marshall head and it sounds pretty clean. I don't remember what he
was using for speakers though. KC's Devil's Triangle has a nice bite
to the Tron. Can a Hiwatt sound like that if overdriven?
Bernie
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newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "gino wong"
<wonggster@...> wrote:
>
> Hiwatts are clean, Marshalls are not. Unless you are going to play
> "Smoke on the Water", the Marshall won't work very well.
>
>
> On 7/8/08, MAinPsych@... <MAinPsych@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In either event, it was miked, not direct, which answers the
basic
> > question.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...>
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 1:20 pm
> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] King Crimson - Cirkus
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ian /_∗definitely ∗_/told me it was HiWatt. Mind you, he was
pissed at
> > the time.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Rick Blechta wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue 08/07/08 9:54 AM , MAinPsych@... sent:
> > >
> > >
> > > According to Ian McDonald, in The Mellotron Book, the MkII
was put
> > > through a Marshall stack and miked.
> > >
> > > My question: Does Martin feign ignorance or is that an inborn
trait?
> > >
> > > How soon we forget,
> > > Frank Samagaio
> > > San Diego CA
> > > owner, MkII #134 (Pindertron) / M400 #908
> > > author, The Mellotron Book
> > >
> > > In all the photos of that-era KC that I've seen, they're using
> > > HiWatt stacks (they were also endorsers of HiWatt) and this is
> > > what Ian told me in 2005 they used for the recording of the
album.
> > > I can't see them using HiWatt onstage and switching to
something
> > > else in the studio. They tried to record the album as
much "off
> > > the floor" as they could and it seems to me that they'd just
drag
> > > their usual equipment into the studio and play.
> > >
> > > Has anyone seen any photos that refute my claim? That could
give
> > > this discussion a lead or two.
> > >
> > > Maybe Ian didn't remember clearly what they'd used when he
talked
> > > to you, Frank. Being a sax player primarily, he'd probably
just
> > > think "that bloody big amp behind me" when he was playing. In
my
> > > experience, sax players get big johnsons discussing makes of
saxes
> > > and what reeds and mouthpieces they like. They couldn't care
less
> > > about amplifiers. Guitarists, on the other hand... ;)
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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