On 7/9/08, Bernie <
kornowicz@cox.net> wrote:
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> 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.
If not speaking in general terms , anything is possible. I just got a
WEM pa head that sounds good.
KC's Devil's Triangle has a nice bite
> to the Tron. Can a Hiwatt sound like that if overdriven?
Sure, if you apply a hot signal
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> Bernie
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "gino wong"
> <wonggster@...> wrote:
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> > Hiwatts are clean, Marshalls are not. Unless you are going to play
> > "Smoke on the Water", the Marshall won't work very well.
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> > On 7/8/08, MAinPsych@... <MAinPsych@...> wrote:
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> > > In either event, it was miked, not direct, which answers the
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> > > question.
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> > > -----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
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> > > Ian /_∗definitely ∗_/told me it was HiWatt. Mind you, he was
> pissed at
> > > the time.
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> > > Mike
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> > > Rick Blechta wrote:
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> > > > On Tue 08/07/08 9:54 AM , MAinPsych@... sent:
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> > > > According to Ian McDonald, in The Mellotron Book, the MkII
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> > > > through a Marshall stack and miked.
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> > > > My question: Does Martin feign ignorance or is that an inborn
> trait?
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> > > > How soon we forget,
> > > > Frank Samagaio
> > > > San Diego CA
> > > > owner, MkII #134 (Pindertron) / M400 #908
> > > > author, The Mellotron Book
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> > > > 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
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> > > > 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
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> > > > their usual equipment into the studio and play.
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> > > > Has anyone seen any photos that refute my claim? That could
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> > > > this discussion a lead or two.
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> > > > Maybe Ian didn't remember clearly what they'd used when he
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> > > > to you, Frank. Being a sax player primarily, he'd probably
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> > > > 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... ;)
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> > > > Rick
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