Mellotronists

In a message dated 8/4/02 5:56:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
rick@... writes:


> When Ian was up here last fall for Tronto MkII, I had a long discussion 
> about how the first KC album was recorded--specifically the mellotron. 
> Here's what he remembered: Get one of those honking big Neumann U87s or 
> U47s 
> Play the mellotron through a HiWatt stack, turned up fairly loud 
> Throw on lots of reverb at the mixing end and a bit on the amp/tron (if you 
> have a MkII) end 
> Stand back and make the hair stand up for everyone on your street (assuming 
> you're doing this in your basement). 
> Cost: about $7k 
> Results: priceless 
> 
> 

Hmmm........Dig a basement, $20,000.

Hiwatt stack?  Guess my POD wouldn't work?    ;-)

Maybe I need to consider setting this beast up to be mic'd.    It does have 
two lovely Warfdale speakers which sound great,  I just don't want to 
frighten any small children.

Has anyone tried recording one of these beasts through a microphone?  
Is there really a difference?  


Ken M