Mellotronists

kenmerb@... wrote: ..... running a mellotron through a Marshall
stack.  Sounds great on guitars, not so great on mellotrons.  The first
concert I ever went to was the Moodies back in 1972, and Mike Pinder
must have been running his MKII through a stack of amps, because it was
distorting like hell.  I remember thinking, man - he's going to blow
something.

> I can verify he Marshall stack / Mike Pinder connection. I have a
> photo of the Moodies circa 68/69 from the Shrine Auditorium Exhibition
> Hall here in LA. The Moodies are on a very small stage. Justin playing
> his Tele through a Marshall stack. John playing his P Bass through a
> Marshall stack. Both stacks are on Graeme's left. To his right is a
> Marshall stack without the head on the top. The head is on top of
> Mike's Mk II. (Ray's tambourine is on top of the head.) He obviously
> used the amp settings as well as the volume pedal for controlling
> effects he created. Listen to Caught Live. The sound is a bit thin
> because the recording pretty much sucks, but the imagination is not
> fooled. He does push the amp to distort in a few places.

If I recall correctly someone on the list said that Mike had told him
that he always doubled the tron/chamby parts in the studio. Am I right?

Vance