Mellotronists

Prior to purchasing a Moog Taurus unit around 1975, I had a very 
nice sounding set of bass pedals made by a company in Texas, but I 
don't remember the name of the company. The unit was basically a 
black crackle textured metal box with some wooden pedals and only a 
couple of settings. The only problem with them was they moved around 
when played because they were so light. Anyone familiar with them?

Bernie

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, zappaboggs <zappaboggs@y...> 
wrote:
> You folks are absolutely correct! Sorry for the
> confusion..  I do remember seeing bass pedals from the
> early 70's, but it was of the Fender kind...
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/jpjkeys/basspedals.html
> 
> 
> --- Andy Thompson <andy.thompson@v...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: zappaboggs [mailto:zappaboggs@y...]
> > Sent: 07 April 2003 20:53
> > To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Yessongs DVD
> > 
> > 
> > FYI
> > 
> > http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/moog_taurus1.cfm
> > 
> > The Taurus 1 Bass Pedals were released in 1971.
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry, but the Mark 1 Taurus was absolutely not
> > released in '71. The guy
> > that wrote the summary on that site obviously
> > doesn't know his arse from his
> > elbow anyway, given that he's under the impression
> > there were three
> > different models. '75 sounds like a more reasonable
> > release date. Visually,
> > they match the MultiMoog and possibly the MicroMoog
> > - mid-'70s instruments.
> > I believe they were originally going to be part of
> > Moog's uber-synth
> > project, the Constellation, consisting of a
> > polysynth, possibly a mono, and
> > pedals. When it fell through, they carried on with
> > the development of the
> > pedals. First known recording, Genesis, 'A Trick of
> > the Tail', recorded that
> > year.
> > 
> > Both Genesis and Yes used pre-Taurus bass pedals
> > from about '71 onwards,
> > then switched to Moog when they became available.
> > 
> > Andy T.
> > M400 #1145
> > Moog Taurus Mark 1 #2-something and #3-something. 
> > :-)
> > 
> > 'The Ultimate Mellotron Recordings List (Possibly)'
> > 
> > http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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