Mellotronists

Elka did some too I believe. I think Mike Rutherford used some 
things called "Mr Bassman" pedals but I can't recall the company 
name. The pedals didn't stick out the front but were sort of sat on top 
of the box and were pressed into it.
John
M300 #005

To:             	Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
From:           	"Bernie Kornowicz" <kornowicz@...>
Date sent:      	Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:50:08 -0000
Subject:        	[Mellotronists] Re: Yessongs DVD

> 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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