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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron Sound

2011-10-14 by lsf5275@aol.com

Is that about the time when...
 
"The White Eagle of the North
Is flying overhead
And the browns, reds and golds of Autumn
Lie in the gutter, dead?"
 
 
In a message dated 10/14/2011 1:07:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
pocotron@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
 
Hi all-
  When the leaves turn colors and start to fall, it takes  me back to a 
time I discovered the Moodies as a teen.  It was  a very memorable time.  This 
happens every year.  All  their music then ends up on my car stereo, and I 
take long  drives.
  I, too, marvel at the mystery of their sound.  This  group has answered 
many of the questions, and more will surely  come.
   With all respect, I hope my comments aren't like  fingernails on a 
chalkboard to you, Martin.  ;-)
 
   -Bruce D.
 



 

From:  "lsf5275@aol.com" <lsf5275@aol.com>
To:  newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:39  PM
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron Sound


 
 

Sometimes it bares repeating. Some of us are not so young anymore Mr.  
Smith, and occasionally we get a new member..
 
me
 
 
In a message dated 10/13/2011 7:12:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tronbros@aol.com writes:

 
 
Personally, I don't think anyone should ever ask again about the  Moodies' 
mellotron sound as it seems to crop up every few months and is  answered 
every time!  Remember what has been said then move on.  It doesn't bare 
repetition.  The next person wot arsks gets  beaten with a wet banana.


M

_mellotronics.co.uk_ (http://mellotronics.co.uk/)   






On 14 Oct 2011, at 00:00, Gary Brumm <_gabru@comsec.net_ 
(mailto:gabru@comsec.net) >  wrote:





 
 
I even used an old 50 watt  to power a Leslie 122 at one point when I had 
my first C3…..   

 
 
From: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)   [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David  
Jacques
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:39 PM
To:  <_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) >
Subject:  Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron Sound



 
 
 
 
Should have said &  quot;hiwatt"

 

Sent from my iPad

 

On Oct 13, 2011, at 3:06 PM, "David  Jacques" <_david.jacques@csulb.edu_ 
(mailto:david.jacques@csulb.edu) >  wrote:


 

 
 
The guitarist in a former band of mine  had a 50 w Harry Joyce signed 
Howard amp head... I offered him $1000 for  it.... Sounded fantastic. 

Sent from my iPad

 

On Oct 13, 2011, at 2:24 PM, "Gary  Brumm" <_gabru@comsec.net_ 
(mailto:gabru@comsec.net) >  wrote:


 

 
 
Dave Reeves has been  dead since the early 80’s.  The Reeves amps look very 
much like  the ori ginal HIWATT.  
I did some work for  HIWATT when they were manufactured in Modesto, CA.  A 
lot of  people have made them 
over the years but the  originals certainly set a high standard.  Harry 
Joyce (the  builder of the original HIWATT 
made HIWATT type amps  for a while then died in early 2000.  The HIWATT 
amplifier has  been produced in many 
variations (I worked on  the 20 & 30 watt versions (EL84X2 or EL34X4) but 
the originals can  be beat.


 
 
From:  _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)   _[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]_ 
(mailto:[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com])   On Behalf Of Tom Doncourt
Sent: Thursday, October 13,  2011 1:59 PM
To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
Subject:  Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron  Sound



 
 
 
Reeves 12 watt combo
 
 
On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Gary  Brumm wrote:







 

 
Was it a “Reeves” amp  or a HIWATT?

 
 
From:  _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)   _[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]_ 
(mailto:[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com])   On Behalf Of Tom Doncourt
Sent: Thursday, October 13,  2011 12:01 PM
To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
Subject:<  /b> Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Moodies Tron  Sound



 
 
 
I bought a Reeves amp a year ago to  play the tron through and I love it.
 
 
 
On Oct 13,  2011, at 2:56 PM, stevebowd wrote:








 


Dave Reeves was under conract  to provide amplifiers for Sound City, but 
once the contract ended, he  naturally decided to focus entirely on his own 
Hiwatt brand. So not  all Sound City amps were built by Dave Reeves.
Dave Reeves had  nothing to do with Orange. Early Orange amps were built by 
one of the  great unsung heroes of tube amplification, Matt Mathias and his 
 company Matamp. They are my all-time favourite amp company, and  they're 
still around:
_http://www.matamp.co.uk/_ (http://www.matamp.co.uk/) 

Steve (tube amp  nerd)

--- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  Gary Brumm <_gabru@... <  /a>> wrote:
>
> HIWATT was in no way related to  Marshall. It was a much higher quality 
build and a very versatile  series of amplifiers.
> It was  built by Dave Reeves as was Sound City and I believe Orange  
amplifiers.
> 
> From: _ (mailto:gabru@...) _newmellotrongroup@y  ahoogroups.com_ 
(http://ahoogroups.com/)  [mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ]  On Behalf Of John Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011  12:57 PM
> To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
>  Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Moodies Tron Sound
> 
>  
> I've seen a Marshal head in some videos, but never Hiwatt.  Although, 
wasn't Hiwatt a spinoff from Marshal?
> 
>  John
> #911
> 
> From: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) <_mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) >  [mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) 
]<mailto:[mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ]>  On Behalf Of 
Vance Pomeroy
> Sent: W ednesday, October 12, 2011  11:49 AM
> To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) <mailto:_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) >
>  Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Moodies Tron Sound
> 
>  
> 
> But Pinder used a tube amp....That's a Hiwatt on top  of the  tron.

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