The Mellotron Group

There are some Moodies video clips from a German TV show (which I 
can't find at the moment) where he's running his MkII through a 
Marshall head and it sounds pretty clean. I don't remember what he 
was using for speakers though. KC's Devil's Triangle has a nice bite 
to the Tron. Can a Hiwatt sound like that if overdriven?

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "gino wong" 
<wonggster@...> wrote:
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> Hiwatts are clean, Marshalls are not. Unless you are going to play
> "Smoke on the Water", the Marshall won't work very well.
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> On 7/8/08, MAinPsych@... <MAinPsych@...> wrote:
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> >  In either event, it was miked, not direct, which answers the 
basic
> > question.
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...>
> >  To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> >  Sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 1:20 pm
> >  Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] King Crimson - Cirkus
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> > Ian /_*definitely *_/told me it was HiWatt. Mind you, he was 
pissed at
> >  the time.
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> >  Mike
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> >  Rick Blechta wrote:
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> >  > On Tue 08/07/08 9:54 AM , MAinPsych@... sent:
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> >  > According to Ian McDonald, in The Mellotron Book, the MkII 
was put
> >  > through a Marshall stack and miked.
> >  >
> >  > My question: Does Martin feign ignorance or is that an inborn 
trait?
> >  >
> >  > How soon we forget,
> >  > Frank Samagaio
> >  > San Diego CA
> >  > owner, MkII #134 (Pindertron) / M400 #908
> >  > author, The Mellotron Book
> >  >
> >  > In all the photos of that-era KC that I've seen, they're using
> >  > HiWatt stacks (they were also endorsers of HiWatt) and this is
> >  > what Ian told me in 2005 they used for the recording of the 
album.
> >  > I can't see them using HiWatt onstage and switching to 
something
> >  > else in the studio. They tried to record the album as 
much "off
> >  > the floor" as they could and it seems to me that they'd just 
drag
> >  > their usual equipment into the studio and play.
> >  >
> >  > Has anyone seen any photos that refute my claim? That could 
give
> >  > this discussion a lead or two.
> >  >
> >  > Maybe Ian didn't remember clearly what they'd used when he 
talked
> >  > to you, Frank. Being a sax player primarily, he'd probably 
just
> >  > think "that bloody big amp behind me" when he was playing. In 
my
> >  > experience, sax players get big johnsons discussing makes of 
saxes
> >  > and what reeds and mouthpieces they like. They couldn't care 
less
> >  > about amplifiers. Guitarists, on the other hand... ;)
> >  >
> >  > Rick
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