Mellotronists

I Get a very good sound in my Fender Twinreverb. Be gentle with the 
tone controlls....no treble

Jonas




--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, dko4342@v... wrote:
> 
> >A while  back someone mentioned that they were surprised that when 
they 
> >played  their Mellotron for the first time it didn't have "that 
sound" they 
> >were  expecting (which was absolutely my experience when M400 s/n 
121 showed 
> >up  here). I realize it's a personal thing, but to me "that sound" 
is King   
> >Crimson's, In the Court of... Anyway, seems to me the discussion 
ended up   
> >deciding that "that sound" has  to do with the mellotron being 
amped  by a 
> >Hiwatt amp with a touch of reverb. So...has there ever been any  
thought of 
> >producing tape sets of standard sounds played/mic-ed thru a  
Hiwatt with the 
> >prescribed amount of plate reverb? 
> 
> I have recorded mellotron through assorted Vox amps, and it always 
gets an 
> edge it didn't have before. The old cello sound gets bigger and 
scarier 
> through an amp. And as with guitar, the amps is 50% of the sound, 
so 
> different amps do different things to the sound. I have recorded 
tron by 
> using two Vox amps with different reverb and amplification 
characteristics, 
> each in its own channel. The sound is huge and deep. By introducing 
a slight 
> delay beetween the two the sound becomes even huger and deeper. 
Don't use top 
> boost. It works for guitar, but doesn't work for mellotron. The amp 
should 
> rather have a less toppy high end. 
> 
> /frank