Mellotronists

I just got the Moodies' BBC CDs today and have been listening to a few 
tracks. Pinder's MkII doesn't sound like the Pindertron, but more like 
the early Crimson Tron. At what point did he start using the solid 
state preamp?

Bernie

In a message dated 6/15/2007 12:50:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kornowicz@... writes:

I just  got the Moodies' BBC CDs today and have been listening to a few 
tracks.  Pinder's MkII doesn't sound like the Pindertron, but more like 
the early  Crimson Tron. At what point did he start using the solid 
state  preamp?

Bernie 



Bernie, you can hear the difference in the songs on the second DC,  
especially the last several. The Mellotron has a much bigger, kinda ballsier  sound. 
You can definitely tell that the EQ has changed.
 
Frank



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In a message dated 6/15/2007 1:28:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jonesalley@... writes:

DC?"  When you play one, does it say stuff like "I killed  Paul


No, but it does say, "I'm lying in a stairwell in Helsinki." or something  
like that.



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No, but it does say, "I'm lying in a stairwell in Helsinki." or something like that.

Didn't he have a couple of Mk2s?  Perhaps he had a studio machine and another to gig - 
perhaps that's part of the sound difference.  I don't know, just curious.

Owen

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Bernie" <kornowicz@...> wrote:

>
> I just got the Moodies' BBC CDs today and have been listening to a few 
> tracks. Pinder's MkII doesn't sound like the Pindertron, but more like 
> the early Crimson Tron. At what point did he start using the solid 
> state preamp?
> 
> Bernie
>

I believe the statement was made recently to the list that there were a 
total of four Mark II Mellotrons used by the Moody Blues.  Include the big 
Chamberlin and the two Moraz Mark V instruments, and that should be the 
total of the tape replay instruments used by the band, right?  Any others?

> Didn't he have a couple of Mk2s?  Perhaps he had a studio machine and 
> another to gig -
> perhaps that's part of the sound difference.  I don't know, just curious.

In a message dated 15/06/2007 19:33:59 GMT Standard Time,  jonesalley@... 
writes:

Any  others?




 

Yes,an M300 as used on Threshold and Childrens.
 
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