Mellotronists

>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

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