The Mellotron Group

Hiwatts are clean, Marshalls are not. Unless you are going to play
"Smoke on the Water", the Marshall won't work very well.


On 7/8/08, MAinPsych@aol.com <MAinPsych@aol.com> wrote:
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>  From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
>  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
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>  Rick Blechta wrote:
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>  > On Tue 08/07/08 9:54 AM , MAinPsych@aol.com sent:
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>  > According to Ian McDonald, in The Mellotron Book, the MkII was put
>  > through a Marshall stack and miked.
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>  > My question: Does Martin feign ignorance or is that an inborn trait?
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>  > How soon we forget,
>  > Frank Samagaio
>  > San Diego CA
>  > owner, MkII #134 (Pindertron) / M400 #908
>  > author, The Mellotron Book
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>  > 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.
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>  > Has anyone seen any photos that refute my claim? That could give
>  > this discussion a lead or two.
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>  > 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... ;)
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