re: #135 lawhawk

Musical break:

Genesis’ Watcher of the Skies:

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That opening keyboard, the Mellotron. An interesting keyboard, which actually used lengths of recording tape with individual notes of real instruments to produce its sound. A weird melding of electronics and mechanics, they were notoriously cranky instruments and did not travel well. You can actually hear it go out of tune on the final chord.

The Beatles, King Crimson and Yes also all used them quite a bit.

An electronics company is now making a pedal for guitar that emulates the Mellotron and does a pretty good job of it. I’m currently trying to deal out a couple of pieces of gear in order to get one.

That’s today’s episode of Basically Useless Musical Instrument Information. Back to your regularly scheduled content.

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