Moog vs Mellotron

Well, I prefer Mellotron, cause though I love moog solos, they´re not very common. Solos like Uriah Heep´s July Morning, Kansas - Magnun Opus, ELP - Toccata, Edgar Winter´s Frankenstein (in fact arp 2600, but the same sound) are superb, but not very common.
Mellotron is always superb, and  impressive work has been made commonly (Moody Blues, King Crimson, Barclay James Harvest, Yes, Genesis... just to say some).
But If I could, I´d like to have the two, but the money just allows me to have a very cheap Casio keyboard for beginners... . I have to suffer hours in the computer to make good synth sounds...

ivan_2068 wrote: Rick Wakeman playing Moog and Tony Banks playing mellotron. I can't see how can you compare two instruments unles you're asking your son which one he wants to learn (What doesn't apply here because both are keyboard instruments). Iván

Thanks, Ivan...

For a moment I thought I (Moog-tron) had to choose between my these wonderful instruments.

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     Moo....mellotron 

Phil wrote: Think I posted a poll with moog v Mellotron v Hammond v piano v other...of which I picked Hammond...here I'd got for the Mellotron.

Well i did think of doing all keyboards but people would start complaining that i had left out their favourite keyboard and i'd end up including Troutoniums, harmoniums, hurdy-gurdys, ondes martinots, spinnets, celestes, vox-continentals, Chamberins... the list is endless. Also, Hammonds ect. were already established in rock and blues. Mellotrons and Moogs were essentially 'discovered' by prog rockers and will always be assosiated with the genre. And finally, i'd be too torn if i'd included the Electric Piano, an instrument i love as much, perhaps moreso, than the mellotron. As for all those busy bodies who are complaining about this thread, i know that they are completely different instruments and you cant compare them. all i wanted to know was which one the greatest asset to prog. Classic Moody blues' records only use mellotron but there aint no mellotron on Camels 'Raindance', 'Snowgoose' or 'Nude' albums, proving that you can have one without the other. 

     A totally ridiculous poll...the moog is a monophonic instrument used for leads, the mellotron for pads (backing chordal passages).

NetsNJFan wrote: The Mellotron I love mellotrons.  see starless.

I agree with Nets for the umpteenth million time.

Rick Wakeman playing Moog and Tony Banks playing mellotron.

I can't see how can you compare two instruments unles you're asking your son which one he wants to learn (What doesn't apply here because both are keyboard instruments).

Iván

aye.. i'll support that! Greenslade are among THE mellotron bands although the're not often credited for it.

 

Edited by Froth

This is really stupid. Like comparing apples and oranges. They are both tremendous instruments and both have played an enormous roll in the progress of music and in particular prog. Its one thing to state which one you prefer, but it is foolish to say that one is better than the other.

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