>--- In Mellotronists@y..., "zappatx" <mellotron@s...> wrote:
>
>"...Solina String Ensemble..."
>This is an ARP synth. Everybody and his dog had one in the late
>70's. The Cure and Elton John used them alot. It has about 12
>factory presets. (cello, brass, strings, horns, trumpets, viola plus
>combinations). Some of the string combinations are nice, but most of
>the others are crap. I would guess that most people would set it up
>for high strings and never change it. I rented one in the mid 80's.
>It didn't give me a hard on or any goose bumps, so I sent it back.
Quite Right Too!
The Sundae Club archive contains an ARP "Quartet" which is quite literally
falling to pieces. A most convincing Solina noise can be coaxed out of it,
but much else is inaccessible owing to the self-destruction of the slider
controls. Otherwise, a truly dreadful bit of kit.
The latest addition to the above is a mint 1963 Hammond L100!
CfN!!
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