Thank you for the straight-from-the-horse's-mouth background on this
instrument! Now the only question left from the background the eBay seller
provided is:
What exactly was it that you told him that was so memorable he made a snide
reference to it in the listing?
----- Original Message -----
From: "vincentgallo66" <vincentgallo66@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:55 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Chamberlin 300
>I owned the Chamberlin 300 that is up on eBay. For the record dating
> back to 1977, I have owned 12 different Mellotrons, including two
> MKII's, one of which I sold to John Frusciante and a mint M-4 that I
> gave to Sean Lennon. I still own and use a Chaberlin M-1 remote and
> have working two very clean 100% original Trons. My good friend Woody
> and I did most of the work to restore the badly neglected 300. Rob
> Harvey an LA tech did the amplifier stage restoration. I purchased the
> 300 off eBay from a local LA session guy who had not at all properly
> cared for it. Once it was fully operating the 300 played and sounded
> as good as any other Tron or Chamberlin I have owned and better than
> most. The Bobby Darin provenance came from the mouth of Richard
> Chamberlin and I am not sure when or on what Bobby Darin played it but
> I do know he played and owned this Chamberlin. Still, the value of a
> working Chamberlin 300 goes far past who owned or played it. That
> 300's value is far more than any Mellotron out there. Regarding
> repair and parts, several 600's were made and several 300 remotes so
> parts are around. Reliability wise, the 300 was the easiest to restore
> and get working perfect and had never given me a problem once finished
> being serviced. Originality means a lot to me especially with the
> tapes. Folks repaint and restore their Trons thinking what a great
> thing they have done. I feel a 100% original machine up the original
> working spec is best. I sold/traded the 300 to both to get something
> else I needed and because I want to travel with the M-1 remote which I
> could not do with the 300. I loved it while it was mine and whoever
> wins it will love the shit out of it.
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