I had bought a used Gibson black Les Paul fretless wonder with gold appointments and 3 pickups in 1968.The guts had the old yellow Bumble Bee Electronics and yellowed binding My Fathers friend sold it to me for 250.00 USD. However, there is no happy ending to my story other than me kicking my ass every time I think about it. (thats at least 25X's a day)
Jimmy Moore
I traded my original mellotron (a 400) for a drummer. Thirty years later, Paul still keeps good time and I don't have to clean his head or demagnetize him, either.
S'truth! Okay, I got a bit of cash for the mellotron, too. The band that traded Paul went on to become Saga. He still hasn't forgiven me...
Rick (SFX 10030 -- the "replacement tron")