I have an EMI tron as well. It has a rougher workmanship to it, but plays okay. I'm sure the head azimuth is off too. Because it was my first machine I have sort of a soft spot for it.
Acquiring it involved driving with some friends in a two seater van to Pennsylvania to pick it up. My first Mellotron quest.
Lots of fun watching my friends fall over in the kitchen chairs I put in the back of the van by the way, especially around sharp turns.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] 10K Mellotron...EMI slag...
In a message dated 09/12/2005 23:19:08 GMT Standard Time,
e4103s@... writes:
"NOT and EMI Kit" and
that it is a "REAL mellotron." Any other EMI owners
feel a touch insulted by this commentary? And I will
ask in earnest; Is an EMI considered less of a 'tron
in our community?
Dear All,
My first tron was an EMI that needed a fair bit of work to make it play properly, still a Mellotron though...
(Never a kit either!)
Norm