Thanks John- Neat to see the picture. When I picked up my 'tron, it was in studio A, a sizable but cozy feeling studio. I didn't see studio B. It's probably in a different building. It seems that some studios are in unexpected locations and buildings. The exterior of Echo Park certainly didn't give away what was inside. It just looked sort of like a warehouse. But, you have to stay secure. There's a sizable studio here in downtown Loveland CO, in an upstairs area. Our old downtown area is fairly small, but I can't even guess where the studio is. -Bruce D. --- On Tue, 12/21/10, John Wright <john.wright@consona.com> wrote:
From: John Wright <john.wright@consona.com>
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 6:31 AM
This link is from Echo Park; still in business. Note the M400 in the Studio B picture. Must be Bruce's? Regards, John Hi John- Echo Park Studios was it. Paul is a nice guy. Between arranging a time to meet, and the intense March rain, we managed to get the beastie in my rusty Bronco II. An interesting trip from and back to Colorado. Paul told me the only cut that my 'tron was used on was the track "Mr. Bellows" on Mellencamp's "Mr. Happy Go Lucky" cd. Obviously MKII flute. I had to do a rebuild of the power supply. It had been modified to use the SMS-3 controller, and the mod was a bit sloppy. Many wires were much too long, and there were poor solder joints. Fixed it, along with some other usual stuff, and the whole machine was much quieter. The machine runs well now, but needs new pinch rollers. The 40-year old ones tend to be a soft as rocks. They will probably be the next project. Bloomington is a nice place, but you don't want to get stuck in traffic near Indiana University between 4 and 5 PM. Those traffic jams make that city seem MUCH bigger. -Bruce D.
--- On Mon, 12/20/10, john barrick <barrickjohn262@gmail.com> wrote:
From: john barrick <barrickjohn262@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] M400 for sale
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 5:19 PM
Hey Bruce, this is the other John, late of Cincinnati. Paul Ahern is the guy you got yours from. I can't remember the name of the studio either, but it was touted as "the place that John Mellencamp records most of his stuff". Supposedly the tron was used on a couple of his songs.
I went up to see it the Saturday before the end of the auction, then you outbid me on the thing. It looked to be in pretty decent shape, though you couldn't play a straight note on it at the time, as everything on it was slipping.
There, you've got it, my memories of your Mellotron. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com> wrote: On Dec 20, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Bruce Daily wrote: Hey John- I purchased my 'tron from a private owner in Bloomington. He kept it in a studio, but I can't remember the name of the place at the moment. Hard times for Mellotron sales & auctions. I noted that the 2 units offered on ebay from Jon Salley's estate didn't even get bid on. I hope they eventually find a good home.
Bad time of year to be selling something like this, I'd suspect. I mean if you're wife or girlfriend were planning on buying you something like this, she would have already done it. Right?
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