Mellotronists

>--- 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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