Mellotronists

"Watcher of the Skies" sounds great on one M400 using cello/3violins 
(through the alkaloid haze of those days I seem to recall it being played 
that way on the "Selling England" tour at the Montreal Forum) and some 
careful chord voicing.  And it looks like there are at least four or five 
M400 models every year on eBay, with the mellotron.com Mark VII capable of 
giving you your two-manual fix until the Streetly gents are ready to amaze 
us.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "guybrush03" <yahoo@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:50 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Strategies for 'tron hunting


> Since 'trons seem to be a beast to track down (atleast using the
> obvious avenues), how are people typically finding them nowadays?  Not
> sure if anyone keeps stats on this kind of thing, but seems like ebay
> results are infrequent and bidding wars.  Seems there could be some
> other way than watching ebay for the next ten years (or shelling out
> for a MkVI).
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> Anyone had luck finding a 'tron using other methods?  Is there some
> underground mellotron trading ring??
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> Side question - Is it a life-long depression to own an M400 when you
> really want a MkII?  Since the latter seems utterly unattainable, I've
> always wondered if it's a drag to "settle" for the (relatively
> limited) M400.  How do you get your foxtrot fix?
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> guybrush
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