Mellotronists

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From: guybrush03

To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:44 PM

Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Strategies for 'tron hunting

That's interesting about the M4000. Hadn't heard any specs yet, so
was waiting for the aforementioned two-weeks to expire for details.
Most importantly, does it have lots of grill cloth, push-buttons, and
big dials? *g*

BTW - Is there a sample set anywhere that has all of the MkII sounds
(rhythms/fills/ leads)? From what I recall, there are typically some
or most, but not all. I wouldn't really want to go the sample route
with only a portion of the sounds.

guybrush

>
> In a message dated 4/30/2007 2:49:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> yahoo@... writes:
>
> And do MkII's ever show up on ebay? What are the chances of your
> average schmuck ever tracking one down in his lifetime?
>
> The MkVII doesn't do a whole lot for me. Even if playing Dixieland
> gets old after awhile (*gasp*), it would be nice to have dozens of
> sounds available (instead of 3 or 6).
>
> guybrush
>
>
>
>
>
> A very pristine Mark II was posted on ebay couple of months back. It
was
> connected to an estate auction in England I believe. As I recall,
the winning
> bidder, after all fees and commissions would have had about
$12,000.00 in it.
> Then there would be the cost of crating it and shipping it to the US
or
> wherever.
>
> Pretty rare.
>
> If you want a Mellotron with lots of sounds, I think you should
contact
> Streetly about a brand spanking new M-4000. 24 resident sounds and
it won't give
> you a hernia trying to transport it if you want to drag it from
place to
> place. I think you can call them at:
>
> 1-800-MLO-Tron*
> or
> Go to Mellotronics. com
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> *(just kidding).
>
>
>
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