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Zeppelin tron.

2003-03-31 by kinchmusic@aol.com

Does anyone know whether the machine in question was an EMI one? Only, when I discovered my beaten up machine rotting away in some basement in Kensington a few years ago, the seller reckoned it had spent its last working years at the country retreat of Jimmy Page. It certainly had been "well toured".- Coffee mug stains and cigarette marks a plenty. Plus there were 2 large stickers on the cabinet, one Gentle Giant, one LZ. However, the power supply was completely missing, so I assume it might have been cannibalised to fit another machine at some stage, or I guess it might have been taken out for repair and never done. It was in a most sorry state of repair, a real challenge to JB and MS who did a most stirling job. This raises the prickly question of whether to have the cabinet restored or not. I decided, rightly or wrongly to have it done due to the surface damage, but obviously this process wipes out at a stroke the visible history of the instrument. Any thoughts out there?
Andy K
EMI m400 #E4/1405
www.go to/andykinch

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