Mellotronists

On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 03:02 PM, johnarmes@... wrote:

> I suppose this was inevitable really, there are now hundreds of 
> tribute bands and I guess this is almost a tribute keyboard.
>
> Lets face it Roland et all have been putting tron type samples all 
> over their kit of years.
>
> If I remember rightly didn't The Musical Box have something similar on 
> stage recently?
>
> Best Wishes
>
> John "still non tron"

Let's suggest TMB buy one of these! At least then they'd have something 
that "looked" like the real thing, since they can't be bothered using a 
real one. They say that trons are too much trouble. Funny, Pierre 
Veilleux used a real one when he was in the band and also carried a 
spare for when things went wrong. The only time THAT one came out of 
its flight case was when Pierre was checking it over and keeping it 
ready to go in case the need arose. Face it, you have to spend a bit of 
time on maintenance with a mellotron. How silly would it be for a 
guitarist to say, "I'm not playing this bloody guitar anymore. I have 
to tune the damn thing every night!" Or a drummer: "Bloody head broke 
again! Why am I using these silly things?"

End of rant

Rick SFX 10030 ("I miss the Streetly lads! When was the last time you 
took me down t'pub?")