Mellotronists

Having watched all of the Mellotrons come up for sale, and
coveting everyone of them, it seems that for ever bonifide,
legitimate instrument that goes on eBay, a duplicate listing
is posted weeks later.

I doubt that mellotrons are the only item subject to such
blaspheme, however, I doubt any other item on eBay inspires
as much loyalty.

I never did follow up on the Bay Area mellotron.  I did speak
with the owner over the phone, and I'm very confident that it
was a legit sale.

The heap o' tron (not to be confused with the Uriah Heap
'tron) slipped away from my bidding range in the last minute
of the auction.  That instrument went for over $1500 - which
is more than I paid for my Jeep (...though less than I paid
for either of my drumkits...)

It seems the mellotrons are kind of like Cabbage Patch kids
(to make a very bad, mid-80s American-pop-culture reference) 
Each one has its own unique story and, eventually, you end up
with the one that was intended for you.

...ok, enough of the new age crap....  

I deserved that damn Uriah Heap 'tron.  Hell - I have a
picture with Lee Kerslake to prove the magnitude of my
fan-dome.  A tape rack with David Byron's feeble attempts at
mimicking Ian Gillan would have been very interesting.

ok, I'll shut up now.  quite a rant, esp. after finishing a
gig and having my fill of American swill (budweiser)...

-jh




--- mellotrongirl <mellotrongirl@...> wrote:

> Interesting no one hit on recent Mellotron units presented
> on eBay
> these days (yet then again, there's the damaged unit that
> did
> apparently sell, so hopefully we'll be updated by
> refurbishing stories
> from time to time in the near future...or it will be
> presented as
> either a planter or an end table on eBay down the road). It
> seems the
> last satisfied customer outside of official sales sources
> was a
> craigslist offering in the Bay Area a few months ago.
> 
> I think the Uriah Heap (sic) unit was the one the scared us
> off from
> internet purchases "How Can You Be Two Places @ Once When
> You're Not
> Any where At All" - Firesign Theater, 1970 Where the heck
> was that
> thing anyway? Bermuda? Minnesota? St. Louis? Is there some
> cloning of
> 'trons going on in this country in light of the Bush
> administration?
> 
> Everything since then came across as a bit pricey, and
> everything
> before  suffered an early cancellation (read: backdoor
> sale).
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