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2003-08-23 by MAinPsych@aol.com
Gee, thanks, Just what I needed -- another great sound to have to work into my sound configuration for #134. BRAVO!! BTW, the site says, It had a lot of poor
2003-08-23 by Rick Blechta
Martin, I like it! Stand up and take a bow for a job well done. I plan on getting this one. Rick (FSX 10030 -- you mean you didn t get me ALL the good string
2003-08-23 by tronbros@aol.com
Hello Everyone, We have a new sound for you to savour. It is the Sad Strings or Strings of Doom, with an excellent narrative by Mike Dicksplash Dickson and
2003-08-22 by charel196
Well guys,in spite of your reluctance to use this stuff I can only say in almost 25 years of using it in my 400 it kept my tapes flowing smoothly.The only
2003-08-21 by J.K.Beresford
Yeah I agree with Jerry. Buildup of crap on the heads, front guide strip and the tapes themselves will cause poor driving and sluggish (or even non) return. I
2003-08-21 by Jerry Korb
... __________________________________________________________________ Greetings All, I would personally never sanction the use of any lubricant on Mellotron
2003-08-21 by David Jacques
Hello, Where would you purchase this tape head lubricant? I am having difficulty with one tap sticking and jamming. David #340 ... From: charel196
2003-08-21 by charel196
In 25 years of using M400 #328,I only ever had a couple of problems...once in Las Vegas one of the big blue capacitors blew and Sound Sales next day aired me a
2003-08-20 by Andy Thompson
... From: ferrograph@aol.com [mailto:ferrograph@aol.com] Sent: 19 August 2003 02:37 To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] nights at
2003-08-19 by Jim Anderson
... You may be on to something here. A maintenence checklist of stuff to check monthly, annually or at each power-up to keep your tron in tip top shape would
2003-08-19 by lsf5275@aol.com
You know, I don t know what it is with you Brits. Mine always works great... and on only half the voltage. Maybe you guys are over-feeding yours ;/ ) Frank
2003-08-19 by lsf5275@aol.com
Well, I will admit that 1463 was working so well one night that it decided not only would it play its own tapes back beautifully for us, but it would
2003-08-19 by ferrograph@aol.com
fair weather my arse. I ve got video footage of your bloody fair
2003-08-18 by Gene Stopp
Ooops as of Saturday my work email server is labeling list emails as JUNK . Sorry didn t catch that sooner... The story of the microphonic M400 - same machine
2003-08-18 by Gene Stopp
Yes! I almost, almost said something like this earlier today. I ve never had a problem during a show. The one time something did get weird was with a 400 that
2003-08-18 by lsf5275@aol.com
Hey, wait a sec. I haul my Mellotron around in its road case in the back of my Expedition. When I get where I m going, I uncrate it and plug it in. It always
2003-08-18 by Jeff
Geez, Wouldn t a Roland Vintage module be easier to haul? :) Man, I hated to align the friggin thing, every time we moved it two inches. The Roland unit is a
2003-08-18 by thriftyn78412
Er-uh... I mean sacreligeous ... not sacriligeous !!! Sorry, G. Niles
2003-08-18 by David Jacques
I don t know how much studio tweaking was available in 1969, but ITCOTCK sure sounds like they used a lot of reverb on the trons. Also, double tracking
2003-08-18 by thriftyn78412
I hope I m not getting sacriligeous here, but to state the obvious: if it is the 35 tapes inside the machine that give the mellotron its sound... then one
2003-08-18 by Gene Stopp
It s always been a mystery to me, why the real thing onstage has that little extra something . By all methods of reasoning when you play with a sampler with
2003-08-16 by David Jacques
I have an SMS2 in #340 and for it to be on pitch you have to have the pitch knob at about 5:00. Is there any way to calibrate the speed so that the correct
2003-08-16 by tronbros@aol.com
2003-08-16 by mellotrongirl
For those of you that played live with them...you pretty much have to leave them running so that when the parts of the songs come up in the act that utilize
2003-08-16 by ferrograph@aol.com
I ve done both, and I prefer having the real thing there just for the...
2003-08-15 by kenmerb@aol.com
In a message dated 8/15/2003 3:41:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I agree. In fact, the best description I ve heard recently about one of the mellotron s
2003-08-15 by NormLeete@aol.com
In a message dated 15/08/2003 20:41:31 GMT Daylight Time, ken@kleonard.com ... Dear All, I also think that many of the pioneers probably remember the worse
2003-08-15 by Ken Leonard
... We ve touched on this before out here...jeez, it was years ago now, though. Man, I m an old timer. :-) I think artists move on and use different things,
2003-08-15 by David Jacques
Well, technology has moved on, after all.... They could always use good Mellotron samples... Also, the sound has a definite era associated with it and these
2003-08-15 by thriftyn78412
Question: Why do you suppose that so-called mellotron pioneers - e.g. Wakeman, Fripp, etc. - avoid using them today? (It really seems that these guys want
2003-08-15 by richragsmusic
hey there my M400 tron is sick can anyone here recomend someone in the LA area who works on these beasts? thanks rich ragsdale
2003-08-14 by Paul Marshall
MessageEvening all, I ve NEVER seen a live band use a Mellotron... until I went on stage with #1380 in 1987 (I think). The sound guy wasn t amused at all -
2003-08-14 by Andy Thompson
Message ... From: Phil Tortorici [mailto:wy-mar-ren@flite.net] Sent: 14 August 2003 03:34 To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] First
2003-08-14 by Phil Tortorici
Message Sorry about this but the first time I saw a Liveband use a Mellotron was with my own band Änglagård...Thomas was standing on my right. Does that
2003-08-14 by Phil Tortorici
MessageSorry about this but the first time I saw a Liveband use a Mellotron was with my own band Änglagård...Thomas was standing on my right. Does that
2003-08-14 by Phil Tortorici
1974 Yes Tales tour. Miami Baseball Stadium. Way too far away to see or hear anything. Phil If you re not nervous, you ain t paying attention. Miles
2003-08-14 by lsf5275@aol.com
Re: previous post. Time #3 was the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Musical Box and Watcher for the encore. I remember every minute. Sad cause I already knew
2003-08-14 by David Jacques
This tron sold for $1999... Looks like a good deal... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2550107748&category=1 289&rd=1 David M400 #340
2003-08-14 by David Jacques
Other than seeing the Poseidon tron live in King Crimson in 1969, the only other time I saw a tron live onstage was for the early 70 s Red tour of King
2003-08-14 by David Jacques
Sounds like an oboe or clarinet.... ... From: JS [mailto:jonesalley@sctelcom.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 1:46 PM To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
2003-08-14 by lsf5275@aol.com
The first time I ever saw a Mellotron on stage was around 1972 I think, at the Baltimore Civic Center. It as The Moody Blues. I was freshly engaged (didn t
2003-08-13 by Rick Blechta
Boy, the old farts are coming out of the woodwork on this one! I saw the Moody Blues in 1970 at the Fillmore East (Lee Michaels who opened had the loudest B3
2003-08-13 by Andy Thompson
... From: ferrograph@aol.com [mailto:ferrograph@aol.com] Sent: 13 August 2003 22:36 To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] levitation
2003-08-13 by ferrograph@aol.com
2003-08-13 by Andy Thompson
... From: fdoddy@aol.com [mailto:fdoddy@aol.com] Sent: 11 August 2003 21:17 To: kinchmusic@aol.com; Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Mellotronists]
2003-08-13 by Andy Thompson
Message ... From: Mattias Olsson [mailto:mattias.olsson5@telia.com] Sent: 13 August 2003 08:32 To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Mellotronists]
2003-08-13 by Andy Thompson
... From: Norman Fay [mailto:kay-rad@faycycle.demon.co.uk]On Behalf Of Norman Fay Sent: 13 August 2003 20:51 To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject:
2003-08-13 by Andy Thompson
... From: Paul jones [mailto:paul@jonesy-m400.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 13 August 2003 09:38 To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Mellotronists] First time
2003-08-13 by Richard Lowman
Hmmm..... Well, first time for me was at the Long Beach Arena 72 when the Moodies where on tour, and Mike Pinder brought along the M-II. As I can recall,
2003-08-13 by JS
Hi all! Once again, I ask your collective expertise. My new band has challenged me with the task of reproducing Tuesday Afternoon. I hear Mellotron alto