She is working on a Micro Leslie.
Also for me: She is doing routine service on my Synthi AKS
I want a Dual Oddy Avatar setup with a pair of Arp 1601 clones, the whole thing fully syncable and quanrtizable.
She is Modding one of my two Arp Avatars. I got one fixed up pretty well and I got another and asked her to match and supercede the reference unit. Taking a badly broken Avatar, adding patch points, speeding up the EG and VCA, fixing the glide fault, Adding an oscillator, putting in a dual filter toggle one side standard ladder ala Arp and the other is a hand etched Yusynth Diode filter with the caveat that I am a little freaky about the EFM VCF 8 (it was the best of Tom's circuit cores.). A voltage processor will be added too.
I think that you guys will get why I am going on and on about this child and her guy. They are extraordinary.
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Berington Van Campen vcmusicorp1@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Hi Frank, Gino, et al,Yes, it's too bad she had such restrictions placed on her that she wasn't even "permitted" to solicit outside expert opinions or do anything beyond replacing caps or whatever. It's almost a surprise they'd allow her to find new replacement components, as opposed to "vintage" resistors & caps from some out-of-the-way electronics house that still has old stock. Too bad they "clipped the wings" of someone apparently so qualified and promising.For an actual "restoration," I think I'd have begun with emptying the cabinet completely and taking a fire hose to it! Apparently the current owner wants it to look "aged," or even older than it actually is. They probably also love the all-too-common "relic'd" guitars, 2017-ish instruments finished by their manufacturers to look like their '50s or '60s originals. For the most part, to me they too often look more like the poor things had a fight with a lawnmower... and lost! Never got that whole thing. I appreciate "well-loved," but from natural wear by someone who's at least taken care of their instrument. Aside from Alison's internal work, this poor Mellotron looks like a flood victim!Anyway, yes, too bad this conscientious tech had so many limitations. It would've been exciting to see what she'd done had she been allowed.HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone!
Cheers!--Gino Wong BirgeloPrimary Factor for: Frank Nittee, Blok GangReRed Recordingvox215 200 3756Skype215 717 7059