The Mellotron Group

Thanks Gary I appreciate the info.
I'm about to make a major decision about my music, that is wheter to bother with it anymore or not.
I enjoy my Ferraris a lot more than playing, which thanks to American whore bitches from Hell effectively killed my desire and inspiration to play (I improvise 100%).
I wish they had bounties on their heads because I'd make the dude on that TV show look like a friggin boy scout!

Tony

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: lsf5275@aol.com 
  To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:36 AM
  Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron


    

  Gary,

  We all love "the old days stories."

  Frank

  In a message dated 6/24/2010 12:11:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gabru@comsec.net writes:
      

    Tony,


    The Rev.1 is the best sounding you will ever hear.  The problem was it was very unreliable.  I had a friend from high school, Riley Smith, who worked 

    at Sequential in San Jose and later went to Emu in Santa Cruz.  I was able to get factory trained at both places.  He got me the Rev.1 and later a Prophet 10 

    direct from the factory.  The Rev. 1 had been returned to the factory due to reliability issues and they sold it to me for $500. I also had a couple of Rev. 3s and 

    < span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">T8 but none compared to the Rev.1.  It sounded fat like a bunch of Mini Moogs.  They switched to a more dependable  IC for their VCO, VCA, VCF, etc. and 

    redesigned the main board after the Rev. 1 after which it became very dependable but lost some of it’s “balls” in the process.  I got training at the Emu factory 

    which was in a Victorian house in Santa Cruz during the Emulator days.  It was a fun place and they knew how to throw a party J.  A few years ago I bought a 

    couple of Emu Vintage Keys modules and no ticed that my friend Riley had written the manual.  I also worked with  Music Technology during the development 

    of the Synergy and I owned a couple of those….but that’s another story…..Those were fun days…at least I think they were from what I remember.  

    Man, there are some good drinking stories in there somewhere J.  I may know where a P10 is in NC but this guy almost never cuts loose of any gear.  He just stores 

    things forever.  It was likely only played a few times.  If I catch him in the right mood (not an easy thing to do) maybe I can g et him to part with it.  As I recall there 

    were only about 600 or so P10s made.  I bought a Neve console from him several years ago and when I cracked the LARGE anvil case the leather was like new on 

    the arm rest and it looked perfect.  He had only used it for a couple of years and then stored it.  Anyhow…didn’t mean to get started in the old days stories….. :) .


    Cheers,


    Gary


    From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tony1
    Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:18 PM
    To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron


      

    I am impressed as I was the factory service tech for Hillsborough and Pinellas counties (Tampa/St Pete), for Sequential and most others when the Prophet 5 and 10s came out. And I' m looking for one of either right now.


    Tony


      ----- Original Message ----- 

      From: Gary Brumm 

      To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 

      Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:04 PM

      Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron


        

      My first Prophet 5 came from Eddie Jobson.  It was a Rev. 1 & Black.  

      If this was the Sequential Circuits forum I bet somebody would be impressed … or at least give a $hit J

      From:< /span> newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of gino wong
      Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:18 PM
      To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
      Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Astra plays the Novatron

        

      Astra was good. They were well received

      Eddie Jobson's mellotron shaped keyboard stand was a piss.

      On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 6:36 PM, <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

        

      Yes, but only a bit. My camera crapped out on me. I'll post it on my myspace page and perhaps You tube as well.

      In a message dated 6/23/2010 4:14:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, got_a_guitar@yahoo.com writes:

          

        Astra rules! Is there any footage of them using the Novatron?

        --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
        >
        > Flute, Strings, Choir
        > 
        > 
        > In a message dated 6/23/2010 3:13:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
        > pocotron@... writes:
        > 
        > Nice, Frank!
        > Notice how neatly the Memotron sits on top of the Novatron.
        > What voices were on the frame?
        >