I bought the Mellotron used about 13 years ago and rebuilt it with a new motor controller, rebuilt the power supplies and replaced a lot of parts in the audio electronics.
Right now I think I need to replace the audio input connector from the tape heads. The slightest loose connection and it gets noisy.
Mellotrons are still made, the tape sets are still available and the new ones look pretty sweet. You can't play Flight of the Bumblebee on it- it would sound awful!
Here's a short teaser from a recent recording session (click on the reel to reel):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thunderbolt-Pagoda/265544360135369
Right now I think I need to replace the audio input connector from the tape heads. The slightest loose connection and it gets noisy.
Mellotrons are still made, the tape sets are still available and the new ones look pretty sweet. You can't play Flight of the Bumblebee on it- it would sound awful!
Here's a short teaser from a recent recording session (click on the reel to reel):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thunderbolt-Pagoda/265544360135369