Loading the Mellotron

[blueberry72]

The mellotron is hardly used anymore due to "tape stretch" issues.

[3DMilkMan]

if anyone is familiar with metalocalypse this guys accent would have cracked you up

[namaste91]

one of most interesting electronic muscial instruments in the world...love their sound!can anybody tell me,what such a instrument costs?

[drunksingsheep]

$7,000.00

[gotears2listen]

Beekeepers would be good at loadin 'em!!

[Keijz74]

It looks very fragile. I like their sound.

[BazzTheBoss]

THAT, is old school!

[ppetracco]

So those (in the case) are like different "expansion packs" for the mellotron?

[bassmajor]

yes, a single sound has an 8 second tape for every key so a "pack" like that one is basically just one sound

[JCBudro16]

actually, although each individual note corresponds to an individual tape, there are actual three different instruments on each tape, so a rack of tapes like the one shown contains all the notes for three instruments

[tbrais]

its not useless paul mccartney still uses it

[squonkamatic]

Ignore the impatient ones, these things were magnificent. Is there more of this video? I've always wondered how these things work, the guy seems to know what he's doing. I've read about how you can change the racks of tapes for different sounds but this is the first time I've ever actually seen anybody doing it. Post the rest of it if you get a chance!

[Cozy990]

Search for the New MEMOTRON....same exact sound...without mechanical assles...

[HammondB200]

Like Rick Wakeman is always right ?

[Snedd99]

As much as I like plugins, if I had the money I'd happily own one of these and use it a hell of a lot. Wakeman only uses the plugin live, where reliability is essential, in studio he'd use an original Mellotron.

[sgtpepper1138]

yes, lets all go to digital instruments, and just throw away those useless melltorons

heck Geddy Lee from RUSH used one on their new album, if it's good enough for RUSH, it's good enough for me

[sgtpepper1138]

yes, lets all go to digital instruments, and just throw away those useless melltorons

heck Geddy Lee from RUSH used one on their new album, if it's good enough for RUSH, it's good enough for me

[alt1962]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[martyboi9]

you guys are soooo darned lucky to have one of these *sigh*

[aihoschema]

I second that! Tony Banks 1971 - 1978 anyone? :-)

[racer500gp]

1971-1975 through the "Lamb." After that..still great, but no Peter Gabriel.

[mellotrongirl]

Jeez--I need to make a rack case.

[RothHandle]

I just ordered one from Markus...

[cast390]

Cool but its much easier today using sonik realitys mtron

[Andronicus2007]

wish people would quit it with the"you could use a bloody computer instead- a der! So what, this is the real thing. Do you think people are stupid to be bothered with the real thing? Where the link to your sonic masterpiece then eh?

[PTL654321]

That is too cool...wow