Mellotronists

In a message dated 05/17/06 9:32:39 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jkorb@... writes:

> Some charge is dissipated on the metal guide combs, but residual static 
> remains to cause those popping gremlins you experienced, Ken. 
> An easy fix is to fit a tiny grounding wire (found on some MK-II's) 
> from sprocket to metal end cap.

Jerry,

Thanks for the tip.  If the popping ever comes back, I think I'll try your 
solution before I go about replacing my MKII tapes again.  Replacing 70 tapes in 
a MKII is an interesting project to do *once*.

Ken M.