Mellotronists

Paul Marshall wrote:

>      Evening all, 'DK is sitting on BAGS of... red lense caps' !Ooh, can
>      I have a red lens cap please???? Paul Marshall M400 #1380 (soon to
>      be M400SM #1380... cheers Martin & John... now with new preamp power
>      supply of my own design, nice & cool & quiet).
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>      Paul,  The classic scenario of supply-and-demand.
>      Several of us have privately contemplated having
>      repros of neon switch-caps made offshore.
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>      Mark actually raised an all-important issue.....Parts.
>      Antique Electronic Supply in Tempe,AZ sells many
>      repro items for old Ampeg,Fender, etc , amps ,
>      old radios from the Golden Age ,and more vintage stuff.
>      We need a similar version for things Mellotronic .
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>      Now that Bulgin no longer produces the orig. M400
>      knobs,switches/caps, copy infringements would not be
>      an issue.
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>      I'm certain that DK would be most happy to provide you
>      with switch-cap, either directly or thru Markus' group.
>      Ask him....."Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
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>      Larry "Synergy" Fast would be thrilled if he had an
>      OEM intact replacement switch-cap for his #725.
>      When I refurbed it in 2004, I noticed that Larry heat-shrunk
>      white tubing over his cracked neon-cap years ago.
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>      See photo. At his request, I left the cabinet as-is, since
>      all those dings were put there by LF himself thru the decades.
>      The four rubber circles remain where his Mini-Moog sat.
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>      New power pack design,Paul ??  Proves my earlier
>      statements about different people taking different paths,
>      but with same goal in mind. Mellotron's legacy. Kudos, mate !
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>      Cheers,  JK
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