Fw: [Mellotronists] Chamberlin 300
2007-09-25 by jonesalley
Thank you for the straight-from-the-horse's-mouth background on this instrument! Now the only question left from the background the eBay seller provided is: What exactly was it that you told him that was so memorable he made a snide reference to it in the listing? ----- Original Message -----
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From: "vincentgallo66" <vincentgallo66@...> To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:55 AM Subject: [Mellotronists] Chamberlin 300 >I owned the Chamberlin 300 that is up on eBay. For the record dating > back to 1977, I have owned 12 different Mellotrons, including two > MKII's, one of which I sold to John Frusciante and a mint M-4 that I > gave to Sean Lennon. I still own and use a Chaberlin M-1 remote and > have working two very clean 100% original Trons. My good friend Woody > and I did most of the work to restore the badly neglected 300. Rob > Harvey an LA tech did the amplifier stage restoration. I purchased the > 300 off eBay from a local LA session guy who had not at all properly > cared for it. Once it was fully operating the 300 played and sounded > as good as any other Tron or Chamberlin I have owned and better than > most. The Bobby Darin provenance came from the mouth of Richard > Chamberlin and I am not sure when or on what Bobby Darin played it but > I do know he played and owned this Chamberlin. Still, the value of a > working Chamberlin 300 goes far past who owned or played it. That > 300's value is far more than any Mellotron out there. Regarding > repair and parts, several 600's were made and several 300 remotes so > parts are around. Reliability wise, the 300 was the easiest to restore > and get working perfect and had never given me a problem once finished > being serviced. Originality means a lot to me especially with the > tapes. Folks repaint and restore their Trons thinking what a great > thing they have done. I feel a 100% original machine up the original > working spec is best. I sold/traded the 300 to both to get something > else I needed and because I want to travel with the M-1 remote which I > could not do with the 300. I loved it while it was mine and whoever > wins it will love the shit out of it. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >