Mellotronists

Ever see Rory Gallagher's guitar ?  You never know who or what until 
you ask.

g wong


On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 05:59 PM, Andy Thompson wrote:

> Dear all
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> Why is it that out of the three Mellotrons on stage at last night's 
> Änglagård gig in Belgium, the only one that didn't play up during the 
> set was the knackered-looking one lent by a local chap, that took some 
> adjusting to actually make it playable? The band's machine had some 
> sort of earthing problem, halting the gig for 15 mins (ouch), while 
> mine decided, later in their set, to slow down during large chords 
> (despite its SMS-2), then get horrendous tape slippage (not my tapes) 
> on the middle A, making a near-farce of the final number. The gig was 
> absolutely magnificent, though - I hope a few of you got to see them 
> at NEARfest.
>  
> Andy T.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gino Wong [mailto:adaaxs@erols.com]
Sent: 27 August 2003 05:00
To: Andy Thompson
Cc: Mellotronists
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] I hate Mellotrons (possibly)

Ever see Rory Gallagher's guitar ? You never know who or what until you ask.

Hahahaha!!!! Good point... :-) Mind you, I expect Rory's guitar always played perfectly - this machine was all over the place, but didn't sound any worse during the set than before.

Andy T.

On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 05:59 PM, Andy Thompson wrote:

Dear all

Why is it that out of the three Mellotrons on stage at last night's Änglagård gig in Belgium, the only one that didn't play up during the set was the knackered-looking one lent by a local chap, that took some adjusting to actually make it playable?