The Mellotron Group

Watching and Waiting is still my favourite and it's M300B Violin. Singular! 

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> On 9 Jul 2016, at 19:54, David Jacques hammonddave2004@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> From Mike Pinder's website. (I think he would know)
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> "The Moody Blues’ sound evolved with each new album, and so did the Mellotron. The next model was the M-300, produced form 1968-70. This unit was smaller in size/weight, with a single 52-note keyboard. This unit was first heard on the album On the Threshold of a Dreamwith the tune “Never comes the day.”
> It was also used on the later LP Seventh Sojourn. In fact, if you have your vinyl copy, you can see Mike playing the M-300 (inside photo on the liner jacket). This unit is rare, only 55 were produced."
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> http://www.mikepinder.com/?page_id=159
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 11:34 AM, David Jacques hammonddave2004@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> The M300 strings were different recordings than the MKII and M400. Check out the Moodies "Seventh Sojourn". Pinder used an M300 on that album. 
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 9:51 PM, markpringnz@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>> Sorry to air my obsession with this tapeset again, I was watching this video of Hessel's:
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>>> Mellotron M300 demonstration
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>>> Mellotron M300 demonstration
>>> Here's a little demo of my Mellotron M300, which is up for auction on eBay (item # 281566538559 ).
>>> View on www.youtube.com
>>> Preview by Yahoo
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>>> There does seem to be something different about the sound of an M300 as opposed to an M400 playing the same tape set, but I can't put my finger on what it is although that has always been the mellotron sound I wanted. Unfortunately the sound of my M400 has always been a disappointment I suppose there is quite a big difference between a Mark II an M400 and a Chamberlin playing the 3 violins.
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>>> This link is to a little demo on my Soundcloud channel comparing the sound of my M400, the Streetly samples of the M300a from M-tron Pro and the M300a samples in Redtron SE. I am not going to buy an M300!
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>>> Mark
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>>> PS If anyone knows why the M300 sounds different I would really like to know.
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