On 06/09/2010 10:54, marabus wrote:
Mike,
Sound like you gave Pete a woody!
Pete
guitargarden1 wrote:
> Had a great day today with my Edinburgh hosts Mark and Noel of Arbelos fame. We had a pub lunch and then they took me to meet "The Mellotron Man," the equally legendary Mike Dickson.
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> Mike lives on the 5th floor of a walk-up townhouse and dragged not only a vintage Mellotron up there, but also a Hammond organ. Mike then proceeded to give us a full M'tron demonstration and changed out many sets of tapes for us to hear different sounds. He even let us play it--I'd never done that before. Maybe the highlight was hearing Mike play "Watcher of the Skies" or some vintage Crim. Absolutely magical sound. The Mellotron has a presence that just can't be duplicated by digital samplers and I've owned a few of them.
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> We then repair to yet another pub for some more beers. A terrific day. Thank you Mark and Noel!