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About Me

'English as Mustard,nestling in green nowhere..'Likes: Music, Motorcycles, Sensory Overload, Sparkly Folks..Dislikes: Wonky Oscillators, Cashflow Crises, Negativity, Running out of teabags..Folky Psychedelicist, Multi-Instrumentalist and Conscientious Repairer of Vintage Electric Keyboards.
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..When not obsessing over curious machines I make joyful noises to a reasonable standard with assorted wave-generating devices. I have played in various bands and will play in many more. Guitar remains my first instrument but I've a long-standing love of keyboards, especially the Streetly Mellotron (aah...), the Hammond tonewheel organ and all things electromechanical or analogue.. I was born the same year as the Mellotron 400 and the MiniMoog. Does that make me a classic?I particularly enjoy making exaggeratedly filthy noises with analogue synthesisers. Oh, and making music with them, of course. As a consequence I seem to have difficulty hearing anything above 12.5 kHz. Should you wish to be rude to me, do so via a friendly pipistrelle and I'll be none the wiser.I have various musical projects on the go, from electronic otherness to Miles/Mahavishnu semi-improvisatory tomfoolery. Ask me nicely and I might contribute something to YOUR music. Probably Mellotrons.. (guitar if you're lucky) xxxx
Cat Plays the Theremin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHqLFqmD89k

Neither my cat nor my Theremin.. but good for the soul nonetheless. xx

Van Der Graaf Generator -Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzoaWrRYg98

My favourite kind of row.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The Interesting and the Interested.. Open-minded musicians and lovers of electromechanical exotica..Anybody who might require my musical services for gigs, tours or recordings.. and on the technical side...Bring me your B3s and SH-101s! I'm an experienced and practising vintage gear technician and can offer assistance, repairs, rebuilds and servicing for the following: Most types of vintage electric keyboard instrument, older amplifiers, analogue effects, mixers.. Specialities include Hammond, Vox, Bird, Farfisa, Philicorda and other cool organs, Hohner Clavinets/Pianets, Wurlitzer/Rhodes pianos, most analogue and hybrid synths, Claviolines, Univoxes, tape echoes, valve amps, Leslie speakers.. custom devices, Mellotrons! If I can't sort it I won't charge you. If it misbehaves I'll keep at it. I may spend far too long trying doggedly to fix the truly knackered or the 'never actually reliable when it was new' but that's my problem and cost not yours, unless you're in a rush. I'm getting there. Just get in touch to discuss your requirements.. Reasonable rates, obsessive aftercare, enthusiastic, informative waffling and plentiful tea. Name-dropping and numbers by request..