Années de production 1975 – 1977 – Novatron : 1978 – 1980 Nombre d’exemplaires 26 – Novatron : 4 Prix d’origine £ 2 200 Dimensions L x H x P 132 x 89,5 x 66 cm Poids 152 kg
Le Mellotron Mark V est l’équivalent de 2 M400 dans une même cabine, avec une réverbération à ressorts. Il dispose de 2 claviers de 35 notes mais d’un seul cabestan, une double pédale de volume, 2 sorties audio (High et Low), un réglage de panoramique pour chaque clavier et une sortie casque.
La cabine est en bois recouvert de vinyle noir.
La carte d’asservissement est une SMS-2.
Le prototype de 1974 aurait appartenu à Jimmy Page.
Le premier Mark V a été finalisé le 13 février 1975. N° de série : 5/101A Le dernier, le 7 février 1980 par John Bradley. N° de série : 5/130
Les 4 derniers Mark V sont des Novatron. [ Cf. Historique ]
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VOICES KEYBOARDS GUITARS 8 Voice Choir St John’s Wood Church Electric Guitar Male Choir Organ Spanish Guitar Female Choir Piano Steve Hackett’s Sustained Guitar Boy’s Choir M300 Piano Adrian Belew’s Sustained Guitar Combined Choir Mk I Piano Upper Octaves Gordon Giltrap’s Guitar St Peter’s Choirs Italian Accordian Harmonics Russian Choir Rhodes Ray Jung’s Fretless Bass Birotron Choir Moog Taurus Bass Pedals Twelve String Guitar Chamberlin Solo Female Moog Whoosh Ebow Guitar Chamberlin Solo Male Fairlight Arr1 Chamberlin Hawaiian Guitar Fairlight Saxy Chamberlin Electric Guitar Fairlight Swannee Chamberlin Mandolin Plucked Piano Hammond C3 Clean Hammond C3 Dirty American Pump Organ Wilden Church Organ Chamberlin Accordion Chamberlin Piano
PERCUSSION LES BRADLEY MIXES CHAMBERLIN Vibes Gothic Violins Marimba Orchestra Accordion Glocks/Tubular Bells Split Medieval Woodwind Bass Clarinet Cat Electric Guitar Chamberlin Vibes Harp Hawaiian Guitar Mandolin Muted Trombone Octave Saxophones Piano Saxophone Solo Female Solo Male Trombone Vibes