I guess only Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Bill Gates will be getting The Moog Guitar, is there a “Stage Edition” on the works?
…or a gutter edition…lol. just through all the electronics in a squire bullet
I just had to spend $40 on new jeans from the mess I made in them after seeing the price!!! Doh!! Now I’m $40 further away from getting it!!
To be honest, even at half the price, $3250 (the price of a voyager approx.) it’s hard to bite that bullet.
If I were about to buy any other limited edition guitar equally expensive I think the Moog Guitar with VO Power would be a better value. 
How much for the custom Moog Guitar strings it comes with? Maybe everyone can afford these…
If I were about to buy any other limited edition guitar equally expensive I think the Moog Guitar with VO Power would be a better value.
That depends. Usually limited editions are supposed to be the collectible guitars that increase in value. Sometimes it works, but mostly not.
I do agree from a playing standpoint that you do get more “stuff” for the money…
In this case it seems to be the opposite to normal marketing. They are targeting person’s with money, or professional players to see if there is an interest for something like this. They haven’t targeted us, or have just expected us to start saving, which I have BTW.
Or maybe this technology is really this sensitive to work as remarkably well as they demonstrate it to.
Any new product comes out at big $$, then slowly comes down as enough money is made to justify a re-design.
Or just get a Fernandes with the Sustainer pickup (just like Robert Fripp uses) for 900 bucks… Is there a five thousand dollar difference?
-andrew bunny
I’m completely shocked at how expensive that is. I was definately expecting over 1,000 dollars but not over 6,000. What a shame.
Moog gear isn’t for the riff-raff
It’s marketed for people willing to pay 2595$ for a MIDI-less, memory-less monophonic synth or a 729$ delay unit
Moog gear isn’t for the riff-raff
It’s marketed for people willing to pay 2595$ for a MIDI-less, memory-less monophonic synth or a 729$ delay unit
Well, I’ve spent over $3,000.00 on Moog gear, including 5 Moogerfooger pedals and the LP Stage Edition, but the price for the guitar is still ridiculous, I think a fair price would have been around $2,000.00.
If you think about it, Gibson offer very fine Les Paul Guitars starting from $699.99 and they also offer some Les Paul Models that cost over $5,000.00. but most of the hardware is essencially the same, the only thing that changes is the craftmanship , decoration and the paint applied to the guitar, but the Moog guitar has natural finish which in theory should cheaper than a painted guitar.
I do believe that the Moog guitar is highly overpriced and I am sure that they could offer a much cheaper version starting from $1,500.00, with less expensive wood and not bearing any special edition name (Price bumper).
If I had $6,000.00 to spend on a Guitar I would buy a high end Gibson Les Paul.
My 2 cents
Some guitars climb up to astronomical prices all right, and some are to my opinion shamelessly overpriced
My point is, Moog Music wouldn’t market a 1000$ guitar, would they?
Now maybe they would, surprise me, Moog;)
I guess in the end my point is, why even bother discussing it?
WHO here can afford a 6495$ guitar?
I know I don’t and I don’t have the cash flow either to put 729$ on a simple delay pedal just because it’s Moog
I’m just a regular musician who thinks the LP is pricey for a monophonic synth in 2008, but still affordable and worth every cent
But when it comes to the rest of Moog products, I can only observe that I’m way out of their marketing target
I have no complain about that, btw, if people can pay that much on a sustain guitar, good for them
While 6500.00 is a TON of money, (and out of most of our price range for a guitar) - I don’t think it is over priced for what it is.
I have played the guitar though, so I’ve felt the magic.. And I really mean MAGIC !
ALSO, this technology has never been done quite this way and to boot - it is COMPLETELY ANALOG !!!
Even Keith Richards might complain about the price and expect to get one for free just cuz’ he is who he is (like Mic Jagger did when he had to pay 10,000.00 + for his Moog Modular in the 60’s). I believe the quote was
“Whoa, thats alot dough” (Thanks Analog Days)
But didn’t the Moog synth change the face of music anyway? Not that this guitar will have the exact same effect, but it WILL allow guitarist to do things that weren’t possible before. Thats what Moog stands for.
A kit for any axe would be great, but due to the complexity of the analog circuits and their layout, it wouldn’t be like an easy Voyager field upgrade is. I think you would have to be an experienced EE and guitar builder (or Paul Vo) to do it…
This is a VERY VERY VERY complex design and does some of the coolest shtuff any guitar has ever done.
I can’t afford one, but that doesn’t mean I’d shoot down Moog for marketing it at that price. And using a crappy body, like a Squire Strat, would defeat the purpose of having an awesome guitar. It wouldn’t even bring the price down that much.
The circuits are what make it so pricey, not the body.. Yeah, it is a pricey build otherwise - BUT you wouldn’t put a Porche engine in a Pinto !
- Nick
I was merely stating that in the end it’s a bit pointless to argue about the price since we’re out of their marketing target anyway
I’m not competent in evaluating whether or not the price is relevant to the quality
I’d say they built this to “features” not to “cost”. Zion guitars aren’t cheap either and if you’ve ever talked to them about having a custom one done… moreso.
Factor in that the American Dollar sucks too right now. Energy prices are up. A few years ago it might have been $4500 or 5000. Keep in mind that it is street’ing for almost $500 less. Also Real Estate and living costs in Ashville are really up. It’s no longer a cheap place in the hills to live.
And to a large degree, you aren’t their market. They aren’t making this guitar so every kid with a Line 6 amp or whatever can have it. I’d say they made a limited number, and they knew that some top-end session players and professional musicians would buy them.
Keep in mind that the original Moog Modulars cost more than your house likely did in the 60’s.
Whoever has it in their minds that Moog is a consumer-level company and prices such is out of their minds.
Brotha, you ain’t kiddin!! 
That’s pretty much what I’m saying
And I don’t consider it extravagant for a company to be at a consumer level
To my opinion, the companies that survived through the 80s market shift were the ones able to market high-end pricey products for professional musicans and at the same time mid and low-budget instruments for the common man
What’s the point of having this amazing technology to show on a new guitar, if NOBODY will buy it. I don’t think that a $1,500.00 or even a $2,000.00 guitar, is a guitar for a kid with a line 6 amp.
How much would the electronics alone be worth for this guitar? I am almost sure that they don’t cost half the price of the electronics used on the Voyager OS, and yet the Voyager OS is prices around $2,300.00 with VERY nice wood work.
Even if the technology is worth lots of money, I don’t think that Moog is spending more than $1,200.00 on parts for each guitar made.
I might be wrong with my calculations. But the guitar is definitely overpriced. No excuses please.
as Amos stated in another thread there are ALOT of discrete analog circuits, i believe he said around 300. and then there is research and developement which since this is new technology (yes i know the sustainiac and fernandez and ebow, this is way different) that takes alot of time and trial and error and all those things cost money and reflect the price. and nobody said this was for kids with line 6 amps. this is a serious instrumentmeant for professional musicians. and not to mention this is a collector/signature series made in limited numbers, so once again that drives up the price. im sure later down the line there will be a stage version of the moog guitar. and complaining about the price wont make moog reconsider, they have their demographic that they were shooting for with this product and seemed to really excite them (just watch the demo video)and yes $6500 for a guitar is ALOT of money and i know there is no way in hell that i could ever afford this guitar, but i do look forward to hearing it on albums and hopefully playing it at a guitar store soon
No, 3000!!
Roughly 10 times as many parts as is in the Voyager!!
Cheers
theglyph
What’s the point of having this amazing technology to show on a new guitar, if NOBODY will buy it. I don’t think that a $1,500.00 or even a $2,000.00 guitar, is a guitar for a kid with a line 6 amp.
The Voyager is not a teen’s instrument either. Moog customers are serious hobbyists and professional musicians. It’s been that way since Bob made the first modulars. Thank goodness he didn’t have your logic when he started out. I think the Moog guitar is a great concept, and I believe there will be many professional musicians who will get one. Innovation usually comes at a cost.