Brand new voyager, hexagon dents in back of panel..

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I just received my brand new electric blue voyager today through the post and I have to say it looks stunning with the backlight on.

The only problem is that across the back of the top panel, there are 14 small hexagon shaped dents. I assume this isn’t normal? there are six of the dents in the top left corner in a rectangle shape. It looks as though the top panel was set down on some washers or something. There are also some grubby kind of hand marks but i know that these synths are hand finished so this isn’t a problem.

I am quite surprised that this has passed through quality control, for such an expensive synth I imagined that the finish would be immaculate.

Anyways, I wanted to come here and ask if anyone had any similar experiences before while I contact moog and the distributor direct.

I have tried to attach pics to show the dents but it states ‘Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached’

Anyone any similar experiences?

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Try uploading a photo to imgur or photobucket or the like.

It’s probably a row of blind stand-offs used to attach the PCB to the panel/case and they’re there in order to reduce the number of screws on the outside.

What country are you from?

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E.g. look at this Sherman Filterbank:








There are several blinds on this panel and it’s a completely normal thing. Welcome to the forum though!

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That is nothing more than the welded in studs. Perfectly normal.

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Congrats on the new EB.

Yeah, the lttle hexes are part of the fab process.

Now go pull up a nice bass patch and crank up your amp and let the neighbors enjoy some analog bliss!

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Thanks for the replies, that’s exactly it in the filterbank pic, that’s cool.

I got an reply from Moog within 30mins of asking yesturday which was excellent, I had just never seen that before. I didn’t want to use the Voyager incase it had to be returned but after hearing that this is standard I got stuck in last night and I have to say that I am blown away so far, sounds just like I wanted it to, big and fat! It also looks beautiful with the studio lights off, really draws you to it and makes you want to play, inspirational! Running it through some effects at the minute and I am delighted with what I am hearing .Thanks for putting my mind at ease, the Voyager is here to stay :exclamation:

Another quick question -

Can I send the trigger outs on my 808/606 to the LFO/ENV/S&H Gate inputs? I read in the manual that they accept a +5v signal but i think the 808 outputs +15v so would I need a convertor maybe? like this one - http://systemj.co.uk/sysjpage2.html

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By looking at the heavy, metal casing on this thing, this could have also been called “Sherman Filter Tank” ! :laughing:

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Some banks are pretty solid man… Like fort knox… Ok, its a little more than a bank, but you get what I’m saying.