I’m considering buying a second hand Voyager Electric Blue version with a mahogany case. The synth was bought by the seller from the first hand owner (a studio). I’m very familiar to analog synths (and fixed a lot of them) but have almost zero information about the Voyager -
Is the Electric Blue a “fully featured” Voyager ? Is it different than the Performer in any way ?
What should I look for when inspecting it ? any known issues with the first versions… ?
Just don’t want to end up with a problematic unit Any advice will be much appreciated
The seller asks for 2000$… Is there any catch such as drop in price for these models ?
Just want to make sure it a “good” deal…
There shouldn’t be any issues with it, it’s not any different from the performer.
THe backlighting only lasts for 1000 hours though, this would be a consideration Id have before purchasing one used.
Depending on the age of the unit it may have some hardware upgrades that weren’t added until later like the filter glide and aftertouch modification as well as the memory upgrade. It should have 896 presets. If not it would need to be sent back to the factory for the upgrades, but these aren’t essential. You can verify this by looking at the version of the operating system.
And just to add to Eric’s comments; as far as ‘value’ goes, Moog just dropped the price by a few hundred bucks and will not be making all of the various configuraitons and finishes any more but it’s STILL $2999 unless you get a bargain basement deal on a new one.
I paid $2,200 for my Whitewash Old School and felt that I got a really good deal at the time so I would say that you should just exercise all of the functions to see that everything is working properly and if you think you’ll get along with it, buy it. Depending on age and conditions, you might need a tune-up/calibration but perhaps not.
I know some people that have Voyagers and haven’t “bonded” with them. It happens with any instrument. I’m a big believer (especially with stringed instruments) that instruments find YOU; you don’t necessarily find them. So maybe it’s calling your name! Check it out.
Any advice will be much appreciated 