ok, so this guitar seems amazing- no one disputes that. It is, however,
truly heinous aesthetically. and quite expensive- so, will there be a
cheap stage edition at some point, that looks more normal, (in another
thread, someone suggested a telecaster deluxe- that or a music man sabre type of thing would appeal to me)
? or will the technology be available
seperately, ie will the pickups and guts be sold for diy luthiery?
really- this guitar looks like something right out of 90’s nu-metal or bad futuristic jazz festival bs- awesome concept, terrible design.
A more Work Horse type guitar say with a 2000.00 MRP. Exclude the Flame maple and Gold hardware. Offer Alder or Ash, Maple/Rosewood or Ebony fretboard options. Or even better a partnership with say FENDER, GIBSON, PRS for higher end standard designs guitar with the Moog technology in it. That is what I’m waiting for from Moog Music. This worked for the Fender/Roland GK2/ Stratocaster in the '90s. They will sell a larger number of units this way.
Roland and Fender are both mediocre companies that sell overpriced, mediocre products. A partnership between Moog and Fender would be a very bad decision IMHO. Same with Gibson, although Gibson would be a better choice if I had to choose between the two. Moog SG, anyone?
Moog and Peavey might be a better avenue, as the two companies are similar in structure, and Peavey is known to use only cutting-edge technology to build stuff. I like their speakers and amps, anyway. IDK much about their guitars.
do you really think that peavey guitars are better than fender? I haven’t checked up in a while, so you may be right, but the last I checked, 9/10 of smashed punk band guitars are peaveys since they can usually be found for 50 bucks at the pawn shop. I still wonder if the technology will be subbed out to other manufacturers- it would be awesome to have on a gibson sg, or anything else, for that matter…
EVH played a Peavey. Also, he helped develop the 5150, which became the 6505 amplifier when he quit using Peavey. The build quality is top notch on Peavey guitars. The tolerances are so close that the frets aren’t even glued into the fretboard! Just my take. Not a guitarist, just know Peavey’s manufacturing processes.
I think either a Moog SG (perhaps add robotic tuners…that would be awesome!) or Peavey would be good for Moog, though all Gibson has anymore is the name…the quality is no longer there.
Peavey’s factory is set up so that all workers MUST wear anti static leg bands. Very sensitive equipment, very fine tolerances, mass production, which is why they have little to no resale value. Just my thought, if Moog wants to go with a Stage Edition Moog guitar.
EDIT: The Peavey Generation series(tele) looks promising as a base to go on, as does the PXD Tomb model. Or maybe the Explorer looking thing.
now that I think of it, my very favorite guitar is similar to what you describe- it’s a roland g 505, the “brain” for the gr300 synth- it was made by greco/ ibanez but only has a roland logo on the headstock- Ibanez has the same range of price as peavey, but this is the best playing guitar I’ve ever touched. if they combined this new tech with roland guitar synth tech, it would be the bee’s knees’ knees, or something akin.
Ibanez would be another great company to join with the Moog Guitar. Except, they’re Japanese, and Moog is American. Not too sure how that would work out…I’m sure it would be possible. I had a GAX-70 for a very brief time, and I will say that it felt great in my hands even though it was a bit on the heavy side. Couldn’t play it, but it felt nice!
The Roland guitars were very good,I have the g 505 and the g 707.I still use them both.Carvin would be another good choice for a moog stage model.I dont own any Carvin’s but I have played on a few models and was impressed with the sound and build quality.
My favorite phrases from this thread are “spandex and sunglasses wanktar” and “the bee’s knees’ knees.”
although spandex-and-sunglasses wanktars are not the bee’s knees’ knees, I’m sure we can agree.
In the event that there is a subsequent lower-priced version of the Moog Guitar, I have put in a special request for no gold hardware, and for it to be available in black. We’ll see…
Since we’re talking dream Moog guitars, mine would have:
semi-hollow body
16" radius and 25 1/5" scale (I have big hands)
Moog electronics, obviously
Gibson robotic tuners
RMC 13 pin electronics
LR Baggs active piezo preamp w/mini microphone for acoustic sounds
If Moog and Gibson sold those electronics separately, I would buy them in a second and have this guitar built without a second thought.
yes! roland sold the guts for their g- series guitar controllers seperately- (before the gk2 etc), saw it on ebay once- the circuit board, pickup, and 24 pin jack assembly- to combine this with the new moog technology in a guitar of my choosing would be too insane- a true Fripp killer. also, check this out
mark smart has officially blown my mind and modded the gr300 to have cv, gate, audio, and env follower outs for each string!! the gr300 can now control ANYTHING (well, his is the only one that can, but he’s giving the schems to the world for free in the name of science). that, combined with the moogtar, is the most interesting musical possibility I can think of, no hyperbole.
think: the most perfect tracking guitar synth + infinite modular possibility + the realization of the infinite sustain guitar =
so hey, Amos, if you’re still scanning this thread, check out the aforementioned mark smart link(if you please)- this could be a great excuse for you guys to produce that memorymoog voyager, or something akin- imagine
a rackmount, 6 voice polysynth with vx351/2 ish input/ output modules( well definitely input at least). The input vx-thing could have 6 sets of cv, gate, env inputs, to be controlled by a moog guitar with roland gr technology- one voice per string
so: imaginary moog/roland gr guitar>>>roland gr300 synth brain>>>6 channel vx style cvinterface>>>new moog 6voice polysynth
that would only cost: mmmmm about 20 grand
BUT
that new buchla stuff costs way more, and I’m sure their operation is smaller than yours.
I used to work for Six Flags, who exclusively uses Peavey amps and speakers. I recall a conversation with one of the electronics repair guys, who said that, “The thing with Peavey is, sometimes it won’t work out of the box, but once it’s repaired, it’ll last forever. We still have amps from 1976 still in service in Theatre Royale that we’ve never been called to repair.” My amp that I use regularly is from 1986, and has seen better days. Tolex is falling off in some places, dents, dings, broken knob on the LOW MID pot, rusty screws, etc. But it works, and works well.
When the speaker finally goes,(soon, hopefully; stupid coaxial so and so) I have a backup as well as a tweeter to retrofit in there. My best friend has an '89 bass that seems to have held up quite well. He likes it almost as much as his pre-Ernie Ball Music Man. So their basses at least are good.
Not too sure how that would work out…I’m sure it would be possible. I had a GAX-70 for a very brief time, and I will say that it felt great in my hands even though it was a bit on the heavy side. Couldn’t play it, but it felt nice! 
We’ll see…