any chance the model d will be remade in it’s full glory ?
I have always wanted one since the 1970s
Nice to see the Old School but it’s got too many ins and outs
for me to utilize to it’s full potential.
i kinda dont get the question … the os was ther attempt to get ppl like you. but if you didnt want it then why not just get a model D ?? i got the os and love it also trust me ther is never enuff in’s and out’s.
The question is : can Moog release an old school version of the Old School version
I think Dr Moog himself said that theres enough old Minis going around that they didn’t have to make a totally reissued version.
People probably would still say it didn’t sound as good if they did.
I agree (that some people would say that, that is!)
The Old School is not a Model D
I guess there can be only one
The Original
Many companies like Rickenbacker and Gibson and Fender are making clones of their old gear.
2¢
If it was possible to recreate the Model D ENTIRELY TO SPEC, it would retail for the price of a Voyager + OS combined!
I doubt that Gibson does exact reissues.
I agree, if you want a Model D - Buy a model D.. I don’t think anyone has ever regretted that purchase.
Its like the old console TVs.. It would cost a fortune to make one today.
And for that kinda cash people would buy an HD plasma screen - cuz they are probably cheaper to make than an old analog set, with cathode bulbs and all..
thanks nick
this one really is a no brainer
TV’s are an entirely different animal, as it is still cheaper to buy a CRT than it is to repair a plasma, but all the other points are good and valid. Gibson DOES NOT in fact, do exact reissues. And this comes from a repair man I have befriended at Music-Go-Round who has seen people try to bring in Gibson reissues and sell them as vintage instruments. 
Capacitors are different. Wires are different, as in, not cotton-insulated. Even the pickups in old Gibsons are different. All Gibson does, is reissue the neck, body, and finish, then charge $4000 for it. Even the finish isn’t the same, because the old finish wasn’t polyurethane-coated.
Same with the D. Capacitors are different. Discrete transistor technology would be almost impossible to do, just because of the hand-matched transistors required for it to work well. The company went out of business that made the pots for the original D, though Clarostats are a suitable replacement according to Kevin Lightner. They most likely aren’t identical to the originals, though. 
The companies that made the pots (there were two main suppliers), didn’t go out of business.
One was acquired.
But they still make pots under their new name.
The sealed pots Minis used are still available today.
They just cost a lot.
The modwheel pot would probably be a special order too.
It doesn’t really matter who made them anyways.
These types of pots adhered to a common mil-spec design protocol.
Whether Allen-Bradley, Ohmite, Clarostat, Bourns or whomever, the pots were very similar between brands.
I think Moog can do it if they wanted to.
Don’t know about that no brainer comment
Marshall makes clones of their amps
we are not talking rocket science.
I think Moog can do it if they wanted to.
Don’t know about that no brainer comment
Marshall makes clones of their amps
we are not talking rocket science.
Go back to sleep.
Go back to sleep.
i second that
again just buy one if you have wanted one for 30 years.
maybe try out owning any minimoog new or old - it’d be a novel experience for you.
p.s. i have a re-issue of some vintage tap water if your interested
eeeewwwww!
why was the Old School canned anyways ?
I came here thinking maybe it was canned
to make room for a Model D Reissue.
How are those touch pad things doing on the Voyager ?
Ok I will go back to sleep
wake me up when Moog Reissues the model d
Oh…interesting! Thanks, Kevin! I see you mentioned Ohmite. ALL their stuff is expensive. Actually, they make high-powered stuff mostly, right? 50 watt+ potentiometers and resistors and the like? Clarostats are probably the cheapest of the brands you mentioned. Very nice pots, though…especially for the money.
Amps are different than synthesizers, just like TV’s are different from synthesizers. More goes into building a synth than what goes into a tube amp…I’ve rebuilt a tube amp. I would NEVER attempt to rebuild a synth. That’s best left to Kevin Lightner.
Thanks for that info Kevin, I noticed that the Clarostats look just like AB pots of old moogs. The last AB pots I bought were about $3.00 each, today we’re up to $10.00; considering inflation and about 30 years they are about the same price…
I recently bought a NOS AB pot for eight bucks at the local electronics shop. Great deal, considering it had been in the storage room since God knows when. The price sticker was at least ten years old.
John, you totally missed that. A RE-ISSUE of vintage tap water would be fresh tap water.