It's the 50th Anniversary of my Minimoog!

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Bill Wolfer
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It's the 50th Anniversary of my Minimoog!

Post by Bill Wolfer » Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:18 pm

I bought this Minimoog Model D in 1972. It was my first synthesizer. As there was no Moog dealer in my home state of Wyoming at the time, Moog Music was happy to sell it to me direct at a great price. A Vice-President of the company got on the phone and told me that I was the first person in Wyoming to buy a Moog synthesizer! I was probably the last, too. They shipped it to me COD, and I gave the postman a money order for it. That doesn't happen anymore.

I set it up on the dining room table, plugged in some headphones, and taught myself subtractive synthesis with it, and the excellent owner's manual that came with it.

Knowing that this year was an important birthday, I took it to a tech who had done work for me before. He went all through it, and got it in great shape. I made a video of it to honor the occasion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RClr580LelY

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Re: It's the 50th Anniversary of my Minimoog!

Post by ummagumma » Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:01 pm

Wow, what a story/history!!

Happy Birthday, and congratulations!

I hope you post a couple pics?

Salutations

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Re: It's the 50th Anniversary of my Minimoog!

Post by Bill Wolfer » Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:51 pm

ummagumma wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:01 pm Wow, what a story/history!!

Happy Birthday, and congratulations!

I hope you post a couple pics?

Salutations
Thanks! I haven't taken any pics--just the video. I think that shows off what kind of shape it's in pretty well.

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Re: It's the 50th Anniversary of my Minimoog!

Post by ummagumma » Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:23 pm

Oh! How did I miss that?? Didn't even realize there was a vid link

Looks & sounds fantastic!

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