Signed by Bob Moog - how to know if its genuine?

[RikMaxSpeed]

Hi
I bought my Voyager on eBay some time ago, its allegedly been signed by Bob Moog on the side, how can find out whether that's genuine or not?
Thanks!

[Kevin Lightner]

It likely is.
Bob signed all sorts of things, Voyagers included.
Signature editions.
Bob's signature isn't that hard to do I suppose, but could vary in certain ways.

But please consider the other possibility:
Someone tried to forge a signature on the side of a Voyager?
What if they messed up? Had to do it again?
Is it really worth it to forge a signature only 8 years after the man's passing?
In 50 more years or so it might, but I can't imagine someone attempting something like this quite yet.
Maybe I'm naive.

[Ledbetter]

Pic?

[kslight]

Yeah I mean why would they bother?

I would think that if one were to forge a signature on the Voyager it would be someone far more desirable???

[museslave]

Post a picture

[BrianK]

As Kevin said, Bob signed MANY things. His official signature is very clean and easy to copy. But it's not worth a ton either, yet! You wouldn't buy one just for the signature... would you? If you don't have a Voyager, it's a great synth. If I had one, I would not likely buy another just because it's signed...

It's likely it's real - and someone estimated his signature often adds $50-100 to something, from ebay prices.

[thealien666]

Hey Brian, is that Prof. William Barnes Hoskins of Jacksonville University, with his Moog Modular, pictured in your avatar ?

[thealien666]

BTW, this is usually what a Bob Moog genuine signature looks like:

[BrianK]

Hey Brian, is that Prof. William Barnes Hoskins of Jacksonville University, with his Moog Modular, pictured in your avatar ?

It IS him! How do you know that?!

[thealien666]

Haha! I simply know my Moog modular history well...

[BrianK]

Good answer, but I think it was technically the school's Moog; he had one himself at home in a custom cool case! Now the University one is here in LA, saw it just the other day...