Moog Guitar- Not A Hoax! Not A Dream! Not An Imaginary Tale!

HB3 · Post by **HB3** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:26 pm

What the hell?

HB3 · Post by **HB3** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:27 pm

So who's ponying up 6.5K?

Bryan T · Post by **Bryan T** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:40 pm

Wow! It looks very, very cool. I can think of lots of things I could play with that guitar that I couldn't play with a 'normal' guitar. The sustainer/muter and the built-in filter look great. I'm looking forward to hearing what some of the forward-thinking players do with this (Vernon Reid, David Torn, etc.)

The cons (for me at least!): price, appearance, neck shape. I'm sure the price will come down if the guitar enters regular production. The appearance could be addressed with a different model - single cutaway, no maple tops, etc. The neck shape could also be addressed - on paper it is too thin of a neck for my preferences.

I love how this went from a perceived April Fools joke to a 'gotta have it' instrument.

Bryan

HB3 · Post by **HB3** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:53 pm

Now coming from Lou Reed -- "Metal Machine Music II -- The Moog Guitar."

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:10 am

Well when I saw the april video, I thought it was real because of the fretboard inlays.

It will be a nice collectors item for someone.

Eric

Nick Montoya · Post by **Nick Montoya** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:47 am

I was fortunate enough to play a few of the Moog Guitar Prototypes and I must say, WOW ...

Whats really cool is that you can FEEL the infinite sustain vibrating the guitar, almost violently at times..

For instance, if you strum a really loud chord and set it on a table, the guitar might rattle itself off the table within a few minuets ..

Thats how intense the whole "you can feel it" statement is !! The truth !!

baward07 · Post by **baward07** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:43 am

HB3 wrote:What the hell?

Guys like Pat Metheny will be so creatively excited!

Ben

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:24 am

I wonder if it works with an Ebow?

Can I get an eleven-string version?

How about a robotic self-tuning function?

How on earth does it know when to sustain/when to mute? In the video one guy pulls a full neck bend, yet only one note is playing.

Good job, Moog.

sir_dss · Post by **sir_dss** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:50 pm

How is this different that a Fernandes Sustainer equipped guitar?

Bryan T · Post by **Bryan T** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:54 pm

sir_dss wrote:How is this different that a Fernandes Sustainer equipped guitar?

A few ways. Both pickups can drive the strings, which means that the strings get excited in different ways depending on the pickup driving it, plus you can blend the two pickups for different sounds. It also has the mute mode, which I haven't seen before. You also have the Moog filter on the instrument.

Bryan

Ghost · Post by **Ghost** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:04 pm

How is the Mahogany and Ebony sourced?

ColorForm2113 · Post by **ColorForm2113** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:55 pm

when i went to look up the price, i actually choked alittle. but the posibilities of that guitar

and then incorperating moogerfoogers along with it..INSANE

sir_dss · Post by **sir_dss** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:06 pm

Ghost said "How is the Mahogany and Ebony sourced"

Very good point Ghost...[/quote]

Bryan T · Post by **Bryan T** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:47 pm

ColorForm2113 wrote:when i went to look up the price, i actually choked alittle. but the posibilities of that guitar and then incorperating moogerfoogers along with it..INSANE

Yep! I can't help but think about what sort of amazing sounds you could get with the ring mod, delay, murf, and phaser.

I'm curious what they gained by including the filter on the instrument. It seems like you could get the same effect by using a LPF directly after the guitar.

Does the CV in on the pedal only control what the pedal controls?

Bryan

Nick Montoya · Post by **Nick Montoya** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:48 pm

latigid on wrote:

How on earth does it know when to sustain/when to mute? In the video one guy pulls a full neck bend, yet only one note is playing.

Good job, Moog.

Part of the "VO POWER" is that it can single out the string you are playing (if you wish).. Just one of the many things you can do..

It really is a "play to believe" sort of instrument, even all the video, specs and so on can't REALLY give you the full impression till you play it ... .

Paul Vo is a genius and spent soooo many years fine tuning this technology!

Talking with Paul, it came up that maybe an acoustic version would give people an even better idea of just how powerful this technology is. The thing about electric guitars is people expect "effects", but on an acoustic with no amp (just full on VO POWER) people would really get it..

It wasn't til I played the Vo with out any amp that I fully understood (at least half way

) what was happening..

Electro magnetic genius !!

- Nick

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