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Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by Khatru2U » Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:20 pm

Sweetwater sent the picture with the announcement but I'm too dumb to imbed in post. It certainly seems legit:

10th Anniversary Minimoog Voyager

Moog will soon be announcing a VERY special and limited Custom 10th Anniversary Minimoog Voyager. Only 5 total of these will be built for the United States.

Price is $15,000.

FEATURES:
• Production limited to 30 total worldwide, with only 5 total in the US
• 24 Karat Gold-plated Chassis with Custom Silk Screen
• Clear Polycarbonate Knobs
• Custom Cut Rear Panel with Indigo (purple) Backlit Moog Logo (see photo below)
• Black Piano Lacquer Cabinet and XY Bezel
• Custom 10th Anniversary Cabinet Inlay - Designed and Executed by World-renowned Inlay Artist Larry Robinson
• Gold customizable Voyager Badge
• Gold Headphones Jack
• All Black Rocker Switches and Jacks
• Custom Fleece Dust Cover
• Handcrafted and Bound Manual
• Custom-built Museum-style Wood Shipping Crate
• When will they ship - December
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by Analog Prophet » Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:55 am

Sounds like a nice gem. I hope the sound is spiced in a similar way too - Moog has a name that is associated with just one thing: The sound
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by EricK » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:57 am

Now I'm afraid at what they might do for the 100th Anniversary of the Theremin coming up in a few years.
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by namahshaman » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:36 am

wow. :shock: Please, someone smarter than me, tell this gentleman how to embed a photo. pleeeeeease.

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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by EricK » Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:44 pm

I can't wait to see this....I'm sure it's lovely but $15,000 for a TEN year anniversary? That's pretty opulent, even for Moog, don't you think?

Especially when I can think of a 110 space modular system that costs less than that...
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by thealien666 » Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:54 pm

It's probably the gold that will be worth at least $10K, not the Voyager. :twisted:

I couldn't find anything about that on their web site tho... :?:
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by Khatru2U » Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:14 pm

Sometimes it's just painful how dumb I am......I forgot about flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/84298631@N ... hotostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/84298631@N ... hotostream

Not really a "pretty" beast.
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by thealien666 » Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:28 pm

:shock: :?

I'll echo the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film Predator when he sees that other beast up close: "You're one ugly motherfocker !" :lol: :lol:

I really don't dig the "western saloon" lines on the sides... Only my personal opinion, though.

Thanks for the pics, and heads-up about it still, Khatru2u !
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by Just Me » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:06 pm

$15,000 for a cabinet and cache? That is a lot of Buchla, DotCom or topline recording gear that is going to sound different than the 10th Anniversary unit that will sound the same as a $3000 Select series. But there are people who will buy them. Seat for every bung and a bung for every seat.
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by EricK » Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:27 pm

When I read Larry Robinson was doing the inlays, I pictured something like this...
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It would look nice with this:
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That Voyager is going to be a fingerprint magnet. The lines remind me of a billiard table.

And 15k will get you a SMALL Buchla lololol
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by EMwhite » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:45 pm

Actually, Eric, if you looked at his site, I sort of like the fish that he did as inlays on the fretless (must be bass) neck. But I question how it would sound; MOP vs. the wood of the neck?

One of the guitars has piano laid out across the back. Incredible work. Having seen the pic posted, I guess it's just the Steam Punk outline and the #10 that is the Inlay?
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by Mr Shave » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:02 pm

Wow, that thing is pretty ugly..

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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by seamonkey » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:45 am

This is some kind of joke, right?
I keep looking at the calender to see if it's April 1st.

I don't understand the thought process here.
It has to be a joke, why would they waste their time on something like this?
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by EricK » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:13 am

seamonkey wrote:This is some kind of joke, right?
I keep looking at the calender to see if it's April 1st.
I thought this EXACT SAME THING.

Im really beginning to question the validity of this picture.
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Re: Very interesting from Sweetwater

Post by EMwhite » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:30 am

Well part of it is fake/a joke for sure. Outside of the fact that the purple illuminated logo doesn't match the color scheme of the Steam Punk front/gold pic; the aspect ratio of the logo is too square considering that the panel is tilted back.

Oh, and then there is the fact that the top edge of the Voyager says "XL" and has the obvious absence of the jacks that a Voyager would have and a XL would not have.

But maybe they just haven't taken a photo of this part of it yet : )
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