Moog Taurus 1's $3400.00 on ebay!

mtdaniels5 · Post by **mtdaniels5** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:21 am

Just when I think they can't go any higher. When they hit $5k, i'm selling mine.

Jyoti · Post by **Jyoti** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:07 pm

Ummm...isn't the Taurus a re-jigged Rogue?

I mean, I love my Rogue but this price seems a tad steep!

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:17 pm

Jyoti wrote:Ummm...isn't the Taurus a re-jigged Rogue?

I mean, I love my Rogue but this price seems a tad steep!

The Taurus II is, but the Taurus I is a different beast. Known for its legendary bass that no other Moog can emulate....or so they say. I have yet to be convinced, but then again I've never played a Taurus I.

Regardless, $3400 is certainly more than I would pay for something like a Taurus.

Jyoti · Post by **Jyoti** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:03 pm

Ahhh, ta for the info!

Just looked it up:

http://www.hollowsun.com/vintage/taurus/

It looks bloody heavy!

MC · Post by MC » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:15 pm

OysterRock wrote:The Taurus II is, but the Taurus I is a different beast. Known for its legendary bass that no other Moog can emulate....or so they say. I have yet to be convinced, but then again I've never played a Taurus I.

Yes it's true about the Taurus I's - they have some mighty beefy bass. My set of T1's out-beefs all the other Moogs in my arsenal, only the Voyager comes close.

Regardless, $3400 is certainly more than I would pay for something like a Taurus.

Keep in mind that $3400 is the opening bid, I'd be surprised if someone took the bait.

Taurus I pedals are starting to eclipse model D Minimoogs for market price, and T1's don't do much other than bass for that price.

mtdaniels5 · Post by **mtdaniels5** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:30 pm

I have both T1 and T2. To get the fat T1 sound on the T2's, I always used a chorus pedal. Made it real close to T1.

nicholas d. kent · Post by **nicholas d. kent** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:06 pm

As for other Moog synths... well then what about a bunch of Moog 901 series oscs + a proper power supply?

A friend certainly swears by using at least 9 of them.

Then again that modular always cost more than $3K except maybe around 1988 give or take a couple years. Then again the Taurus was cheap used for a bit longer.

Also if you look hard enough you can find plenty of remarkably high prices for a lot of gear. The real sign something is really happening is if you see a few of them legitamitely selling for that much

MC · Post by MC » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:59 pm

I exchanged some emails with Bob Moog about the Taurus Is a few years ago. He said when Dave Luce designed them, he lifted the filter right out of the modular. I've played a Moog modular in person, so there's probably the one Moog that could best the Taurus Is.

And no, those emails were not a precursor of what is to come in March...

theglyph · Post by **theglyph** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:47 am

MC wrote:And no, those emails were not a precursor of what is to come in March...

Come on MC, you know the truth. Spill the beans man!!

I recieved an email from Dr. Moog shortly after I recieved my Big Briar MF-101. I had a question about it's relationship to the original ladder filter.
At the time it seemd like a very thoughtful and informative reply and in retrospect it was very cool to recieve a personal email from the inventor himself.

Dr. Moog was the true professional!!

MC · Post by MC » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:56 am

theglyph wrote:
MC wrote:And no, those emails were not a precursor of what is to come in March...
Come on MC, you know the truth. Spill the beans man!!

I don't have the inside scoop, so no beans to spill. Sorry.

Even if I did know, I respect NDAs. I like to maintain my karma

theglyph · Post by **theglyph** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:01 am

MC wrote:Even if I did know, I respect NDAs. I like to maintain my karma

Cool! I respect ya karma! We'll just have to wait and see

!

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:22 pm

It didn't sell. Imagine that.

mtdaniels5 · Post by **mtdaniels5** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:39 pm

I saw that they didn't sell. Does anyone think, as they get older and more rare, the cost will escalate even higher?

nicholas d. kent · Post by **nicholas d. kent** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:24 am

mtdaniels5 wrote:I saw that they didn't sell. Does anyone think, as they get older and more rare, the cost will escalate even higher?

It's a supply and demand situation. If more people want to buy them than want to sell them at a given time then the price goes up. If a lot of people want to sell then at some point then any buyers will look for lower prices. There's also a rare cases of equlibrium (example: used Oberheim Xpanders never really go up or down in value).

The only difficult to predict factor is how many people want them mostly as a collectors item and will pay collector money for them - versus - people who mostly want them for the sounds they make. If someone builds something that some people think nails the sound then some people will go for it instead and potentially a few more people will decide to sell their original.

godzilla · Post by **godzilla** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:08 am

nicholas d. kent wrote:
mtdaniels5 wrote:I saw that they didn't sell. Does anyone think, as they get older and more rare, the cost will escalate even higher?
It's a supply and demand situation. If more people want to buy them than want to sell them at a given time then the price goes up. If a lot of people want to sell then at some point then any buyers will look for lower prices. There's also a rare cases of equlibrium (example: used Oberheim Xpanders never really go up or down in value).

The only difficult to predict factor is how many people want them mostly as a collectors item and will pay collector money for them - versus - people who mostly want them for the sounds they make. If someone builds something that some people think nails the sound then some people will go for it instead and potentially a few more people will decide to sell their original.

crazy old analog foot pedals are a strange and rare thing i think there are probably people out there that would pay stupid money to perform with something like that,
it's like the theremin but not as extreme (people don't usually watch your feet) but it would make a good show, think how much old moog theremins would go for if the etherwaves never came out (heaven forbid)