Moog Taurus I Prices?

HowIMadeMyMillions · Post by **HowIMadeMyMillions** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:31 pm

Wondering what a "run-of-the-mill", "player" set of Moog Taurus 1 pedals cost
nowadays?
-HIMMM

MC · Post by MC » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:26 am

US$2500 minimum

Crazy, I know...

Kevin Lightner · Post by **Kevin Lightner** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:30 am

Think of it as $250 per toe.

HowIMadeMyMillions · Post by **HowIMadeMyMillions** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:44 am

Well the mini is going to cost me an arm and a leg, so what the h$ll?!
(kidding, of course! .... the prices of the quality vintage is a constant jaw dropper!)

crootnik · Post by **crootnik** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:42 pm

I wonder where you would find a set. I've searched and haven't seen a set for sale, for years.

rico1980 · Post by **rico1980** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:05 pm

Crootnik -

Here are some Taurus Pedals for sale.

http://tonetweakers.com/usedgear.htm

Scroll down the page and you'll see them. The price isn't listed but they want $4799 for them.

Here's another one:

http://stores.ebay.com/ANALOG-U-S-INC

You can also find them at RL Music. They don't seem to have any now but here's the link:

http://www.rlmusic.co.uk/

Happy shopping - if you survive the sticker shock

Rick

MC · Post by MC » Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:59 pm

They're very hard to find anywhere.

I got very lucky when I stumbled on a pristine set in a vintage guitar store. Judging by the bargain price and the fact they were sitting in a case and not even on display, they didn't even know what they had. Yeah, a vintage guitar store who is clueless about vintage moogs, go figure.

Don't go rushing to that store - they no longer carry vintage keys. Sorry.

MC · Post by MC » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:14 pm

rico1980 wrote:Crootnik -

Here are some Taurus Pedals for sale.

http://tonetweakers.com/usedgear.htm

Scroll down the page and you'll see them. The price isn't listed but they want $4799 for them.

Those are outrageous prices, not just for the Taurus pedals.

Here's another one:

http://stores.ebay.com/ANALOG-U-S-INC

Again, way too high. $2000 for a SEM module? Please.

Kevin Lightner · Post by **Kevin Lightner** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:40 pm

Again, way too high. $2000 for a SEM module? Please.

It's up to the buyers.

How about an unrestored Mini for $5250?
Someone just bought one for that.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-70s-Moog-Mi ... dZViewItem

CZ Rider · Post by **CZ Rider** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:15 pm

Looks like a set just sold on Ebay for $1577.00 US. That would have been my guess at the going price today. The Taurus have the edge on sound and portability, as they are compact and plug in and play, dead simple.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0269027292

I was lucky enough to pick up a set of the Taurus II controller pedals for about $75.00 US on Ebay a few years back. The Brain I use for the Taurus II was a little more expensive, but I can get that same deep bass. And it has an 18 note pedalboard. It's just nowhere near as portable as the original Taurus.

Kevin Lightner · Post by **Kevin Lightner** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:15 am

It's just nowhere near as portable as the original Taurus.

Maybe it's me, but the differences between the two Taurus models seems rather small when compared to a Hammond or the refrigerator-sized box a Synclavier uses..

CZ Rider · Post by **CZ Rider** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:26 am

Kevin Lightner wrote:Maybe it's me, but the differences between the two Taurus models seems rather small when compared to a Hammond or the refrigerator-sized box a Synclavier uses..

Hey, I still gig with that rig!
Actually that Hammond is chopped! Notice the black posts for legs, the spinet part of that old L-100 is long gone. And the Sync 2 is the old original version with the shoe box CPU. Quote the NED sales brochure " Lighter than a Minimoog, its keyboard unit tucks under one arm".
But I did over do the Taurus 2 brain, replacing it with the still portable Moog System 1P. It does get that Taurus bass sound, ...and then some.

Kevin Lightner · Post by **Kevin Lightner** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:35 am

When I had a Hammond L-102, I did a similar chop job.
I actually made a new enclosure sort of like Keyboard Products offered.
I used the same legs as the Polymoog and Rhodes had.
I also boosted the percussion and the preamp, only to find that this created feedback at high volumes.
The tubes were too microphonic.
I fixed this by putting a layer of silicone rubber sealant between the tube and the base.
It could withstand the heat and shock-absorbed the tube.
Worked perfectly, but a little ugly.

I love the old Synclavier price lists from NED.
Everything was an even $5000.
More memory? $5000
Sync interface? $5000
Disk drive? $5000

MC · Post by MC » Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:22 am

CZ Rider wrote: But I did over do the Taurus 2 brain, replacing it with the still portable Moog System 1P. It does get that Taurus bass sound, ...and then some.

At least it was a step in the right direction.

Bob Moog told me some years ago that when Dave Luce designed the original Taurus pedals, the filter was lifted right out of the modulars.

Trigger · Post by **Trigger** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:05 am

CZ:
Killer rig--the best of analog & digital!!

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