When is a Moog not a Moog?

MC · Post by MC » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:05 pm

Europe isn't the problem; it's the UK. Someone else in the UK owns but does not use the Moog/Minimoog trademarks and he won't budge.

Read here under the title "Cambrian Capers"

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jun03/a ... 6dd165a358

countlove · Post by **countlove** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:46 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OMG! I think that is soo funny.. What a poor sport that guy is.. That is such a shitty thing to do. So this guy grabs the name and trys to capitalize on it? Who in thier right mind would buy a minimoog from some BS company in the UK?

Well I hope that guy sits in his own feces, with his UK moog rights..

Thanks for the Link!!

Count

MC · Post by MC » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:30 pm

Yeah, and AFAIK he never sold a "Welsh" Minimoog to anyone here in the US. None of the US mags (EM, Keyboard) ever got one for review. It never appeared at any trade show in the US.

Three guesses why

countlove · Post by **countlove** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:48 pm

Perhaps he would have luck with them at Guitar Center.

Seamus4444 · Post by **Seamus4444** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:23 pm

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Seamus4444 · Post by **Seamus4444** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:31 pm

countlove wrote:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OMG! I think that is soo funny.. What a poor sport that guy is.. That is such a shitty thing to do. So this guy grabs the name and trys to capitalize on it? Who in thier right mind would buy a minimoog from some BS company in the UK?

Well I hope that guy sits in his own feces, with his UK moog rights..

Thanks for the Link!!

Count

This was some welsh Twonk that did his best to cash in making fakes, and is now making a few quid flogging Teeshirts and presumably hoping Bob Moog will make him rich with huge cash offer. Personaly, I hope he loses out big style.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:35 pm

I have fully branded Moog Voyager here in the UK.

In the unlikely event I was ever to appear on TOTP with it, would I be forced to remove/cover up the logos?

goldphinga · Post by **goldphinga** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:39 am

When Moog went bust in the 80's i think the Moog trademark came up for grabs and a guy based in Wales UK bought the rights to the trademark in Britain. He brought out replica minimoogs for a while which were fairly accurate reproductions and he proposed other new models as well.

The problem has been that for reasons that i do not fully understand Moogmusic U.S. has not been able to aquire back the right to their name for sales in UK territory from the Welsh bloke, even though he is no longer building synths.

So,no equipment can be sold with the Moog logo on in the UK,although it is fine to import one.It just can't have been purchased from a UK dealer (Turnkey). Thats the story as far as i understand,please correct me if i'm wrong!As a result,UK versions have to be branded By Bob Moog rather than the Moog logo.

ClockWorkOrange · Post by **ClockWorkOrange** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:44 pm

That really blows for UK moog buyers..that one stubborn wannabe can cause such a situation..can moog still send you the free sticker? or is that contraband too. I purchased a Cherrywood Anniversary Voyager from Nova Musik, 1 of 15 made, I really wanted a Cherrywood Sig Edition but didn't have the $$ at the time they came out, I'm glad i had to wait cause i think the backlit voyager is outrageous.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:13 am

I got the sticker. Actually bought my signature edition from RL Music.

The Unknown · Post by **The Unknown** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:08 pm

Your Sig is second hand though, isn't Boeing? This would make it okay to buy from a UK dealer as it would, originally, have been bought from the US.

I myself have a US imported maple AE - superb!

ClockWorkOrange - any photos of the cherrywood version?

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:17 pm

It was an ex-display model.

Completely Moog branded. I still have the original carton that has the Moog logo all over it!

The Unknown · Post by **The Unknown** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:22 pm

Excellent!

I also hope a certain Mr Winter loses out - if a were Bob Moog, I wouldn't offer the bloke one cent.

countlove · Post by **countlove** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:27 pm

This has nothing to do with this topic, or moog.. but its really cool, and I wanted to share it with you guys..

Head replacement of Gene Kelly, and the remix of singing in the rain is great.. Love the bass line.

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-video/M ... olfgti.mov

The Unknown · Post by **The Unknown** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:59 pm

Funny you should mention this - I play the passer-by in this commercial!

How's that for a strange coincidence?

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