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Anyone who also has a Anniversary Edition (AE) pickup a lamp? Granted you don't need it with the backlit panel but I thought it might look cool sometimes if I don't want to use the backlit panel or as just a little collector item.

I could pretend it's a Performer one day (with SPECIAL blackwood cabinet) and an AE another for double the fun

Well I went ahead an ordered the light

Light came today It's nice and bright. Has a little reflector in it and is pretty adjustable. I hope I can find bulbs for it if/when it ever burns out.

It was a little difficult connecting it to the voyager, mainly because I can't tell if I'm supposed to actually get the two locked tight together. At least not without using a tool of some sort. I just screw it on about half way, so I can easily take it off if I don't want to use it.

Anyone who has signature/performer editions of voyagers I highly recommend picking one up. Now you can program in the dark

littlelite makes a gooseneck lamp with LED's instead of a regular lamp. looks quite nice with an AE. about the locking of the gooseneck on the BNC connector... my light has always been loose. sometimes it falls off during performances. i spoke with a tech at moog and he said you have to break it in.

cake wrote:i spoke with a tech at moog and he said you have to break it in.

Break it it? I almost broke my wrist trying to get it to lock. And I did try using plyers but I didn't want to force it. I just leave it half-way screwed on, un-locked.

The gooseneck lamp I use actually came with an Allen & Heath mixer, but it works fine on the Vger. It's just a 'tad' difficult to get it locked in place, but once locked it is actually a little loose.

I do recall that it used to be tighter - maybe there's something to the 'break in' comment.

I suppose you could use a small amount of contact cleaner as a lubricant to help seat the gooseneck onto the BNC connector. Push down firmly and twist until the connector locks. What ever you do, don't use excessive force and certainly don't use pliers!

G

There's an old thread here dealing with the goose neck lamp and its difficulty in locking into place residing in the archives somewhere around here. I'm a bit embarrassed over my 'expertise' in this area as opposed to areas that really matter in regards to the Voyager, but here goes...

I've' owned my Voyager SE for over 2 years now. Yes, one may use pliers to tighten on the lamp, especially early on. It doesn't take long, though, for the lamp to 'break in' as another poster mentioned here (as stated from Moog). Eventually, the lamp gets to the point where one may hand tighten it easily, as mine is now.

If the lamp isn't tightened on completely then one risks the lamp loosening and eventually falling off, which may or may not represent a problem to you various Moogers out there. However, some have experienced busted light bulbs due to their light fixtures falling off of the Voyager from not being properly fastened (locked into place).

Pliers will not ruin your light, trust me. Just use a cloth in order to wrap the bezel ring, then gently tighten with pliers until it locks into place. This way one doesn't risk scratching the goose neck lamp at all as the cloth protects the ring from both scratching and pitting due to the force of the pliers.

Of course, there's no need in breaking out a pipe wrench for this purpose at all, just a handy pair of pliers will work fine early on. Eventually, after utilizing pliers a few times one will be able to hand tighten the lamp with relative ease.

Now, if only I could play my Voyager!

The original thread brings back memories!

I used pliers on mine too, did the trick.

Mike Adams with Moog here.

I think I can shed some light on this topic.

Some time back (prior to the AE Voyager), we shipped the BNC connector with a rubber ring in it that required too much force to compress. Since then we have been shipping Voyagers with a slightly thinner rubber ring. This ring should require some compression (not too much) but still hold the gooseneck lamp in place without it wiggling all around.

If any of you have an older Voyager where it requires pliers or simply seems impossible to push the gooseneck lamp into the BNC connector simply write to "info@moogmusic.com" with your mailing address. We'll mail you the appropriate rubber ring. You'll need some patience to remove the old rubber ring (probably a straight pin will do it) from the inside of the BNC connector. Insert this new rubber ring by simply sliding it down inside the connector. This should fix this issue.

Hope this helps,
Mike

Dear Mike,

Thanks for clearing this up. Cool to have the Pres of Moog Music involved on this forum!

Cheers,

Greg

I just went ahead and requested a new ring. I hope it's easier this time around. Much thanks here for you input and help Mike.

So I received the new ring today from Mike It's definitely thinner than the one I took out of my AE Voyager. Put the gooseneck lamp on and locked with ease. Now which one is better? Well with the old ring you could get extreme angles with the lamp. The new one, being slightly thinner you can't get these angles because the weight of the lamp actually pulls it down (towards the voyager if that makes sense).

I keep the lamp almost centered so the angles aren't that important to me. At least now I don't have to worry about it falling off. Thanks again Mike!

monad

Yeah, I tried one and I can twist the plug all the way closed but the lamp is loose. I put the old one back in.

It's as if the original is too thick and the new too thin. Need something in between.