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warrplayer 
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Joined: June 18 2010 Location: Charlotte, NC Status: Offline Points: 111 |
 Topic: Moog GuitarPosted: June 27 2010 at 17:32 |
Of topic, but that is one lucky little kitten in your icon, crimhead.  |
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crimhead
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Posted: June 27 2010 at 14:07 |
Agreed with the Fripp comment. Anyone who has seen his soundscapes tours has seen all of this and he was doing this 20 years ago. |
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warrplayer
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Posted: June 27 2010 at 09:51 |
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NecronCommander
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 22:12 |
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I saw this thing too. I entered a contest to win one
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 03:37 |
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^ The E-Bow doesn't mute strings though, and you can't do any modulations AFAIK. But I agree that the price tag is too steep ... it makes sense since it seems to be a really good guitar and you also get the floorboard, but I doubt that I'll be able to shell out 2500+ EUR for a new guitar.
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clarke2001
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Posted: May 16 2010 at 04:52 |
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I love this thing. But instruments with Moog tag on it are so pricey! There's absolutely no way this will be a good seller - it's just too damn expensive. And you can buy a new E-bow for $100 or less.
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cstack3
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 21:40 |
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Nice toy, it was good to see Dr. Fareed Haque (chair of guitar studies, Northern Illinois University) holding court! He's always into the newest toys, excellent guitarist.
I agree about the Fernandes Sustainer, Fripp plays a Les Paul copy made by Fernandes that incorporates their Sustainer. The Moog does a few things more.... Personally, I enjoy what a Fripp/Hackett/Howe are able to accomplish with a guitar with minimal processing! Fripp was THE pioneer of synth guitar, I don't know if anyone else comes close to what he's done with it. We'll see if this has an impact, synth guitar kind of came and went in the 1980's, it's still out there, but I don't think it has a huge impact.
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The Wrinkler
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 18:35 |
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I will learn how to play the guitar...if I had THAT guitar!
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The Quiet One
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 16:59 |
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^well yeah, there's the wah-wah for the sax, but that's just awesome, haha.
Anyway, I do see your point. Pat Metheny, a frequent user of the synth guitar, when he plays with it, I can clearly hear that it's a guitar, the way it's played and all. The problem for me is that I've heard many Prog Metal bands that have a synth solo that is played in the manner of guitar solo, and I just think that's stupid. Sorry though, I know this is not the place for this discussion.
Oh and btw, I did read and watched the videos from the website. I'm just not a guitarist, so I really don't know if it could or could not do what a synth could do. Sorry for misinterpreting. Edited by The Quiet One - May 14 2010 at 17:02 |
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jplanet
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 16:58 |
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The Moog Guitar doesn't really sound like a synthesizer in the classic Moog sense - it's main feature is that it has a unique way of sustaining strings indefinitely - sort of like an Ebow on all six strings at the same time...
You can get an almost identical effect by using a guitar with a Fernandes Sustainer or Sustainiac pickup...for a LOT less money! I'm sure that the Moog Guitar has some unique features, and must be a lot of fun to play, but is definitely a luxury item at its price, and other guitars can do most of what it does for a fraction of the price... I would rather get the new Paul Reed Smith SE Anniversary Edition for $650 and install a Sustainer for $200...and end up with a much more beautiful-looking guitar that does the same thing... |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 16:54 |
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I don't think the Moog guitar will have anything to do with non guitar sound. It seems to be a completely analogue string instrument. However, I've seen synth guitar in action and I was amazed to see the guitarist playing what I knew from the album to be a synth solo
 Basically now you can tune in your instrument "into" a digital software which will make you play the sound of other instruments by your own instrument. I've heard that one can do a guitar solo with his sax now, in this way.
Edited by harmonium.ro - May 14 2010 at 16:55 |
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The Quiet One
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 16:51 |
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^indeed, seems really cool.
However, let's hope this moog guitar isn't used to sound identically like a synth, just like synth solos, in Prog Metal, sound exactly like a guitar solo. Edited by The Quiet One - May 14 2010 at 16:52 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 16:49 |
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That's what I thought, too - new possibilities too explore for psychedelic & post rock dudes!
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Bonnek
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 16:40 |
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SPACE ROCK WILL RULE !!!  |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 15:45 |
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Anyone here heard of this? From what I've read it's a new kind of guitar, different to the synth-guitar, free of any digital techniques, and its going to be as important as the electric guitar once was.
http://www.moogmusic.com/moogguitar/ This has Prog musicians' names written all over it |
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