Moog Guitar

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   As the title suggests Moog are putting their own stamp on the electric guitar. Here's the basic specs:

Super Strat shape
Mahogany back with 5A Flame or Quilt Maple top.
Glued in Maple neck
Ebony 12" radius fretboard
22 frets 
Scale length of 25.5"
Moog customised Wilkinson trem with graphtec piezo saddles.
2 noise cancelling Moog single coil pickups
and finally loads of very complex Moog electronic stuff. 

The price is an eye watering $6495

more info: http://moogmusic.com/moogguitar/?section=product&product_id=21129

I can't see this being a big success at it's current price but it's an interesting concept.

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N Ellingworth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 17 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1324	Topic: Moog Guitar Posted: June 10 2008 at 12:19
	As the title suggests Moog are putting their own stamp on the electric guitar. Here's the basic specs: Super Strat shape Mahogany back with 5A Flame or Quilt Maple top. Glued in Maple neck Ebony 12" radius fretboard 22 frets Scale length of 25.5" Moog customised Wilkinson trem with graphtec piezo saddles. 2 noise cancelling Moog single coil pickups and finally loads of very complex Moog electronic stuff. The price is an eye watering $6495 more info: http://moogmusic.com/moogguitar/?section=product&product_id=21129 I can't see this being a big success at it's current price but it's an interesting concept.

Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630	Posted: June 10 2008 at 14:04
	I wonder if Fender will retaliate with a Guitar Moog?
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moderan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: June 06 2008 Location: rottenchester Status: Offline Points: 25	Posted: June 11 2008 at 23:45
	I want one...probably will never get it though. Check the video on this page-http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/moog-unveils-ba.html, Vernon Reid burnin on that thing. Lou Reed I can take or leave, but Vernon...
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Petrovsk Mizinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210	Posted: June 12 2008 at 05:02
	I first saw that guitar from a link posted on another forum. I have to admit, I actually think it looks really awesome. The Wilkinson trem with graphtec saddles looks awesome too, as well as the gold plated sperzels (I've got the same tuners on my own guitar). I guess I would never end up getting one, but damn, that is cool. Oh and Vernon Reid totally rips, top notch stuff. Probably my only complaint is the 12inch radius. I tend to find fingerboards feel the most comfortable to me 14 inches and above, and vibrato has always seemed much easier on 14 inch+ boards too.


rileydog22 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 24 2005 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 8844	Posted: June 12 2008 at 20:13
	Six grand is awful hefty for a guitar that just has a fancy sustainer in it....I bet that within a year or two there are kits on the market for sustainer like that like there are for normal sustainer today.


Leningrad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 15 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 7991	Posted: June 13 2008 at 00:53
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Petrovsk Mizinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210	Posted: June 13 2008 at 00:59
	^You guys did read the fact it has a 5A top right? That is a big contributing factor to the price. It hasn't been made expensive for the hell of it, if you look at pickup/electronics system and the quality of the body's top, then it's actually pretty fairly priced for an MIA compared to say, Gibson guitars. And also, bear in mind the Wilkinson trem, the locking tuners etc, are all top shelf hardware.


N Ellingworth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 17 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1324	Posted: June 13 2008 at 03:44
	Actually the 5A top shouldn't add to much to the price, it'll be the really complex electronics and Moog brand name that have inflated the price by so much although obviously the decent hardware is also a factor since a lot of top end Fenders and Gibsons still use the same hardware which is used on the low end models.