So what do you think of the new Moog guitar?

[Nostromo]

The first thing I thought was "blasphemy!". And then my second thought was "Ah, great, everyone will now sound like Robert Fripp!". Its not pretty and its $6,495.

[-Jrabbit]

Hope to see it at the NAMM show in Nashville in 2 weeks.

[Krill]

Goodbye talent being useful...

[Space05us]

A synthesizer that looks like a guitar?

[Nostromo]

Its not a synthesizer

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by Krill
Goodbye talent being useful...

How so?

[Darius871]

Robert Fripp

[Krill]

Well, perhaps I am making an OTT claim, but if that guitar allows new players to play somewhat similar after only a little (compared to a lifetime, obviously), then as you say, being as skilled as "the Robert Fripp" is not going to be particalury special.

[-Jrabbit]

Watch the video before you spout off, Krill.

Watch the reaction of real guitarists to this instrument. It's not a synth at all. It's a real guitar with near-infinite sustain and active muting.

This design is on the order of adding pedals to the piano.

Actual musicians may want to visit:
Moog Music

[Krill]

I watched the video. Your point is?

[-Jrabbit]

If you can get a rise out of an artist like Vernon Reid, you have created something very special.

These are guys who never have to pay for their gear unless they want customized guitars/amps/etc. Lou Reed has a personal luthier. Vernon designs his guitars, which are in turn built for him buy Hamer.

This is an as-is product that cannot be customized. And these guys are ready to write a check. That speaks volumes.

[Theben]

I knew I read an article about moogs recently.

Babb and company made some discoveries that would impress electronic music aficionados and librarians: original schematics for every Moog ever built; theremins, assembled and dissembled, including the nearly-unique theremin cello; prototypes for a touch-sensitive keyboard that would change pitch depending on where on the key the player touches (developed with Babb’s professor John Eaton); and stacks of rare Moog recordings (including unreleased works by classical Moog pioneer Wendy Carlos and contemporary musicians).

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