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Had to debate for a minute whether this should go in Mad Science, but being a failed guitar player, music was the first thought. Anwyway, Moog has turned itself into a guitar maker, and a magic one at that. Supposedly, there is no synthesizer involved, just incredible feats of engineering to increase (or kill) sustain, and produce some wild sounds. Video here
I can't wait to see what some of the masters can do with this and a little studio time. The clips they have make me want more!!! -
Apart from the damping function, that seems to be like the Fernandes Sustainer, which itself is a continuation of the EBow.
Cool stuff, none the less, but there's history here too. As usual. :) -
Pretty incredible stuff. I should have known better than think I could keep ahead of anyone in this group. Every time I think I have that little bit no one else has, I get shown how little I actually know. But then again, that's why I love it here and keep coming back. Thank you for those links, BTW. Now I have even more stuff to drool over that I can't yet afford...
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CommentAuthorVal A Lindsay II
- CommentTimeJun 26th 2008
@ Taphead
Yeah, sounds like a built in Ebow, which is a fairly dang good idea. -
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I saw a Gibson SG the other day that tuned itself electronically. Not sure how i feel about that quite yet.
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CommentAuthorPaul Duffield
- CommentTimeJun 26th 2008
Nice nice nice. This is the first time I've seen another guitar and felt like my Ibanez is genuinely inadequate in some way *worry*.... I want one now XD -
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CommentAuthorTacoHugsPHD
- CommentTimeJun 26th 2008
Moog thank you for making my last album obsolete! This looks very cool and I want one even if my current guitar rig kind of does the same thing. -
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I can't wait to see what some of the masters can do with this and a little studio time.
Nigel Tufnel, are you listening? -
Erk. And their first model is £4000!!!
Maybe I'll pass.
Would love to see what Bill Frisell, Robert Fripp and Adrian Utley would do with it though.
Fripps onstage kit would be halved I'm guessing. -
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CommentAuthornick3pointone4
- CommentTimeAug 13th 2008
I saw a Gibson SG the other day that tuned itself electronically. Not sure how i feel about that quite yet.
eww, i been playing for about 14 years (since i was 10). i think tuning your guitar is sort of an integral part of building your physical relationship with it, that sounds strange but i always felt guitars were alive in a way. maybe in the way that unlike a lot of instruments they really do function as an extension of yourself. playing a guitar is an intimate thing, it always stays close to your body, you cradle it, caress it, and beat the shit out of it. i've never owned a guitar that i didn't have some kind of emotional connection with. something about a self tuning guitar, just bugs me. it's organic y'know? you take care of it, you tune it, clean it, play it, and it gives that back to you.
and besides, a little bit of imperfection isn't a bad thing. -
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@nick3pointone4 - Agreed!
Personally, I'm a slow learner. It took me forever to figure out how to tune by ear while everybody took maybe 3 seconds to tighten up. But once I figured it out, I was definitely a better player for it. I suppose if you're in one of those dynamic bands that's constantly changing tuning during a live set, it might be a good idea, but it's gotta wreak havoc on the suspension over time.
Photo References:
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I'm guessing the frets complete a circuit with the bridge when the string is depressed? Being able to keep that drone going opens up a lot of possibilities. $6.4k list tho. Ugh
I wonder if you could use the dampening function like a noise gate to prevent feedback under heavy distortion.
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CommentAuthornick3pointone4
- CommentTimeAug 13th 2008
@egon i used to play in a band that used 3 different tunings, so me and the other guitar player just went out and bought a couple of $120 squires, problem solved :-) -
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I'll bet they probably sound better too. Too much gadgetry can make an axe sound like shit.
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CommentAuthornick3pointone4
- CommentTimeAug 13th 2008 edited
heh, i'm a man of simple tastes when it comes to a guitar. i don't even use the whammy bar on my ibanez.
my ideal guitar though, is something pretty close to my jackson.
it'd be something with reverse headstock, ergonomic super-strat body, neck-thru body, string-thru bridge, ebony fretboard, and any deep bassy wood for the neck and body. also pi symbols in abalone on the neck inlays. an emg h-4 in the bridge, and a seymour duncan jazz pickup i the neck, and also, volume knobs and tone nobs for each pickup is crucial. and as for color, i think a black sunburst would look really cool. -
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All I want is a glossed out cherry red (non-automated) Gibson SG with two double-humbuckers. (Used to have a limited ed. SGZ)
It just has that undeniable rock sound that you find with AC/\/DC and Bad Religion. Doesn't get any simpler than that. I'm currently borrowing aRgus' Dean Vendetta which gets the job done, but damn do I miss cradling an SG. -
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CommentAuthornick3pointone4
- CommentTimeAug 13th 2008
i like the crispness of the pickups on the sg when you run it dirty, low gain but still distorted, lower lows, and mid range mids/highs. but for some reason the body makes me want to bash it into my own face whenever i play one. can't ever get used to it. -
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Awesome.
Still, this doesn't surprise me at all,
considering that MOOG was right on the forefront of the KEYTAR Market.
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@ hmobius
Fripp would no doubt write a lengthy dissertation about it that only he would understand.
And Billy Corgan would masturbate to it furiously. -
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CommentAuthornick3pointone4
- CommentTimeAug 13th 2008
i never understood the keytar, wouldn't a keyboard be superior since you can use 2 hands!?!? -