Incredible new Moog… Guitar?!?

[Stray]

The interwebs are all abuzz – and rightfully so – about Moog’s latest instrument.

A guitar. (YouTube Video)

Now that we have your attention, keep reading and prepare to have your mind properly blown.

Regardless of whether you play keyboard, computers, decks or violin, this guitar will have you giving serious thought to taking up a second instrument.



Below are the some of the revolutionary new features of the Moog Guitar

Full Sustain Mode – Like no other sustainer; infinite sustain on every string, at every fret position and at any volume. You may have heard sustain before but not with this power (we call it “Vo Power") and clarity.

Controlled Sustain Mode – Allows you to play sustained single or polyphonic lines without muting technique. The Moog Guitar sustains the notes you are playing while actively muting the strings you are not playing.

Mute Mode – Removes energy from the strings, resulting in a variety of staccato articulations. The mute mode has never been heard on any other guitar; the Vo Power stops the strings with the same intensity that it sustains them. You feel the instrument transform in your hands.

Harmonic Blends – Use the included foot pedal to shift the positive energy of Vo Power in Sustain mode and the subtractive force of Vo Power in Mute mode between the bridge and neck pick-ups to pull both subtle and dramatic harmonics from the strings.

Moog Filter – Control the frequency of the built-in, resonant Moog ladder filter using the foot pedal or a CV Input.

So if you’ve got a spare $6500 US lying around and want to be the first kid on your block to revolutionize the art of the guitar, then click here.

[flippo]

Heh.

Gibson have also made a 'robitic guitar'. It constantly tunes itself. There is an extra knob down with the volume/tone/pick-up knobs that you can program different tunnings into. You just turn the knob to your tunning preset and the strings adjust to the new tunning. Crazy

[a1studmuffin]

That's pretty cool... so there's no post processing on the sound or MIDI shenanigans going on, so how on earth do the infinite sustain strings work?

[flippo]

I'm tipping it's mechanical/electrical? Just keeps the strings constantly vibrating. Maybe.

[Shadowgames]

i'd say it pretty similar to the EBow:

http://www.ebow.com/ebow/brochure.htm

[a1studmuffin]

Yeah, you might be right, I guess if it's a non-synthesized sound then it must be something keeping the strings vibrating. Awesome.

[Direkt]

Far out!

Amazing.

[huge]

kick ass