Moog offers up Paul Vo Collector Edition guitar

With a name like Moog, it has to be good, no? The creator of all types of unusual and wondrous music makers has stepped up with the Paul Vo Collector Edition guitar, a fanciful six-string that does quite a bit more than just light up whatever amp is lucky enough to receive its vibes. Constructed from premium grade mahogany, the instrument affords players full sustain, controlled sustain and mute modes to crank out all sorts of atypical tones, and just in case those few don't get your juices flowin', you'll be happy to know that there's loads more where that came from. Granted, this gem will cost you a stiff $6,495, but considering the amazing amount of utility found here, true musicians are apt to deem it a bargain.

[DeoWulf @ Jun 8th 2008 2:40PM]

*Drools

[SimonRichards @ Jun 8th 2008 2:45PM]

WANT

[Minilap @ Jun 8th 2008 2:45PM]

I totally knew there would be a stupid GH reference like yours in the very first 3 comments and I was right.

[Ortzinator @ Jun 8th 2008 2:45PM]

As far as it's musical capabilities, I'd love to have one.

As far as looks, it's ugly as sin.

[SimonRichards @ Jun 8th 2008 3:38PM]

It comes in a few colours yknow

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

[lawyer bird @ Jun 8th 2008 8:15PM]

the other colors are worse.

green with stupid tiger stripes? looks like a tool's guitar

[CraigJ @ Jun 8th 2008 2:46PM]

They bell just rang, recess is over. Drink your milk and take a nap.

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Jun 8th 2008 2:57PM]

Yeah, but can it tune itself?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/gibson-gets-official-with-the-self-tuning-robot-guitar

[Bunson @ Jun 8th 2008 5:35PM]

Now that is cool!

[SimonRichards @ Jun 8th 2008 3:11PM]

Guitar Hero AND First???

You fail x2

[Toshi @ Jun 8th 2008 3:27PM]

"this gem will cost you a stiff $6,495, but considering the amazing amount of utility found here, true musicians are apt to deem it a bargain"

-True musicians are usually flat broke.

[Bunson @ Jun 8th 2008 5:31PM]

I love how whenever I jam with anyone it's the good musicians with the shit for equipment and the shitty musicians with the good equipment. Parents need to stop spoiling kids.

[bolezhinkov @ Jun 8th 2008 6:22PM]

@bunson

hey I wasnt spoiled but I sure wish I was - playing music on nice gear makes the whole process better. if someone has a les paul and marshall stack, good on them, I hope it does wonders for their sound.
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as is I make do with whatever guitars I can get . . . holy moog $6000+ thats a lot of money. but if you dont have the chops to begin with maybe some extra settings would help out.

I dont think I could justify the price tag even if I had stacks of cash sitting around but I will wait to see and hear it in action a few times before I trash the compan

[rutsy5 @ Jun 8th 2008 4:10PM]

What? This can't be Moog... There's not enough knobs!!

[d @ Jun 8th 2008 4:58PM]

totally LOLed at your comment. thumbs up.

[ChillyCat @ Jun 8th 2008 4:19PM]

You don't even qualify as a 1st class douche-bag

I'd be willing to bet yer a fat-ass'd pimply faced twat

[Danger @ Jun 8th 2008 4:43PM]

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do!

[d @ Jun 8th 2008 4:55PM]

real guitar is easier. get a life.

[Rocketboy @ Jun 8th 2008 5:22PM]

Anyone thinks that this is ugly must have no soul.

[winslow31 @ Jun 8th 2008 5:49PM]

MOAR NAO

[head-geek @ Jun 8th 2008 6:24PM]

There are a couple of things that concern me a little:

1. You can't change the pickups (included are two single coils)

2. You need to use special Moog strings for best results (although, according to the website, other strings can be used in a pinch)

One of the great things about playing the electric guitar is being able to experiment with different pickups, strings, etc. to tweak your sound as your ears and tastes change. As cool as this Moog guitar looks, it isn't really going to allow for that.

[gzeusmants @ Jun 8th 2008 6:55PM]

It would seem those aren't normal pickups. They're polyphonic versions of the Fernandez sustainer if I'm reading that right. Also explains the need to 'special moog strings' which are probably GHS, with the same wrap as the Progressive line.

They're also not single coils if they're noise-canceling.

Not to mention the fact that you'll have about 800 audibly different sounds due to the sustain can be increased past the natural sustain, and reduced below it, and a monophonic setting is available. Oh, and a Moog lowpass filter...

PS there are 3 companies that make strings, and only LaBella makes anything other than nickel, steel, or NPS.
GHS makes DR, and DR is NOT hand-made (that's a good thing).

[deepcgi @ Jun 8th 2008 7:02PM]

Describing the sustain features as "full, controlled, or muted" does this beast a serious injustice. "Full" in this case means "electromagnetically infinite on all strings and on all frets". This thing is going to do things no guitar has ever done. Look for Adrian Belew to buy out the entire stock.

[Goo @ Jun 8th 2008 10:33PM]

guitar is sick nasty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=057v1NnXe1U

[goo @ Jun 8th 2008 10:37PM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3SsYQrgcyA

wanted to post that one originally

[howardtaft @ Jun 9th 2008 1:54AM]

umm. did Moog make this before or after he died in 2005.

[omanderso @ Jun 9th 2008 4:05AM]

it looks a lot like my ibanez

... which is about 5,800$ cheaper

http://www.theguitarhouseonline.com/ibanez022007/RG321MHMOL.png

but no, mine doesn't play doom. :(

[Danbo @ Jun 9th 2008 4:42AM]

I'm sorry, but this is in no way aimed at "true musicians". Firstly, as someone else pointed out, professional muso's are always broke (my brother is a pro muso; although now working steadily and earning a LOT, he has spent several years on the edge of skint). Secondly, and more importantly, a pro just won't use something that puts that much electronics between me and my basic sound; a session player wants the best basic, normal, well-made guitar etc that he can afford, and if any effects are needed, add them afterwards and keep the elctronics to a minimum.
If I go into just about any music shop in the UK, a spotty geek wil try and sell me the most complicated, tech-heavy amp or guitar in the shop, as he thinks it's "cool"; a muso wants a clean sound from straightforward equipment built to last.

[Roreek @ Jun 9th 2008 5:37AM]

When is the just intonation version coming out?

with a neck like this one:
http://www.organicdesign.org/peterson/guitars/ji_mugshot_big.jpg