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Topic: Infinite sustain (Moog lapsteel) |
James Maxwell
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Ohio, USA
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David Eastwood
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Minnesota, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2011 6:06 pm |
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I love the possibilities that this introduces... however, the price of admission is way beyond my means. I wonder what the market for something like this really is?
In fairness, I wondered the same thing about the original Moog guitar - truly innovative technology, and capable of some remarkable new sounds. But the average, traditional guitar player will compare it *first* to other $3000 guitars, and *then* try to apportion some value to the new stuff. Just not sure it adds up to enough added value, especially at that end of the price scale. |
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Jay Fagerlie
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Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2011 6:47 pm
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I'm with you David.
I wonder if they would sell the guts and let me worry about the body?.....probably not.....
Didn't they want like $3800.00 for the thing?
Yikes...you are paying for the technology here folks-it's just wood and metal with some fancy silicon....If they didn't mark it up to STUPID money, I bet they would sell a bunch of them-I'd be first in line.
Jay |
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Kelvin Monaghan
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted 17 Jan 2011 1:37 am
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Don't see the point,probably because we can.
I went thru the whole guitar synth stuff in the 70 s Roland synths all oberheim mini moog even a shitty Arp Avatar etc all hooked up ,at the end of it all I came to the conclusion I sounded like a second rate keyboard player.
This reminds me of a 70s guitar ,infinite sustain is of no real use and artificial muting what is that all about .
Still don't get it |
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Kelly Coyle
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Minnesota, USA
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Posted 24 May 2011 6:08 am
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| If you want the infinite sustain, you can get a Sustainiac Model C and stick it on most any instrument. You won't get the built in filter, though. |
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J D Sauser
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Wellington, Florida
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Posted 28 May 2011 4:53 am
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I might be wrong, but the "sustain-thingy" appears to me to be some sort of built in "e-bow" basically and inverted pickup that excites the string(s) electromagnetically... with apparently the the only difference (advance) being, that it MAY excite it at the same frequency the pickup "hears" the string, thus affecting the sound less than the ol' e-bow did.
... J-D.
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Tom Gray
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Decatur, GA
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Posted 28 May 2011 8:48 am
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I drove up to the Moog Music factory in Asheville last month and played one of the lap steels for about an hour. It was great fun. The thing has a lot of possibilities.
Basically, as I understand it, it has something like 12 E-bows in the pole pieces of the two pickups. The two on each string can work together to sustain a note or against each other to kill it.
You can set the guitar to sustain whatever strings you pick and mute all others, so that you can move from string to string and control the instrument with regular right-hand muting. Then it's like playing an organ instead of a piano. You can also reduce the sustain for a more banjo or Dobro-like effect that emphasizes the attack and is good for clean finger picking.
Some of the effects in the demos seem to be "because we can." But used tastefully the thing can be very expressive. Right away it inspired me to try some new ways of playing, with intriguing results. Now I can't stop thinking about it.
They say they've sold only a few of these. But we've been talking. They may soon sell one more.
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John Bushouse
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Posted 28 May 2011 11:48 am
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| Kelly Coyle wrote: |
| If you want the infinite sustain, you can get a Sustainiac Model C and stick it on most any instrument. You won't get the built in filter, though. |
I have one of those. It acts much more like sticking a guitar in front of an amp - much more unpredictable than a regular Sustaniac. Also, it doesn't really sustain slid notes - there's a pretty big delay before it kicks in. Kind of a bummer for lap steel. |
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