Re: [AH] Realistic/Moog MG-1 rarity

From Chris Lehfeldt
Sent Sat, Dec 15th 2018, 17:39

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Highly recommended

Chris

> On Dec 15, 2018, at 9:30 AM, Sam Mims <xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
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> Paul,
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> Is your upcoming book just synth-related?  Or is it a broader context?  So=
unds interesting!
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> Sam Mims
> Syntaur
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>> On 12/15/2018 11:26 AM, Paul Schreiber wrote:
>> 6,000 total, from the guy that wrote the POs to Moog.
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>> more detail will be in my book "Mostly True Tales", out next fall.
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>> I have a FB Group called that if you want to join.
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>> Paul S.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: analogue-return-237789-synth1=xxxxxxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:a=
nalogue-return-237789-synth1=xxxxxxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx] On Behalf Of Sevo S=
tille
>> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 10:54 AM
>> To: AH List
>> Subject: Re: [AH] Realistic/Moog MG-1 rarity
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>>> Am 15.12.2018 um 03:43 schrieb Synth Parts:
>>> - Paul says the top stores in about 100 markets sold the MG-1. His
>>> 1750 unit number would mean an average store only sold 3 to 4 MG-1s
>>> throughout the entire production run.
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>> They must have sold a lot at least in Germany, in the mid eighties
>> everybody here seemed to own at least one, and they outnumbered all
>> other Moogs owned by the local bands. For most of the time I remember
>> the MG-1 they were discounted, and after the demise of the Wasp they
>> were the cheapest synth you could get short of DIY kits. It is quite
>> possible that they never sold more than 1750 at full list price - but
>> the total number should have been much higher, unless they sold them in
>> Germany only...
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>> Sevo
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