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

From sam
Sent Sat, Dec 15th 2018, 17:28

Paul,

Is your upcoming book just synth-related?  Or is it a broader context?  
Sounds interesting!

Sam Mims
Syntaur


On 12/15/2018 11:26 AM, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> 6,000 total, from the guy that wrote the POs to Moog.
>
> more detail will be in my book "Mostly True Tales", out next fall.
>
> I have a FB Group called that if you want to join.
>
> Paul S.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: analogue-return-237789-synth1=xxxxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:analogue-return-237789-synth1=xxxxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx] On Behalf Of Sevo Stille
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 10:54 AM
> To: AH List
> Subject: Re: [AH] Realistic/Moog MG-1 rarity
>
> 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.
>>
> 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...
>
> Sevo
>