Moog Minitaur

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Jan 9, 2012, at 11:16 AM, "punkdISCO" <forums at punkdisco.co.uk> wrote:

> Tony
> 
>> But for $100 or so more, you can get a Moog Slim Phatty...
> 
> Yeah, there has been a lot of discussion on AH about the Minitaur.  People
> seem to be in one of two camps:
> 
> a) I want it!!  It is a Moog, after all..
> b) feck, that is expensive compared to the rivals
> 
> Im not sure where I am but yeah, Moog does = pricey!
> 
> I can understand peoples concern when compared to the price of a Phatty but,
> I think it will depend of what you are getting under the hood.  In my
> limited knowledge, the Taurus does have quite a different sound to other
> Moogs so, if the Minitaur is based on the Taurus hardware, COOL!!  However,
> if it is just a repackaged / slimmed down Phatty, not cool..  The name
> suggests it is indeed a mini-Taurus and I guess this then makes the Phatty
> price comparison slightly less relevant..  Lets hope this is the case..

It should be a Taurus, moog inc. has been lazy lately, but not THAT lazy.

At the end of the day, it's the cheapest moog, and some people make whole careers out of just making bass sounds :)

But yea it would have to sound pretty special for a regular joe to want it over a slim.