MOOG Minimoog Model E (aka the Welsh Mini): €21999,-
Der Welsh Minimoog, auch bekannt als Moog Minimoog 204E, ist eine seltene Neuauflage des legendären Minimoog Model D, die in den 1990er Jahren von der Moog Music Ltd in Caerphilly, Wales, hergestellt wurde.
Diese Version wurde von der Renatus Organ Co in Bideford, Nord-Devon, gebaut und umfasst einige Verbesserungen gegenüber dem Original.
Hauptmerkmale des Welsh Minimoog zusätzlich zu den Model D Features:
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) für die Oszillatoren 1 und 2
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MIDI-Unterstützung mit Kanalwahl
- Verbesserte Kippschalter, Pitch- und Modwheel aus durchsichtigem Kunststoff
Es wird geschätzt, dass nur etwa 5 bis 6 dieser Modelle hergestellt wurden, was sie zu einer der seltensten und begehrtesten Minimoog-Versionen macht (selterner als Musonics Minimoog etc.).
Classic Keys GB schreibt:
This is one of the great music biz stories. In the 1990s, due to the fact that the actual Moog brand-name became unlicensed at the time, Moog Music Ltd (Caerphilly, Wales) emerged....quite legally, so it seems. Alex Winter was the gent involved, who unfortunately passed away in 2019. Allegedly, the company produced only 5 or 6 of the model 204E Minimoog, before its own demise. Also known as the "Welsh Minimoog" or "Minimoog (type) E" it was actually made by Renatus Organ Co (Bideford/N Devon).
There were also four technical improvements eg MIDI. Apparently, one is owned by the son of a British rock legend, one is somewhere else in England, one is rumoured to be in Argentina....and there is this one, temporarily in the custody of Klassic Keys GB. This leaves only 1 or 2 elsewhere (would love to know, just being nosey....).
If you examine the photos of the actual synth, it absolutely IS a Minimoog. There are a few extra controls & switches. (1) Pulse width modulation (PWM) added to oscs 1 & 2 (2) octave transpose (3) MIDI (with channel select) and (4) multiple envelope triggering, are the new additions; and jolly handy they are too! Note voltage select 120/220 Vac.
Sonically, the big, fat bass sounds & screaming lead tones are very much there, as you would expect. There are NO calibration/tuning issues that we can detect. The synth has been double-checked by one of KKGB's freelance techs (who is well familiar with Minimoogs). He loved it...said it was "better than a typical model D....." Sound on Sound actually reviewed the 204E. If you find the article, you will note that ALL reviewers thought the same... Apparently, Bob Moog, himself, played a 204E; he was impressed, which was magnanimous in the circumstances. This also might mean that there is a Model E in the USA?
So, here we have it. It is what it is <> the rarest Minimoog in the world.
