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In a message dated 12/27/05 9:45:05 AM, anders.sponton@vallnet.nu writes:<BR>
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that´s claimed to be by Moog´s design. Anybody in there got the schematics?<BR>
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Hello Anders,<BR>
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I have a schematic for the Gibson "RD Artist" guitar, which has the Moog Music-designed preamp. I think the circuit is the same in the RD Artist bass, although some component values may be slightly different. I remember the Gibson Victory bass -- it was a very nice bass, but I do not remember it having active electronics. I think the only models that included the Moog electronics were the RD Artist bass and the RD Artist guitar. Besides having an active preamp and EQ, they have some kind of onboard compression and expansion circuit (I can't imagine ever having a need for a dynamic range *expander* on a guitar or bass -- but there it is!). If you are able to try out this bass, please let us know how well the circuits work, especially the compression and EQ. The circuit does not seem to contain any exotic parts -- just standard transistors, FET's, opamps, and one CD4007 CMOS FET package (I'm pretty sure those 5302 FET's are the same as PN4302 types). Some of the wiring designations on this schematic don't quite make sense to me -- especially the connections between the circuit board and the various pickup and comp/expand switches. Please let me know if you can clarify this in any way.<BR>
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As far as I know, the circuit was not designed by Dr. Moog. I don't think he was part of the Moog music team at the time this guitar was designed, which was after Moog sold the company to Norlin Instruments (then later to Gibson). I think the same group also designed the Lab Series guitar amplifiers for Gibson around the same time. They were excellent solid-state guitar amps. B.B. King used them as his main amplifiers for many, many years, and they are still sought after by many musicians and collectors.<BR>
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I found this schematic somewhere on the web, but I can't remember where. Probably one of the many FX schematics sites. They were redrawn by a guy named </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Fabian P. Hartery -- at least that's what it says in the engineering info box in the lower right corner. I'm mailing the schematic to you in a separate email. I'll mail it to anyone else who would like it, too. Just let me know via private mail.<BR>
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Michael Bacich<BR>
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