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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45
NGD - MOOV "Silent" Travel Guitar
I've had a fascination with silent travel guitars and when I came across this new take being made in Greece I decided order one last October. I'll start off with a photo of the guitar in its case.
The guitar folds out to form a full size guitar which firmly clips into place. Four arms or brackets provide the feel of a full-size instrument. The spec for mine is left-handed classical with a 640mm scale length, 50mm nut width and flat ebony fretboard.
The build quality is very high -with the body beautifully made from Cherry. The case is cleverly designed so that you can either use it with the guitar folded or unfolded.
The electronics are by Artec - taking dual sources of an under saddle piezo and an in-body microphone. This provides, with the blend controls and the graphic equalizer, a very wide range of tonal options. I also bought a JBL GO 2 miniature amp as an add-on. This plugs into the headphone socket of the Artec unit and provides a very effective and portable sound. It came with a velcro strip to attach it to the side of the guitar but I'm happy just to let it dangle as it doesn't get in the way (please - no comments!)
What makes this particularly different and effective for a silent guitar, apart from the fold up travel aspect, is the creation of the 3D feel of a normal acoustic guitar with the arms - and being able to adjust the central arms for optimum playing position without the need for a strap or guitar support.
The sound and feel are outstanding with an excellent playing action. The founder of MOOV, Yorgos, has been extremely helpful and kept me fully up-to-date with the build process through to receipt. I'm over the moon with it.
More details and demos can be found on their website https://www.moovguitars.com/ . In the meantime, here are some photos of my guitar (front, back and electronics with JBL amp).
The guitar folds out to form a full size guitar which firmly clips into place. Four arms or brackets provide the feel of a full-size instrument. The spec for mine is left-handed classical with a 640mm scale length, 50mm nut width and flat ebony fretboard.
The build quality is very high -with the body beautifully made from Cherry. The case is cleverly designed so that you can either use it with the guitar folded or unfolded.
The electronics are by Artec - taking dual sources of an under saddle piezo and an in-body microphone. This provides, with the blend controls and the graphic equalizer, a very wide range of tonal options. I also bought a JBL GO 2 miniature amp as an add-on. This plugs into the headphone socket of the Artec unit and provides a very effective and portable sound. It came with a velcro strip to attach it to the side of the guitar but I'm happy just to let it dangle as it doesn't get in the way (please - no comments!)
What makes this particularly different and effective for a silent guitar, apart from the fold up travel aspect, is the creation of the 3D feel of a normal acoustic guitar with the arms - and being able to adjust the central arms for optimum playing position without the need for a strap or guitar support.
The sound and feel are outstanding with an excellent playing action. The founder of MOOV, Yorgos, has been extremely helpful and kept me fully up-to-date with the build process through to receipt. I'm over the moon with it.
More details and demos can be found on their website https://www.moovguitars.com/ . In the meantime, here are some photos of my guitar (front, back and electronics with JBL amp).
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This is defineately something to put on my A List for further consideration.
I can see the visual similarity but I tried playing Rossini's William Tell Overture on it and it didn't work. Perhaps I could tempt it with an apple ....