Moog is celebrating the enduring legacy of its founder and synth innovator Bob Moog with a new limited-edition version of the Minimoog Model D.

With just 500 units available worldwide, the Bob Moog Tribute Minimoog Model D is built by the Moog team in North Carolina, and boasts an updated look, with a custom quartersawn white oak cabinet, and a Bob Moog Foundation photo-anodised decal on the rear panel.

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Functionally, it’s exactly the same as Moog’s 2022 reissue of the Minimoog Model D, which paired an analogue sound engine – recreated from the original ‘70s unit – with a number of modern features including MIDI support, spring-loaded pitch wheel and Fatar keybed with aftertouch.

At its core though, the Bob Moog Tribute Edition Minimoog Model D bears the sound analogue signal path that made the original such a legend, with a discrete analogue mixer, analogue oscillators, dual envelope generators and an analogue VCA. Of course, it also features its iconic 24 dB/octave Ladder Filter, which shaping everything from warm bass tones to harsh peaks, helped define the sound of the Minimoog Model D.

Each Bob Moog Tribute Edition Minimoog Model D comes with a semi-rigid case for protection during transport, and $500 from each sale will be donated to the Bob Moog Foundation, to support its ongoing educational work in music, science, history, and innovation.

“Here at Moog Music, we believe in honoring Bob Moog’s legacy and his innovations that continue to have a meaningful impact on today and tomorrow’s creatives,” the company says. 

“Whether that’s behind the scenes as we’re developing new instruments, in conversation with artists, through stories on social media, or in writing like this (to you, here and now), it’s at the heart of all we do.”

The Bob Moog Tribute Edition Minimoog Model D is available now, priced at $3,999. Learn more at Moogmusic.com.

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