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Just wondering...
If so what brand seems to be the best?
I, so far like the almost pure sine wave soung of the Moogs..

Eden.

I checked a few out a couple of years ago, Eden. The Moog was the only one I even considered. The rest were either ****** half baked kits or wannabes.... the Moog was simply the best. I came close to buying one direct from the US but decided against it in the end...... another gadget in the spare room to gather dust!

I have no idea what the market's offering these days but I suspect nothing has changed.

Bill Bailey uses a Moog if that's any recommendation.

I've messed around with one. It was a cheapo Radio Shack or similar model.

One of the bands I'm in is considering adding a Moog theremin to our sound.

These theremins have got me curious.

Uggghhh..yet another instrument my son wants to toy with. We saw a band opening for the Flaming Lips, and the guy was toying with one. Pretty neat.

A little bit of trivia; the 1st part trombone player in the Glenn Miller big band (Paul Tanner) played Theremin on the Beach Boy's "Good Vibrations".

I guess it would more accurately be called an electro/slide theremin:
http://www.tompolk.com/Tannerin/Tannerin.html
http://www.spaceagepop.com/tanner.htm

This makes sense, as a trombone player would be able to come up to speed quickly on one.

I play trombone myself (as well as bass guitar) but haven't attempted to play one of these.

You can see a much younger Paul Tanner to the far left in this HQ youtube of the original Glenn Miller band from "Sun Valley Serenade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aj0zhXlLA

Don't play one but I certainly hear one in my head every morning I wake up and look in the mirror -- the horror!

There is a review of the Moog in the August issue of GP. They must have mistaken the antennae for guitar strings!

One of my best friends knows a woman who plays theremin and is -- believe it or not -- classically trained. I'll see if I can't get her info and opinions and find some video to post up. According to him, this gal is very gifted with this instrument!

A friend of mine got an expensive Moog theremin and managed to sell it within a week - is it really that hard to play?

A friend of mine has one, identical to Jimmi Page's and every time he has a party, he breaks it out for the kids to play with. Ten minutes later, everyone leaves.... I think that's why he does it.

I've found that another one that seems to be favoured is the Burns B3 Pro..http://soundslikeburns.com/
The Moog Etherwave pro seems to be regarded as the best for it's tone and linear play and the Burns B3 Pro comes second in its response and it has a good tone. The Moog Etherwave pro is discontuned and second hand ones have gone into silly money...
So I think it is down to
The Burns B3 Pro or the Moog Etherwave Standard...

Eden.

Haven't seen the Burns ones before, Eden. If they come in second to the Moog they can't be all that bad. The B3 Pro might be a little over the top but the others seem pretty good value..... especially with the current exchange rate!!

Don't bother learning to play the theremin, nobody can be better then the master....

weemac wrote:So I think it is down to
The Burns B3 Pro or the Moog Etherwave Standard...

Eden.

The one reviewed in GP is the Etherwave Plus, perhaps a replacement for the Pro model. Seems to have lots of connectivity regarding use as a controller for other devices with a control jack.

I have one, play it most every gig.