This week's Find of the Week is a Moog Moogerfooger MF-104Z Analog Delay that was formerly owned by the legendary Lou Reed. According to the seller, this Moog delay unit was purchased directly from the founding member of The Velvet Underground's estate in 2014 following his death the previous year.
While there's no confirmation whether the Godfather of Punk used this delay on stage or in the studio, he was often seen with a pair of Moogerfoogers on an elevated pedalboard during several performances in the last decade of his life, including a stretch of dates with his late-career noise group Metal Machine Trio and a headlining appearance at Lollapalooza in 2009.
For those uninitiated, the now-discontinued Moogerfooger family of voltage-controlled, wood-edged analog effects was first introduced by Bob Moog in 1998, starting with a low pass filter, a ring modulator, and a 12-stage phaser. Moog would release 20 variations of these effects units in their 20-year run before closing up shop on the line once parts ran out in 2018.
The original MF-104 analog delay was initially introduced in 2000 in a limited edition of 1000 units, boasting a delay time between 40 milliseconds and .8 seconds and a internal/external feedback loop. To this day, it remains the most sought-after pedal of the line: Lou's particular model was a 2005 re-release—prompted by popular demand—with a slightly longer delay time than its predecessor.
You too can take your pedalboard for a walk on the wild side: check out the full listing to make an offer on this piece of metal machine music history.