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Since about 8 years I use a guitar-synth. My first one was a Roland GR-30. I exchanged it some months ago against a new GR-33. Because I like to deal with
sounds I was jealous of the keyboarders with their opportunities to use as much different sounds as they want. So I bought a guitar-synth. I took some time to get the right play-feel. If you
play a synth-trumpet, you cannot play like a guitar player, you have to play like a trumpet-player. If you want to know, what you can do with a guitar-synth, listen to “Kebab-Blues”, a track I recorded only with the Roland GR-30 (except the
drums) via MIDI. To play a guitar-synth, you will need a special pickup. Either you have to use a Roland Gk2A and assemble it on your guitar or you have to play a guitar with an built-in-midi-pick-up. Such special guitars are sold by Fender and Godin.If you have purchased a guitar-synth and you have problems and questions, it is a good idea to join the GR 30 discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GR-30/ . This mailing-list will give you not only the opportunity to come in contact with other guitar-synth users, but will help you with its large archive, containing the discussions of the last years.Other user communities you find here. The new GR-20 is only somewhat like a lowgraded GR-33.
Some months ago I purchased an Axon AX 10 MKII, which uses another technique for pitch detection. My first impression is, that the Axon is faster than the Roland, especially on the deep strings. After some experience I will report more. Basic informations here.
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