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Many thanks for this video. The Jennifer Batten Guitar is a great and huge instrument. I understand why she decided to choose to built by a luthier this one of a kind of guitar. Both sounds by GR55 and SY-1000 are fantastic (personally I prefer SY-1000... the tracking is the best of the Best). Phil. from Dunkirk 👍

This is very good. Thanks. It covers the "As It Is" solo which I think is the best use of the Roland midi guitar in any song, any time. The live Japan version is very good.

very nice

Wow !! Sounds amazing !!

As always an excellent video with valuable information from one of the worlds leading guitar synthesizer experts. Thank you Wayne!

I just got the K2 and trying to learn how to connect a guitar. This is very helpful, thanks.

Thanks Wayne, this is very timely - I was testing a new GK-2B installation (on a 5-string fretless bass) over the weekend and I noticed that the jack connections were very noisy. De-Oxit to the rescue!

The "Space Strat" is a great patch. I prefer guitar synth patches that are unique to the guitar.

Great video!

I was thinking about getting one of these and try to use the 5 pin with the midi on GR 55 , if that would work that might be easier than modifying the guitar

This is awesome to see! I’ve been thinking of doing this with an MG-510 I have that someone swapped pickups and modified the pick guard already. I didn’t realize the hex PU could go directly into the GK 3 board! I’m just torn over modifying this Casio bc it functions as a midi guitar still and seems like a waste to modify a working 510, although I don’t even use it for MIDI - right now it just sits mostly unplayed

Many many thanks for this very interesting share. Great Casio Guitar modifications. Phil. From Dunkirk

Nice to know youre still making videos, WISH you were still making those 24 to 13 pin converters. Theres a guy in france who makes them, but the 400+ he charges for them is ridiculous...

Thank You for your demo, and I hope that toothbrush never makes it to the bathroom. ;-)

Glad to have you back again!

Yay! A new WJ vid!

If anyone knows of an LPK-1 available please let me know.. Been looking for one for quite some time to fix my G-808 which came with the LPK electronics removed...

I wish there was a plugin that did this. Or a way to connect a digital guitar midi thing such as Jam Origin into the boss tone studio so I could play around with this tone without having to buy hardware

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Thank you for this!

whoa Danny Gottlieb on drums in the transition period 1980-1982

Excellent video, thanks for sharing. New sub. A+

Excellent tutorial, thanks for posting. New sub. A+

THANKS, WJ!

THANKS, WJ!

THANKS, WJ!

Do you remember the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”? I prefer Pats version of communicating with aliens! 😂

if you wanted that Pat Metheny sound, what would be the best option in 2024, Sy1000 seems the obvious choice ?

I just got my hands on the vg99 finally. I have had the 8, the 88v1, just got the 88v2 earlier this year (big upgrade), but the pitch shifting always has a lot of artifacts in delay weirdness in it. I was hoping the 99 would be just slightly better, and as your video shows it's completely seamless. I turned into a Telly mode (guitar only) and made some recordings of open G tuning, and then pulled out my real Telly with open G playing through the exact same Amp Sim, and you can't tell which one was the e standard tuned guitar, and which one was the real telly actually tuned to open g. One would think Roland cloud would come out with this tech in their offerings and sell a slim line gk-usb model. The fact that they could do this almost 20 years ago, tells you that they can have something light years better now.

so is the bias the root note or does it just transpose the melody up? im confused on the concept of setting a scale without picking the root of the key and having trouble getting the specific scale i want

Recorded the tv programme as a schoolboy in the 1980s. I couldn’t get my ear around the sound of a ‘trumpet’ slightly delayed coming out after the plectrum hitting the strings on the Roland as he played and him really feeling it -Are You Going With Me live.

Think it was called just Whistle Test by 1984. He was with the Group, playing a Roland Guitar Synth live when it became just Whistle Test. Are You Going With Me in 1985.

Oscar Peterson = Jazz... Charlie Parker = Jazz... Miles Davis = Jazz... Pat Metheny = fusion/pop with some jazz influence

Why's the host sitting with the T-800?

Hey, I am new to synths. I bought a Korg Prologue 16. Is it possible to get that sound from my Korg? If so, can anyone help me to set that Sound on my Korg just like shown in that great video?

How can I purchase this for bass guitar??

RolandのギターシンセにHex Fuzzって各弦に個別にファズ掛けるやつがあったと思うけど ファズって実機で掛けてこそファズだと思うからHex Fuzz Face やってみて欲しい

All dated guitar synth sounds and a big bad Elmore James at the end!

sabes como cambiar el afinador a 440 de esa pedalera ?? Gracias

Im disappointed with the Gr 300 tones in the Gm 800. Just not even close.

Problem is you cant get rid of the sound of the guitar.

Is there a way to use the normal guitar pickups to control the pcm synth sounds? Therefor not using the gk pickup?

dont you think you would of had better "chopping" by using clocked gate in combination? oh never mind, ididnt look un till the end lol...

So i guess the G303 was the pitchh tracking device.

bands like this sound of the 80?

Those shoes are ugly as sin.

Wayne very cool video. I'm the guy who sent you speed/time tests for gr300 and many synths midi a lot of years ago. I have bought this gp 10 and in my opinion the gr300 patch is faulty . I've spent a lot of time to set up at the best the pickup to see if this was a problem, anyway in the sound one octave up there is always a noise like a double note, like some kind of distortion that makes the sound unusable for long notes. Of course i completely removed normal pu sound and stopped any other string to avoid resonance from them. As soon as possible I'll try to send you a clear sample of what I say. Also the attack for me is orrible , its noisy and scratchy and that is not normal on my gr300 this doesnt happen... good attempt roland , may be next time ...😅

Hey man, I'm trying to source a circuit board for the g-33. Ive contacted roland but having a hard time getting them to source it for us. Do you know anyone that sells aftermarket versions of them at all?

Thank you for posting this accurate analysis. That s the kind of review I m constantly looking for.

dave gilmour used this live on his second solo tour