BOSS Made a Guitar? | GS-1 Guitar Synth Tones
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00:00 - Hello
01:11 - Guitar Tones
03:09 - Synth Tones
05:53 - GS-1 App & More Tones
10:29 - Blended Tones
12:35 - Closing Thoughts
15:05 - Jam - Hudba
I always wanted a $2,000 guitar to sound like a $50 Casio keyboard.
Haha! That one got me! Brilliant.
Lol yep
Great for bloodhound gang cover, The Bad Touch, I mean it should do drum sounds right? I'm guessing it a copy of Fenders VG or was it VS guitar, later the project was taken over by Roland
It's been a while Chandler Bing.
Hahahaha
I can imagine how varied the sound of guitars in the 70's 80's and 90's would be if this guitar existed in that eras.
Similar things did - several by Casio and a couple by Roland. Check out the Casio PG-380 or MG-500. People like Stanley Jordan went nuts on them.
Casio had a few thru the 70 80 and 90
Leon, your jams sound great as usual
Thanks for listening!
Yaasss!!! I knew it! and a great 80s clean at that!
Great video. I agree - this is a different proposition to say buying a Boss SY-200 pedal (which I have and love)
A very cool idea in my opinion. I have a Roland GR/GK setup, and watching you I can tell the tracking beats that hands down. The Roland is more flexible etc but honestly what I hear from the Boss is all I need, and it's a great guitar to boot.
Which, fwiw Boss = Roland. Same company
Man this is phenomenal, not for that price, but phenomenal
All in one, handy, and I hope it makes someone happy. If the guitar really is up to prime time use, agreed on utility of blended tones. Good that they are continuing to explore. Would like to hear fresher sounds. Strikes me as my GR-09 sandboxed in a guitar. Cheers, D
perfect for synthwave
Great Video Leon! yours is about the 10th video I watched and the only one to go into some depth with clean/dirty tones from each of the 5 pickup settings. I was getting quite fustrated before I happened upon you quality video. Fustrated because any guitarist thats going to drop $2k on a synth guitar, better REALLY like it as a stand alone guitar. Im still waiting to hear it thru a quality valve amp, but for now your Ultra Axe worked fine. Thank you SO much Brother! You video imo is better then the official Boss Demos....kudos to you Mate! Joe, Reno, NV
Much appreciated!
I honestly wouldn't be having half as much fun without my SY-1 or SY-300! You have to do A LOT to get them sounding good, for instance, you have to use a Tube Screamer before any of the SY's to get them to articulate all the notes within a full chord properly. I even use an EHX Attack-Decay before the SY. I fear that this GS-1 makes those sorts of setups impossible. But regardless, this thing will lead the way to something incredible. Amazing guitars are coming and the price tag won't be so terrifying when it does what we never even knew we wanted. Thanks for a great demo! I'm really excited for the GS-1000 😉
This is exactly what Amir Derakh was doing in ORGY back in 98. His Jackson Roswell customs were INSANE cool and the custom Roland GE guitar that had the bar across the top? He was running guitar signal to a Marshall and Synth to front of house and it sounded insane good. Way ahead of its time.
I always loved that Jackson double neck Amir had with the joined headstocks!
@@LeonTodd His Rough Cut guitars were SO nice! That double neck was really cool! I've been trying (and epicly failing) to find his signature Yamaha that came out for years it's essentially my holy grail quest 😅
Cool product and great solo at the end! Me likey!
WOW, I LIKE THAT. I WANT THIS GUITAR. SUPER STAR AGAINT RETURN.
Outro song sounds cool, really has that big sound.
Add a BIG , FAT Loop Pedal and a Good Reverb , you could build up something quite symphonic as a Solo player . Cool GUITAR .
An inspiring instrument, well demonstrated✌️🪴🤘
Zeppelin's "all of my love" was definitely on the mind during this one. Weddings tone covered 😉
Thank you for this vid! I want one now!
This has potential, but IMO, the synth tweak options and some layering, arp/seq, etc would make this killer. needs a special control pedal to do a bunch of cool stuff too.
Until then, i dont see this as a threat to the EHX "9" line
I do have to say that is pretty cool!!!
Really cool. I have to hand it to Roland/Boss - they keep putting out new guitar synth variations despite the fact they have never really taken off. This is not a cheap guitar new - around $2200 or so new, although I already see a few used ones for much less on Reverb.
Tempting... very tempting.
Very professional Sounds and Tone. Greatly appreciate your channel
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Крутая гитара 21 века))!Для домашнего гитариста самое то!
Great note choices in the outro solo, synthwave tracks always inspires you man. having the sound of a synth and the nuances of a guitar string to control it its really amazing, that ending proves it. If roland keeps improving this we´ll probably have real synths/virtual instruments available soon.
Thanks a ton!
Roland used to sell a fender Squier that had a GK2 synth module installed onto it. I think it was a Mexican Squire.
I have one it's a Roland ready Strat made in Mexico but it is not a squire it's a fender
The biggest problem with something like this is the synth will become very limited when the vendor decides to stop supporting the app and the app becomes unusable on your mobile device. The reality is this is a very niche product, and without widescale adoption the risk of it becoming limited or unusable is pretty high.
There are loads of apps and synth modules.
@@MaxPower-js1sk That's awesome if you don't have to rely on the manufacturer to support the device.
@@TheRockinDonkey I use a Boss GP-10 guitar synth, which got me into it. I joined the V Guitar Forum and learned about all of the apps you can use. If you know SampleTank, you can use it and other iOS apps with a Roland GK-3 pickup. The Fishman midi pickup is far better. Many midi guitar controllers are terrible guitars. So if the Boss guitar is decent, it’s a good investment if you want to get into V Guitar. I use a Gibson Les Paul Standard with a GK-3, but I think a Godin guitar would be better.
@@MaxPower-js1sk Hey, thanks for the education.
I have an old Roland guitar that comes with the gr300 and it’s made very well think Ibanez factory but not sure plays like it should be expensive
I currently have a Roland G-707 which I believe was built for them by Yamaha. It was also a synth guitar with a *huge* synth board.
I had the same guitar back in the nintes was a lot of fun
Doubtful it was made by Yamaha, although wouldn’t be surprised if Yamaha and Roland did buy parts from the same Japanese manufactureres back in the day. They were big competitors back then (they were arguably the biggest 2 keyboard companies back in the 80s).
@@rebelcat420 the reasons I gave any credence to it is Roland was/is an electronic instrument builder. Logistically it seemed to me that setting up shop to build one model guitar and bass was a bit of investment and it isn't uncommon at all to find guitars built by outside manufacturers. The guitar's construction is also reminiscent to Yamaha's guitars of the time, particularly in the neck, reminding me a lot of Yamaha's SGV. But of course I can't be absolutely sure.
2:10 Man, that was a little shivering - perfect to the touch!
I know it's not the same, but I'm stoked to get my Boss SY-1 next week... one day I'd love to get a GK-2 pickup for one of my Ibanez RGs, but I just want something to turn it into a standard MIDI signal to control my JP-8080, MicroKorg, etc.
I use a GK-pickup and a Roland GI-20 midi converter that I picked up second hand for next to nothing. Works brilliantly.
@@larsolufsen Nice, I'll have to keep an eye out for a GI-20!
They dropped the ball on the headstock...
Dig that soul organ
Tracking is nice.
If i want a synth sound, i would like to play a synth.
If i want guitar sound, i would like to play guitar.
Nothing for me...
I'm more of a guitar player than a synth player, so the ability to control a synth with a guitar is pretty cool to me.
Want one!!! 😊
I would buy if left handed option. Have the same issue with keytars..:)
Allan Holdsworth called and would like 1985 back, please.
2022 called and would like Allan back, please. RIP Al
We're at the point now where you can have a decent gutar based synth from a Roland GR hexaphonic system (love my GR55 and Terratec Axon) to a pc based software synth (MidiGuitar2 ) triggering any synth instrument (real or virtual plugin) and have it sound great. Its all cool !
I really wish BOSS would have gone a different direction with this guitar...many guitarists play in cover bands...both Roland/ BOSS and Line 6 has done the guitar modeling thing, but no one has both guitar modeling AND amp modeling contained all in the guitar...I'd love to see them come up with the capability that the SY 1000 has in regard to just the guitar and amp modeling, with all the guitar modeling features it has like 2 octive range alternate tuning capability, 12 string capability, all the different types of very popular guitars, all the amp and floorboard effects (controlled by some type of well thought out bluetooth floorboard communicating to the guitar)...you would just load your saved presets into the guitar like you would when using the SY 1000...Like the Roland Strat that had guitar modeling in it, except this would have guitar/ amp/ speaker/ fx modeling all in the guitar...it'd be great for me if all I had to bring is my guitar and accompaning floorboard controller to gigs, preprogrammed for 100 songs or so...I will say the good thing about the SY 1000 is that you can equipt just about any guitar you really like the feel of with a GK3 or Graph Tech's hexpander board and piezo saddles, and your in there playing the guitar you really like...
Awesome keyboard for guitarists \m/
This is essentially an SY-1 built into a MIJ guitar? You are spot on with blending tones on this. Imo, the SY1 benefits the most from that approach. It doesn't have the complexity of the 300 or the richness of the 1000.
It definitely feels like a "concept guitar". I wonder if it's an SY1 or 200 in there, or in true Roland fashion it's something based on but not identical to them.
@@LeonTodd I haven't had the 200. I (perhaps wrongly?) have always assumed it was an SY1 with preset storage and recall capability. We'll probably never know what it is exactly :)
Certainly can say, if they make a budget one, i will buy it.
Wait for one to appear on Thomann.
I never really cared much about guitar synth sounds on guitar devices. More interested in fast MIDI translation to use outboard gear or software libraries. Can you do that with this guitar?
The Whitesnake style thing with the blended synth…wow. That was pretty much shut up and take my money.
Woooooow!
The app is missing ADSR or any ability to make your own synth tones, and assignable pedal modulation
Can you use that guitar and play Jump - Van Halen? It would be interesting. Please play the whole song.
Petrucci can now write Jordans parts.
That guitar costs more than it cost me to get a Roland GR-300, a GR-505 guitar, and a 24-pin cable. Sure, the GR-300 has very limited sounds, but it's so darn expressive and seamless in how it tracks your playing...
Imagine Jordan Rudess playing this 🤘🤘
4:00 was expecting Flash Gordon theme music
i still have my 35 years old Roland G-707 Guitar 😉
great work by Boss just like a Boss
What is the "premium" price here Leon? Love the idea as still have a VG 8 system in the loft.
$2300 in the USA. Kind of excessive
yeah over $2k USD so it's "serious" guitar money IMO
can you review MIDIGuitar2 vst with your guitar , i am curious 😁
The 15 seconds from 3:42 perfectly sums up my year of owning an SY200 🤣. $500 for a couple of minutes of pentatonic cheese a month, and it was TOTALLY worth it!
24 month aged cheddar!
The sy1000 does so much more then the 200 series. The SY1000 can actually be used as a standalone guitar rig nevermind the synth stuff wheras the 200 series has some of the stuff it does. It deserves more credit than some cheese rig you play on sunday mornings before your decide to nail your wife again and take a nap.
@@kingfisher7960 it need outboard reverb tho. Reverb on it were kinda meh. Nevertheless I still used it with GT1000
@@kingfisher7960 Whoa dude, settle down. I already have a GT1000 so...
It’s basically an AOR machine perfect for the debut Danger Danger Album remaster!
That tone @11:00 reminds me of Miami Vice / Jan Hammer
Gitar udah kaya keyboard keren
I want one. I use the POD GO synths a lot and they're pretty good, but this is better. Hope they add synth effects in the katana MK II somehow.
For all that hate the sounds look into the boss GR-55 pedal, insane sounds, tracking is a little bad but not horrible,,,, what song is that at the end or backing track please?
River of Darkness by The Midnight
Looks like my cort g300 pro 😮
Can you share the backtrack?
Thank you ❤
boss : we made a guitar
everyone : no
cool how I place an order please?
I wonder who Boss had build this for them. If its FujiGen, its worth the asking price.
Not sure but I've played a few Fujigens and this feels familiar
These are made by Dyna Gakki :)
As far as I know FujiGen doesn’t do any compound radius necks, just adding that useless bit of info.
@@sixstringsamurai77 there you have it!
Godin.
It’s funny that every time you make reference to the 80s it’s the best if you were playing. At least it’s not a bunch of distorted Pentatonics.
40-plus years of goodwill associated with the iconic BOSS logo and they put some unrecognizable Jay Turser-looking logo on the headstock?
How does it handle sounds from an external library? Can it function as a MIDI controller? Otherwise, no interest. Sorry.
Woods looks like made by Ernie Ball / Music Man. Nice guitar for 80`s Disco.
In the late 80s to the 90s I owned an Ibanez/Casio MIDI Guitar the first and last PG-780, I paid at Boat show, Whales Tail and benefits and it started to not work. A cert. Tech could only fix these this MIDI guitar. My dad told me and their tech said leaky electronic capacitors and there's 10 of them. So this is when it got weird again. This repair shop is an hours drive to this store. So when they thought it would behave I brought it back home. 5 years later, I'm showing off my MIDI guitar that I showed kids what you can play today back then and showing anthd that Floyd Ross trem was in the air since I didn't think later again the leaky electrolytic capacitors!!
I hate saying, that guitar looks like the guitar I played once. Is there a qualified tech to look at them. Sun light trashes them. I worked outside venues in my city's in Southern California up and down. Sorry
Leon, what setting are you using @15:20? thanks!
Using my live Axe-Fx III preset there!
@@LeonTodd Hi again, can you tell me how to dial in that effect? Thank you!
yeah, get this n redo the entire Megman X soundtrack.
This is cool. I don't think I could justify the $2,200 price tag for myself, but someone is going to use this to make some innovative music. I could see Tom Morello doing amazing things with one of these.
That is against the original Morello ethic. "No synthesizers, samplers, sequencers used in this recording"
If I wanted to play a synth I would get a keyboard.
If the logo/decal would be the BOSS from their pedals, would get this right away… ;)
Cant understand why they did not put original one, the one on guitar makes it looks like a cheap copy
Can we use it as a USB MIDI Controller?
I don't think so
A few months ago after watching a Boss SY1 video, I began researching for synth pedals.. Boss, EHX, etc. And then I realized all of them sound cheesy except SY1000.
The Sy1000 is amazing
Remember your first multi effect pedal. You will NEVER use these synth sounds, just think about that ;)
If you're a producer who's main instrument is guitar, you probably will. I know they're a rarity but I know a couple of producers who lay down midi tracks with midi guitars instead of midi keyboards just because they're a bit more comfortable creating music with a fretboard rather than a keyboard.
But does it djent?
I want one!
Ну и ну, хотите все уместить в один инструмент включая процессор? Это уже Синтезатор со струнами, да ещё за такую цену, мне обычной Классики хватает за Глаза! Так что Электрогитара (у меня их 5шт) и Комбоусилитель Boss Next Tone Special - получаю наслаждение каждый день.
What a nice guitar. I love Japanese craftsmanship. Just killer and it looks great too as well to me. The headstock reminds me of the peavey made in the USA strat. Almost exact I think from memory.
I really love the synth thing too. ♥️🤘🤘
Boss is just so good at so many things and with tech. Sounded like keyboards big time. 🤘🤘♥️♥️. Would be great to kinda hang back in the band while someone else solos and use the synth. ♥️🤘🤘
Oh man. I'm sick. I got my animal flu shot and the new covid varients shit because my doctor insisted with my heart problems. I woke up sweating and freezing to death. Just one day usually, but I won't be doing anything except drinking coffee or chicken soup.
Be safe sir. ♥️🤘🤘
My last booster put me on my arse, super tired!
@@LeonTodd Yeah. I feel like hell. I can barely get out of bed. 😭. I'll be ok. This is the new varients shot that was just approved here, plus I received my flu shot in my other arm. Maybe I should have done it separately, but thought if I'm going to be sick I'd rather be sick all at once. ♥️🤘♥️
I want to break free
How much $
If you want info, visit the V Guitar Forum. Those people know everything.
Considering that MIJ guitars have gone so much up in price over the last decade ( hell, Made in Indonesia guitars have gone up also), the price is not bad.
That beeing said, most guitarplayers have not much use for the Midi-Synth stuff.
When are they going to put useful sounds in these these GTR SNTH systems ?
Mall like .
Synthetic humans get a 20% discount on their first BOSS guitar.
The problem with guitar synths is that they always sound farty and cheesy. The tones don't stand up, especially in todays synth dominated world. There are rare exceptions, but it's usually when the guitarist is playing something that resembles super simple keyboard lines. An example is Glenn Tipton using the Hamer Phantom A7 to drive a Roland GR-700 on Turbo Lover. Basically just a simple synth pad with some LFO hard sync to tempo.
I tried for years to find a solution, but eventually just bought a real synthesizer and learned how to play it. Guitar is and always will be my main instrument, but the string to synth interface just isn't ever going to be up to par. However... the synth I've been waiting for since the early 90s has arrived! Check out the Osmose! Finally the level of expression in a keyboard that I have always loved from a guitar.
...I wonder-if Boss will sell JUST the GUTS/ELECTRONIC package?...Just a thought...Peace,my Brother...
Well, the headstock and logo design certainly won't win any prices...
Electro Harmonix C9
In 80s , Roland made a couple of them . Steve Hackett
Yes! Absolute classics. love what Andy Summers did with them too.
@@LeonTodd also Robert fripp of king crimson
Put some Wilkinson locking saddles on that Gotoh 510 and you'll have a *killer* guitar!
hugo boss?
"copying the variax" 🥴excellent product
looks like they gutted a sy-200 pedal and put it inside the guitar
looks like they gutted a guitar and put an sy-200 pedal in, more likely ;)
Another boss preset demo… got their signature sound since the nineties. Make the best sounding iphone stands in the industrie though. Think your other vids are better.