I ordered one through Matt's Music. I am dying to get my hands on this and load some of the patches other users have made. Most importantly, I can play " Summer Nights " by Van Halen without using a Capo.....or buying an old Steinberger with the trans-trem. -Lou
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Ordered a Roland Gr-55...cant wait to get it.
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I think you're going to like it. I have one but need to make some adjustments to the settings on the piano sounds. The high E string sounds an off note sometimes when struck and I talked to Roland at NAMM about it and they told me some things to adjust in the settings menu to fix it. The sounds are great in it! What guitar are you going to use with it? I have a DK-2 that I got off a guy on E-Bay who mods them with a 13 pin Roland jack and GK2 pickup with onboard up/down buttons.Rudy
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Originally posted by LouSiffer View PostI am going to put it on my Warmoth since that is my main player.-LouRudy
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The GR-55 is a lot of fun. Don't get discouraged by the presets for the traditional guitar tones - the good stuff is in there, it's just not terribly evident from the presets. One of the crunchy Strat presets is pretty great - I tweaked it a bit and it's my goto sound for most stuff when I play out with it.
I take mine when I go sit in with folks - usually acoustic solo/duo guys that want someone to help fill out the sound and do some solos. It's great when you get the stares of disbelief when folks hear a sax solo come out of your guitar.I want REAL change. I want dead bodies littering the capitol.
- Newc
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I was contemplating one of these myself, but the need to buy a strat shaped guitar to make the hex-pickup and switching box fit didn't appeal to me. Then it dawned on me I should just play my keyboard. More recently, I've found I can make synth-like sounds with my Eventide Space pedal too. From what I remember of the demos, the GR-55 tracked well to chords. My concern would be how the GR-55 would translate those chords via MIDI into a synth module such as my EMU Proteus 2000, or I'd have to stick to playing one string at a time to avoid any stray or non-transmitted notes.Last edited by wilkinsi; 04-01-2012, 10:08 AM.Fuck ebay, fuck paypal
"Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).
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Originally posted by wilkinsi View PostI was contemplating one of these myself, but the need to buy a strat shaped guitar to make the hex-pickup and switching box fit didn't appeal to me. Then it dawned on me I should just play my keyboard. More recently, I've found I can make synth-like sounds with my Eventide Space pedal too. From what I remember of the demos, the GR-55 tracked well to chords. My concern would be how the GR-55 would translate those chords via MIDI into a synth module such as my EMU Proteus 2000, or I'd have to stick to playing one string at a time to avoid any stray or non-transmitted notes.I want REAL change. I want dead bodies littering the capitol.
- Newc
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Originally posted by hippietim View PostFirst off, you don't need a Strat shaped guitar. The shape of the guitar is completely irrelevant. You just need a guitar with space between the bridge and bridge pickup to fit the GK-3 pickup. The GR-55 handles chords just fine - that is the point of the hex pickup - each string is captured individually.Fuck ebay, fuck paypal
"Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).
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Originally posted by wilkinsi View PostRoody tried fitting these to a WR1 for me. It was a failure. The wire from the hex sticks out beyond the top bevel, and the switching block that attaches to the rear strap pin covers the jack socket.I want REAL change. I want dead bodies littering the capitol.
- Newc
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Originally posted by hippietim View PostI never tried a WR1 but I've had a GK on a V, Les Paul, and a PRS before.Rudy
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guitar synths are a blast!! i have a GR-30 - bought it new with a brian moore guitar. i still works great for my needs, which are limited to studio use. i have played around with the GR-55 and i am totally impressed, but not enough to buy a new synth!!! hahaha, if the GR-30 dies it is good to know that roland has improved drastically on it, so spending the $$ would be worth it.GEAR:
some guitars...WITH STRINGS!!!! most of them have those sticks like on guitar hero....AWESOME!!!!
some amps...they have some glowing bottle like things in them...i think my amps do that modelling thing....COOL, huh?!?!?!
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i have those little plastic "chips" used to hit the strings...WHOA!!!!
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