RE: GEAR Question: Roland GR-700

[David Kirkdorffer <DKirkdorffer@exapps.com>]

I've seen the GR700 module in Boston for $350.  Any of the Roland
guitars will work with it (EXCEPT the GR500 from way back when...).

I've seen the GR guitars for sale in the $300 range.  As regular
guitars, they're pretty good too.  A bit heavy...
David Kirkdorffer

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Matt McCabe [SMTP:mattm@bi-tech.com]
        Sent:   Thursday, November 13, 1997 4:59 PM
        To:     Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
        Subject:        Re: GEAR Question: Roland GR-700

        > From: Markus Reuter <mreuter@post.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>

        > i just spotted a Roland GR-700 guitar synth (including the
        > guitar) in a turkish second hand store over here in germany.
        > 
        > is it worth getting it?
        > what's a reasonable price for a used GR-700 nowadays?

        I've never played one, but the earlier GR-300 is supposed to
track better. 
        The GR-700 uses MIDI to trigger the sounds (hence the delay) and
I seem to
        remember that it didn't transmit pitch bend information (don't
quote me on
        that).

        I remember that Andy Summers and Robert Fripp preferred the
GR-300 because
        it "felt" better to play and had a more "organic" sound (it's
basically an
        analog synth).

        Matt