[Fwd: Roland Guitar Synth alert]

[Roland Eberle <eb@jps.net>]

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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:35:19 -0700
From: Roland Eberle <eb@jps.net>
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Subject: Re: Roland Guitar Synth alert
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No need to eat a mile of s*** Andre...I have an MG-500 (trapazoidal 
teardrop
shaped midi guitar) for sale with a case
for a mere $350...you are correct when saying it is a fine guitar just as a
guitar...hum single single pickups (made by EMG) vintage style
trem, coil tap for the humbucker...sounds great..not just good or ok...
this is a great sounding guitar just as a guitar...add in the fact that 
this is
a VERY sophisticated midi controller with beaucoup functions and the fact 
that
IT TRACKS AS WELL AS THE ROLAND STUFF (I've had both...pitch to midi can 
only
track so fast..your stuck with the delay with any device) and the BIG (huge
actually) bonus is that you can use it with ANY midi sound source ( I use 
an
EMU Proteus module that I picked up for $150) not just the overpriced
underperforming Roland GR stuff.
The MG and PG (PG series had built in synth on board..not just the 
controller)
were built by the Fuji Gen Gakki company for Casio and
Ibanez (guitars were identical except for the name on the headstock)
Quality components and workmanship throughout.
Jpegs available...I have 2 of these and don't need both so...email me if
interested (not to the list please go private to eb@jps.net)
Andre wrote:

> > From: David Talento <legion@voicenet.com>
> > To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> > Subject: Re: Roland Guitar Synth alert
>
> > the only other guitar I've found that tracks well (not *great* but 
>well)
> > is the casio MG series (i have the MG510) which again has a built in
> > pickup (in this case with a midi out built right in the guitar). Anyone
> > else use one of these?
> >
> oh, they are just the BEST!! i love mine and would eat a mile of shit to
> get to another one....
>
> OK, maybe not, but they are spectacular. and i constantly use it as a 
>good
> ol analog GUITAR - because it's a very well made strat copy - made by the
> Ibanez folks, i believe, so - "just " as an axe it rules.. but - tracks
> like a dream, great dynamics response. you ARE one-with-the-synth with 
>this
> one. WHy, oh WHy did they discontinue??? I guess for the same reason they
> disco'd the casio cz 101 and all those... by giant company Casio's terms,
> these devices sold shit!!! even though in the synth world they broke
> records, esp. the CZ 101.. selling record amounts by far of any synth 
>when
> it was out...
>
> but for all that - i'm not a "tracking-whiner" a guitar synth is NOT a
> guitar, and it plays like it plays, so, though i challenge the anti-midi
> screechers to try one o'these, I see no problem with the GK/Roland stuff 
>or
> the Axon or anything else. It is what it is....Remember, a classical
> guitarist will often sneer at the concept of "amplification" - seeing it 
>as
> a murdering of the pureness of what guitar should be...so let's not get 
>too
> precious....