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Re: Tayler Variaxs vs GR 55
Tank you, Michael, that was interesting. Regarding the tunings, does
the Variax allow micro tonal tunings? Or is it just like the GR-55
doing DADGAD, bariton, drop-D, Nashville toning and all that stuff?
I missed to post the correct name for Rolands new guitar that has the
GR55 circuitry buit-in, it is called "V-Guitar". Info here:
http://www.roland.com/V-Guitar/
Oh, and thanks to M's post I now recall that Luis was specifically
asking concerning fake acoustic sounds - so I'd like to add that the
acoustic guitar sounds of the GR-55 sounds rather bad to me. For a
"quick acoustic cheat sound" on stage I'd rather use a guitar like the
Epiphone Ultra 2 that has an extra Nanomag Shadow mic in the neck
besides the two mandatory humbuckers (and a separate output for the
acoustic mic).
Greetings from Sweden
Per Boysen
www.perboysen.com
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Michael Peters <mp@mpeters.de> wrote:
>> Hoping someone else has some hands-on experience with the Variax to post
>
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> I spent half an hour playing one recently in a shop - some of the sounds
> suck (the 12string sounds too much like harmonizers) but most are pretty
> much ok. I especially like the different tunings! very cool to have that
> on board.
>
> If I had the money, I'd buy a Variax. I wish there was one with a
> sustainer! and I still don't know if one can somehow turn the 6 string
> output of the piezos into midi - I definitely want midi.
>
> The coolest thing about Variax of course is, you don't need another box
> on the floor. I wouldn't want a GR-55 because it is so large and heavy!
> the Variax guitar has the sounds and tunings in it, and if you like the
> guitar, you are all set.
>
> -Michael
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