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Post by sumgai on Apr 25, 2023 22:57:04 GMT -5
That "box" I was harping on is Roland's GR-55. Now very dated, it's still a powerhouse workhorse, if one is willing to spend the time to get past the presets. Most of the presets are usable to a degree, but the real power is in all the mods that can be made, both to the factory presets, and to the 'you build it' guitars (or other instruments) that let you construct some certain sound/tone/voice from the ground up. There are 99 memory positions for storing your mods, so there should be a pallet-full of playable tones that you can take on stage, or into a studio.
But enough bragging about Roland, which I freely admit, is now being out-competed by more than a handful of top-drawer companies. They may not be running rings around Roland (and by extension, Boss), but that certainly ain't for lack of trying! What I wanted to talk about was not that little doo-hickey that Kit exposed (and I agree with ozzy, the first time you take one of these on stage, some drunk is either gonna knock it out of your hand and then step on it as he exhorts you to play Free Bird, or he's gonna puke on it, you, your axe, and then pass out - one of the two things are gonna happen, trust me. For on-stage work, you need a tank at your feet, and the GR-55 fits that bill nicely.
Now what I really wanted to talk about is that video, and more to the point, the presentation. That presenter may be a Stephen Hawking-quality genius, but he's drier than last week's chicken bones. I mean, would you buy a used squirt gun from this man? I didn't think so.
Contrast that presentation with the following, and then tell me which product is more likely to end up in your arsenal:
I trust I've made my point.
HTH
sumgai
p.s. And yes, as a matter of fact, I did download those presets he posted. They do sound exactly like the video, and what's more, I can 'analyze' them, figure out how a given sound was brought about, and then apply that knowledge to other mods. Good times, good times.
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Post by asmith on Apr 25, 2023 23:23:59 GMT -5
All that sumgai says is true. I lost it when James from Roland dropped into the Titanic theme.
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