New sounds. Easy interface. Now works with GK-3 or GK-3B divided pickups.
Item: ROLGR20
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80 People rated this product : 7 out of 10
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10 out of 10
Quality:
This product is great as far as make, but it IS made of PLASTIC! I'm worried about breaking the pickup while moving the instrument about, but I'm always careful and don't plan on letting anyone else handle it, so I figure that if I trust myself with it, then it'll be fine. I might take this on the road with me, but I would need people to be extremely careful.
Desirability:
It's ugly....
Plain, flat out ugly. Makes my mandolin look like a machine. BUT, it's very fancy-technical looking, so it'll make you look smart, considering that you'll be able to tell them that you installed it yourself!
The GR 20 though is very subtle. It's not flashy, so you won't get ladies (or guys, I guess) with it, but if you make it work right on stage, then you shouldn't have any problems in that area after all. Besides, a musician isn't the appearance of his gear, but the quality of his musical performance.
Sound:
This product has great sounds, most of which are extremely versatile. As said in other reviews, the guitar sounds lack (some of the "guitar" sounds are actually rather sad). But otherwise, it's all good. I put this product through a Line 6 DL4 for looping, and it works perfectly. I've even managed to compose some simple songs at this point, and I've only had it for a few days now.
Ease of Use:
The GR 20 was a challenge to attach. It also doesn't help that I am using it on an electric (four string) mandolin, not guitar. So I had to spend more time making sure that the pickups lined up with the strings. The sounds are great, the surfing is ver intuitive (as long as you follow the patch lists in the manual, but that's a given). The manual(s) were very clear about installation of the pickup and making the machine function.
Submitted: 12/1/2007
Style of Music: Classical, Rock, Folk, Jazz, Blues,









2 out of 10
Feature:
least useful - setting up/installing the pickup on my Ibanez Artcore semi-hollow body electric guitar. This took the most time and I had to go to a local hardware store and buy additional double sided tape.
Quality:
Plastic main unit, not a 'hard rocker' stage pedal, but studio use should be ok but i wouldn't want to drop it...
Value:
Not until it tracks better, I use it as a substitute for a real bass on my own recordings (direct into the board) and even the slowest tempo playing whole notes, well, it would be nice to hear what I play 'when' I play it and not a half second later...
Desirability:
Fix the latency & pickup install problems...
Sound:
Lots of ideas can be had/inspired by the sounds a guitarist can now get.
Support:
it would be nice if Roland/Boss had a proper forum it's users could get info from. My one question about the terrible tracking problem was an answer along the lines of 'adjust my playing & attack to get rid of the latency..."
Overall:
See above, no I wouldn't buy a new one unless i could try it out (a new model/pickup) at the store.
Great sounds that a non-key/synth player like me can definately use but again, see above, and tech support's weak answer to my question just drops my rating. It also makes me wonder how those new VG Strats play if i'm using the 'same' thing...
Submitted: 7/26/2007
Style of Music: a lot & varied
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