Roland VGA7 V-Guitar Amplifier

Feature:
I have owned most of the modeling amps out there, I have owned a vox valvetronix, nice on its own but horrible when you add your own floor effects. I had a pod xt live floorboard and hated it, the worst digital sound I have ever heard. This amp amp excells in simplicity. Choose your guitar model, choose your amp, choose your tuning, and then add effects wahhh laaaahhh, no rocket science but nice clean useable tone. The cleans on this amp are special, and they are worth double just for the cleans and acoustic variations. As for the heavey distortion tube sound its not there, but with all roland and boss products, every model they do has a sweet spot, and its a matter of finding which amp model suits you best, and saving its sweet spot and learning thru trial an era. I have owned a boss gt-3, gt-6, and now have the gt-8, and all roland boss and effects have there drawbacks, but they are good tools to use and the parameters are class in achieving any sweet spot, you have to learn the gear. One thing i can say about boss and roland is there equipment last for years if you take care of it, they are definatley work horses.

Quality:
Solid at 85lbs. with casters and an extra gk-2 cord. I think Roland has discontinued this model, so they must be releasing there new V-Line pretty soon, Probally new VG-88 and new VGA-amps. They are probally going to introduce there twin cosm amp models like on the gt-8.

Value:
At five hundred and change this is the best bang for the buck and blows any modeling combo away hands down, especially Line6 garbage.

Sound:
I just purchased this amp after purchasing the faulty Crate VTX200s. The effects on the new Crate Model would drop off at anytime, bad design poor quality. I played thru the VGA-7 about three years ago and liked it but at the time the amp was $1,295.00 pluus tax. so it was out of my budget. Plus I own a gt-6 and the gr-33 so I thought the amp was a little redundant to all my equipment. So i returned the crate vtx200s and went online and saw this amp on sale for $525.00 and almost crapped my pants. The cleans on this amp are pristine when used with the chourus, the acoustic models and 12 strings are top notch. The effects are typical boss simple phaser, flanger, comp, slow gear but are simple and effective. I an using this amp with a Brian Moore i2 13 and it tracks very well in the gk input. This amp alone is a JC-120, Fender Twin, and easily an old Marshall tube combo, very nice amp.

Overall:
If you want a nice giging amp or a nice combo amp to pair up with a JC-120 this is it. I am definatley thinking of selling my Marshall and Pairing up a Jc-120 with this amp. This way i can run acoustic through one side and distortion thu the jc-120. I hope roland evolves on this vga technology, I think in years to come it will become a standard for automatic tunings, 12string and acoustic layering, and choosing your guitar all on the fly. Its getting there year by year, and it getting pretty usable the closer we get. All in all a great amp to get before there all gone, I wont regret it at all.

Feature:
YOU CAN CHOOSE GUITAR , PICK UPS , AMPS , CABS . QUITE IMPRESSIVE .

Quality:
THE USUAL ROLAND EXCELLENCE .

Value:
THE COMPONET PARTS WOULD COST MEGA BUCKS .

Desirability:
IRRESISTABLE !!!!!!!

Sound:
QUITE AN ARRAY OF SOUNDS .

Support:
I HAD A QUESTION AND THE PHONE WAS ANSWERED PROMPTLY . THE TECH WAS GREAT . HE ACTUALLY CALLED ME BACK 30 MINUTES LATER TO BE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OK .

Overall:
I HAD THE ROLAND VGA 5 AND JUST HAD TO HAVE THIS . I NOW OWN 3 AMPS AND THIS IS MY MAIN AMP NOW.