Roland VB-99 V-Bass System

The Roland VB-99 V-Bass lets bassists enter the world of MIDI synth. With COSM modeling, the Roland VB-99 V-Bass offers dozens of ways to sound great.

Overall User Ratings (based on 6 ratings)
  • Overall:
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Ease of Use:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    5 out of 5 stars
Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
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Submitted October 21, 2011 by a customer from hotmail

Roland VB-99 V-Bass Customer Review

Overall: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Sound
Nice sounds for bass emulation. I bought this mainly for the midi to bass feature to replace my GI-20 unit. If that's what your buying this for, don't waste your time. Still some of the same latency issues that I experience with the GI-20. This unit does not have all of the midi features that the GI-20 has, and with the latency issues still present, I sent this back.

Musical Background:

Active Musician

Musical Style:

Classic Rock, Blues, Country
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Submitted August 24, 2009 by a customer from gmail.com

"Fantastic product from Roland"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I'm very pleased with all the feature's of this product. It help's me alot with all my music project's. You have to buy the pick-up to get the basses it models. And about the pick-up, I would recommend you have a pro repair guitar shop install it on your bass. And once it's there-it's there. It's not coming off. It's an investment for sure. But well worth it.
Sound
The basses it models after are top notch. The best feature is the EQ-ing of each seperate string. Very Powerful. I'm able to get that deep "Bass Dub" tone. I run the VB-99 thru a Radial Stereo Direct Box. The Synth's sound good also. But the modeling is the best feature. I was less impressed with the acoustic basses. But that's OK-I just overwrite some of those patches to create my own.
Ease of Use
This not an easy product to navagate. It's very complex. You will be putting hours and hours of getting-to-know-how-to-use-this-product. This is the only drawback. But it can be done. In time.
Quality
Wished they used more metal than plastic. My advise- be careful with it ANYWHERE.
Value
The price is worth all the basses it models after. Unless your name is John Paul Jones, Flea, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, etc....etc... Can you imagine the cost of buying all the basses it models after? And who's gonna lug all those basses on stage?
Manufacturer Support
Have dealt with support with connecting to a computer. Roland was helpful. That's the only call I've made.
The Wow Factor
Great product.

Musical Background:

muscian

Musical Style:

rock,dub,ambient,blues,folk,electronic,down tempo, etc...etc
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