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Re: Roland GR55 - First Impressions
ok 4500 norsk kroner... doesnt quite line up actually... ill figure
out what i paid In $ later...sorry for getting u exited...
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On 29 Nov 2011, at 01:41, Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> Where did you get it for less than $500? I'm seeing a street price of
> $700-800 without the pickup?
>
> At $500 I'm ready to add another thing to the floor.
>
> Kevin
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:44 PM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>
> wrote:
>> Absolutely Bill, I should point out here that Ive been VERY VERY
>> harsh... I
>> am trying to point out what I see wrong in this unit. I should also say
>> that
>> there is a lot to this thing... If you left off the modelled guitar
>> tones
>> (and yes they should have) you are still left with pretty great synth..
>> theyre is alot of electronica sounds here,and as I mentioned, I like
>> them
>> all... but.. there is just too much fluff! Too many things to cringe at
>> and
>> move on... I wouldnt mix it with analog effects at all Bill, but I dont
>> see
>> the need...
>>
>> You ask who is this aimed at?
>> Bill, it costs less than 500 dollars... so ANYONE... 30 years ago, that
>> kind
>> of money got me an amp and a fuzzbox...
>> There is SHIT LOADS in this pedal... SHIT LOADS... as in Good shit and
>> Bad...
>>
>> M
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:31 AM, William Walker
>> <billwalker@baymoon.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Mark please tell us how you really feel!!!!! I appreciate your
>>> candor
>>> truly , i have stayed away from this topic because Roland's commitment
>>> to
>>> guitar synthesis has seemed in long steady decline and this latest
>>> addition
>>> continued the disappointment . i didn't want a modeling amp i wanted a
>>> new
>>> improved guitar synth with a "great" and varied synth engine that would
>>> please both vintage synth and electronica guys, as well as great
>>> orchestral
>>> sounds, ethnic sounds etc.......with a real programable arpeggiator,
>>> not
>>> seen sense the GR-30, which i still have tucked in to a shelf in my
>>> studio
>>> room. But no, what they delivered was part guitar synth, part
>>> modeling amp,
>>> part effects processor , part looper, and i don't think it does any of
>>> those
>>> things well. As far as modeling amps go, it seems the only one worth
>>> having
>>> is the Axe-fx and when I look at spending that kind of money I start
>>> thinking of buying a new Laptop or how many cool affordable tube amps
>>> I
>>> could buy, like the chinese made vox 15, it may not be point to point
>>> wired
>>> like the old ones but it sounds amazing. but that's just me. One thing
>>> I
>>> have not been happy about the response of with modeling amps, in
>>> addition to
>>> the "something's missing" sound, is what happens when you put analog
>>> gain
>>> devices in front of it like stomp box distortions. it seems like the
>>> don't
>>> have the headroom to accomodate the gain and get even more harsh
>>> sounding.
>>> I can't figure out who Roland's target audience is with this device
>>> but it
>>> ain't me babe, no no no it ain't me babe. But its also very possible
>>> someone will take it, design some cool sounds with it and make some
>>> interesting music with it.
>>> Bill
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>>
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