In the late seventies, Roland took the sonic palette available to keyboard players and opened it up to guitarists, with the introduction on the GR-500. It was quite simply a marvel, but is positively ...

Roland has outed its latest synth, though you won't find a keyboard attached. The Roland GR-55 is a guitar synthesizer, coupling PCM synthesis with digital instrument modeling to allow guitarists to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The GR-55 is the pinnacle of Roland's exhaustive efforts in the field of guitar synthesis over ...

[Roland’s first guitar-synth, the GR-500, which was used on David Bowie’s “Ashes To Ashes.” Read more at VintageSynth.com.] Are you a guitar synthesist? (Do you even know what that is? Go here.) If ...

If you're a heavy effects user, you might wonder, can I turn my guitar into a synthesizer? The simple answer is yes, but it also depends what kind of sound you're after - a vintage mono or polysynth?

Guitar synthesis has evolved from a complex, pickup-dependent technology to an accessible tool that any guitarist can use to expand their sonic palette. Today’s synth pedals eliminate the barriers ...