Roland - GR55 Guitar Synthesizer with GK3 Pickup Demo at GAK 

I love how EVERY demonstration has to use the oboe and flute for the Simpsons interludes

How can I set up my GR 55 like yours??

I'm actually selling my Ibanez RG Prestige 1550M To afford this thing. And I love that Ibanez. Thankfully I have another Ibanez wich is MUCH bettert. This is a MUST have for any musician!!

Great demo. I want one!

There is a wireless option now. I developed a GK Wireless System.

6:24 That is Anouk! that guitar riff that you are playing

So good

Clear and very interesting. Thanks

If you have noticed, he did NOT use any one of the internal default stock patches, (which a lot of them are not very usefull). All of them are USER patches that he used. So to the other person who commented about cant finding the sounds that he used in this video.. you WON'T!! WHY??? Mainly because they do NOT provide a link to those patches he used.

can you please make a video on How to update GR55 Firmware with USB Cable

Thank you so much for the demo. Could you please tell me is there a specialised effects pedal that gives you the Stereo Scat effect here heard at 9:30 on your demo. Rather than the entire Synthesizer board. That would be brilliant as I play jazz as well and need that cool bebop scat vocalisation effect on my guitar playing. Thank you.

This thing is UNBELIEVABLE!! I really really want 1 but I’m scared I won’t be able to set it up properly. It seems 50/50 as to wether it will work properly or not???

I am gonna use this for symphonics as well. Keyboard is annoying for people that like to stick to the strings.

Dear Guitarist. I had a question. Can the sounds also be triggered by a Midi Keyboard like Roland AX? Without having a special GK3 pickup? Or is it absolutely necessary to use a guitar? I would be enjoyed to get an answer.

First off...... I haven't played mine nearly enough, but I own this...I guess. What is the difference in the Black/Blue models? Where is the Scat Voices? Did you make that yourself? Can I download a patch that has those? Where? That is so cool! Can I use this with an acoustic amp? Or...Bad Idea? At church I have a Fender Mustang IV and a Marshall Acoustic Amp. Could I use both...or are the freq bad for acoustic amps? When I change (Channels?) on mine, the volumes are DRASTICALLY different from one to the next. I hate having a nice, pretty, lush sound....click to change and blow my ears off. How is that fixed?

By how much the sound of the Roland GK Ready Stratocaster GC1 electric guitar will differ from the Gk 3 installed on a regular Stratocaster. Is there a problem with audio delay and uncontrolled planing on some patches?

I'm thinking about purchasing the Roland GC-1 Guitar along with the GR-55. I have a great little 1 watt Yamaha HTR10x practice amp, but apparently you need to use neutral / monitor speakers with the GR-55 in order to achieve consistency with sound. I've heard some users having issues with patch creation...they create a patch with headphones on or through one speaker, and then go to their buddies house and all of the patches sound completely off. Can anyone recommend a solution for this? I don't need anything loud...My Yamaha guitar amp has really great sound when I play my ipod through it...yet I'm not sure it's sound is neutral enough to not effect the intended tone of the patch I'd be trying to create. Some say the iLoud blutooth speaker could work with the GR-55...has anyone tried? I'm completely confused on which route to take. I'd like consistency when practicing and when recording. Thanks for any input.

a decent strat with an add-on GK-3 pu sounds better than these roland ready strats, its a great idea, of course, but they suck the tone out of the rig

What intro song ?

unbelievable o.o

My kidneys already in the bottle

Juicewrld at 6:22

Do you have to have the guitar to be able to use the pedal?

What's the song at 6:45?

SHUTUP AND TAKE MY MONEY

Price?

All these pedals were created for rock the majority only have overdrive to make noise not music the Roland i think the GR 55 with some different effects, but all in common as the the Boss nothing good if you are a blue rock thrush buy but for me not worth anything else hire good guitarists to fool.

Another great demo along with ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tmsio4QHJuI.html. If I get one I wonder how it would be possible to get James's patches?

This guy looks like Jim Morrison

Hello there, I do have a Roland GR 55 you have beautiful user tones, would you mind please emailing me those tones if I provide you with my email address. I appreciate your help. Thanks

Don't talk to much

haha, The Simpsons!

You had me at Careless Whisper!

I use loop pedals hooked up to my guitar in live situations, what interests me about this on top of the custom tuning, is the possibility of programming a drum kit to each string and creating a synth drum line, does anyone know if that is at all possible with this unit? currently i am just looping a kinda rhythmic line that definitly sounds like a guitar but as far as I can see there are no rhythmic samples on the unit. Secondly the tuning function does look amazing, ive been downtuning my guitar alot recently so that some of my songs are in an easier key from when i wrote them, but my tele is starting to sound a bit lame in the lower key, two whole tones beneath standard tuning, and a little like a sitar sometimes! Ideally i would like to tune the guitar to standard tuning and use this to downtune the guitar tones to that lower pitch without issues with the guitar strings ringing horribly, has anyone experimented doing this? Cheers guys, would appreciate any help :)

Wow! I wish i had one of these! Oh, hang on, i DO have one. Right then. I wish i could play guitar. Lol! Can i really do this?? Nice playing here... \m/ (:o)

Great! curious about the nice Stereo Scat patch at 9:30, is panned pcm1/pcm2 two scat tones? or ping pong delay fx?

Man... That's great. But how do you mute the original guitar sound? How do you do to choose between normal pickup and GK-3? GR-55 is a great device but at stage I need to use my normal amp sound too. How do I deal with it?

I have a GR synth from 2005. I believe it worked fine in its heyday, plugged it in the other day and it's not working properly, or at least the way I remember. There is a delay between plucking a note and actually hearing it, which makes the unit useless if you're playing to a backing or in a band. Has anyone noticed this phenomenon?

can this do steel pedal or harmonica???

Awesome Technology from Roland****Excellent

Two months ago a got this unit, so far has been wonderful, but still i need more information, or videos to show me the handiling of the features, and take more advantages with my unit, please submit, or suggets a page over the internet to investigate more about the handilling of this equipment, please, sincerelly Fausto Ramos.

This things costs as much as a keyboard. 🤔

He plays music appropriate to each patch via a top 40 knowledge-base lol!

Can it be connected to the MPK mini, a laptop production keyboard? If so, how could the midi keyboard be played in connection to the guitar synth? Thank you very much in advance for your reply!

I want one

Get me a sound similar to a lap steel or pedal steel, please, no one has been able to until now, please let a friend from Chile do it for you.

are these some of your sounds and titles? - i haven't seen or heard them on mine. - just wondering if they are hidden ones

I would love some clarification. It seems you mention using the magnetic pickups, and having the modeling features available. Does this mean the GR-55 does have functionality as a bit of a modeling/processor without the use of a midi pickup/signal ? I understand the synth functions wouldn't be functional with the midi. In other words....on a normal 1/4" electric guitar...can you still run thru this and get some 'effects' ? Thanks.

Brother Jain can you give me your paramiter please ??

If I had one of those I would set it to Stereo Scat and just leave it LOL. Great machine.

Sorry folks. In order to do this right you need a synth ready guitar, Roland GR-55 and a powered P.A.-The subs and high end need to be seperated in order to get the instrument sampled.-It os not cheap and requires alot of work/pratice. The other option-get a kick ass synth player.

I would never use all the poly tones and wild synthesized sounds. But I do need it for individual tones like sax, fiddle, piano, banjo, etc. The problem is I can't find a good responsive "growling type sax" tone. The GR1 has it but does the gr55? I need a fiddle tone too. All I found in the grr55 was a mellow violin. that won't work for me. does this unit have these tones? Or can you create them in the unit? If so, how?

Way better than the Boss Sys- 300. How does it tracks on external synths? i purchase The Gr 33 and The Roland Ready Guitar back in 03 - Can one purchase a Gk -3 pick-up to replace the built in Gk-2 pick-up on a Roland Ready Guitar? Why do your demo sounds better than others with the same unit?

Can the GR55 play midi files?

Excellent demonstration. My question is if you think the synthesizer sounds better with a guitar with metal strings, or nylon. As I am undecided if to buy a godin acs sa in nylon, or an electric godin xtsa. Thank you for your answer

Why is there a loud hizzing und humming with some of it's sounds? I didn't even find a builtin noise gate to control the the noise!! Is there a noise gate in there or is an external noise gating unit necessary? That would be a negative character for that unit!!!

Can you use the non-synth effects without the gk-pickup? So that you can use it as a normal multi-effect for your other instruments that don't have the pick-up?

i wish they will release a smaller version of this without the exp pedal so i can fit it in my pedal board like the gr20 without the exp pedal with only two pedals

"the phrase "guitar synth" is a bit misleading so we like to call it an audio workstation". You've literally put "guitar synthesiser" on the top of the unit.

l'd like to have direction to get the kit, could you do a please to send me a dress please, l'm from Brazil, thanks.

Only talks, no sound.

2:23 little wing

Can you put the GR 55 directly to the P. A., withoutt using a Guitar Amplifier?

only bla bla bla

fuck!!!!! cool!

I have the GR09 with a GK2 pickup, could i use the gk2 pickup with this pedal?

WOW!

can you just PLAY the 900 sounds And stop talking?

Truly excellent demo.I like the way you play the virtual instruments in the right way,i.e. not as a guitar player. Congrats from a fellow Brummie(well Black Country really,but we won't quibble about that!)

i heard that gr hickup just before the pipe organ. it does not track the greatest

I have the GR-55 but where can I get your patches that you demoed?

The best guitar synth pedals l have heard are the EHX Hog pedals.

So this pedal allows me to custom the guitar tuning?

good piece of equipment but not worth 800 dollars not to me

was gonna consider the boss gp 10 but you've sold me on this one already.

Vc poderia entrar no nosso grupo da GR-55 para passar umas dicas o que acha

What song is that at 8:10 ?

Good show ole boy...

would love to know how you built the EDGY patch and others

Regane piro min

You can't play the oboe? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

Can it be used directly on a guitar amplifier?

Papá Noel me trajo mi gr 55

best demo. keep it up.

Is there a way to just install GK pickup on my current guitar and then buy synth

Da umas dicas se possível

Good demo buddy

i felt like my ears were deceiving me. :D

song at 6:24?

The best pedal to play Led Zeppelin's In the Light introduction. :-)

I need this.

excellent. thank you!!!

Did he just play lucid dreams 5 years before it came out?

I was hoping you'd do Jump...

9:29 killed me. hahahhaa

great demo!

Can it be played to a standard strat too?

Does the GR55 require a special type of amp?

nowt wrong with a brummy accent dude.

Down tuning sounds kind of thin. Maybe that's the amp modeling's fault as BOSS doesn't have the best amp modeling, but I very much enjoy my Variax. Also don't call guitar modeling guitar synthesis, they're 2 different things.