rahul_mukerji
Well-Known Member
I've been gone a long time from this forum and this is my first official post in a long long time !
So NGD ... Craigs List buy.
This is also for those who are curious about MIDI guitars.
I've always wanted a Guitar that can play MIDI and control some sort of external Synth, but I was never quite happy with the GK-3 pup that most outlets sell (tried and returned them). I did dabble with the fact that the hex pups that are mounted on certain guitars (high end ones) but those were never really in stores to try out.
So BAM ! 2 weeks back trolling the CL, I see someone selling a Brian Moore i8.13: Seymour Duncan pups, Split Coil, Piezo plus 13 pin RMC for MIDI (happy !).
The guitar can control the GR-33 using the switch on the guitar it self (switching between banks, switching to Pedal Mode, mix of the MIDI, switch to control Guitar only, MIDI only or Mix of both and in addition a pot to control Piezo mix)
Here is the official page Brian Moore i8.13 Specifications Page
Oh and it looked great and in Mint condition and he was selling a Roland GR-33 with it for a very, very, very reasonable price. I looked up E-bay and other places for the price of the guitar and the Roland and found I was getting a steal. The guy was super kind to let me play and show the ins and outs of the MIDI with the axe before I purchased it. I got a lot of extras: he threw in additional jacks, a GR-3 pup for any of my other guitars, extra cables and a hard case for the GR-33 !!!
The band is really glad and it sounds awesome through the PA. I can play all the MIDI instruments through the PA while mixing in my guitar or taking out the MIDI or a combo of the two as and when necessary.
The Tracking is damn near flawless. It DOES NOT compare to the GK-3 at all. The mounted RMC has 0 latency to my ears and it tracks at fast speeds (Im not a shredder, but I was amazed at its tracking at fast legato passages).
Ive made 2 vids, hoping to help people judge tracking of the instrument and give people a look into the possibilities of sounds with the GR-33. Hope this is helpful. The sound quality is not great, and it does saturate and distort from time to time, but it should give you a decent overview of the combo's capabilities. I would like to point out that the equipment sounds A LOT better on a PA or a Keyboard amp that can handle the sounds from the GR-33 as opposed to a guitar AMP that starts to distort sounds and isn't really made to handle the wide frequency ranges.
If anyone has questions about the stuff let me know, I'll be glad to help out as much as I can.
Without further ado, pics and vids
The bag
The Guitar
Layout of Pups and switches
Closeup of electronics and switches
Fretboard
Fretbaord
13 Pin MIDI output
Recessed Jack for the Guitar
The Hard case for the Roland
Roland GR-33
Video
The Setup and Guitar Overview
The sounds and demo of GR-33
So NGD ... Craigs List buy.
This is also for those who are curious about MIDI guitars.
I've always wanted a Guitar that can play MIDI and control some sort of external Synth, but I was never quite happy with the GK-3 pup that most outlets sell (tried and returned them). I did dabble with the fact that the hex pups that are mounted on certain guitars (high end ones) but those were never really in stores to try out.
So BAM ! 2 weeks back trolling the CL, I see someone selling a Brian Moore i8.13: Seymour Duncan pups, Split Coil, Piezo plus 13 pin RMC for MIDI (happy !).
The guitar can control the GR-33 using the switch on the guitar it self (switching between banks, switching to Pedal Mode, mix of the MIDI, switch to control Guitar only, MIDI only or Mix of both and in addition a pot to control Piezo mix)
Here is the official page Brian Moore i8.13 Specifications Page
Oh and it looked great and in Mint condition and he was selling a Roland GR-33 with it for a very, very, very reasonable price. I looked up E-bay and other places for the price of the guitar and the Roland and found I was getting a steal. The guy was super kind to let me play and show the ins and outs of the MIDI with the axe before I purchased it. I got a lot of extras: he threw in additional jacks, a GR-3 pup for any of my other guitars, extra cables and a hard case for the GR-33 !!!
The band is really glad and it sounds awesome through the PA. I can play all the MIDI instruments through the PA while mixing in my guitar or taking out the MIDI or a combo of the two as and when necessary.
The Tracking is damn near flawless. It DOES NOT compare to the GK-3 at all. The mounted RMC has 0 latency to my ears and it tracks at fast speeds (Im not a shredder, but I was amazed at its tracking at fast legato passages).
Ive made 2 vids, hoping to help people judge tracking of the instrument and give people a look into the possibilities of sounds with the GR-33. Hope this is helpful. The sound quality is not great, and it does saturate and distort from time to time, but it should give you a decent overview of the combo's capabilities. I would like to point out that the equipment sounds A LOT better on a PA or a Keyboard amp that can handle the sounds from the GR-33 as opposed to a guitar AMP that starts to distort sounds and isn't really made to handle the wide frequency ranges.
If anyone has questions about the stuff let me know, I'll be glad to help out as much as I can.
Without further ado, pics and vids
The bag
The Guitar
Layout of Pups and switches
Closeup of electronics and switches
Fretboard
Fretbaord
13 Pin MIDI output
Recessed Jack for the Guitar
The Hard case for the Roland
Roland GR-33
Video
The Setup and Guitar Overview
The sounds and demo of GR-33
