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SOLD FS Godin XTSA as new + Roland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer £600
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Hi all,
I purchased the Godin XTSA from
@TTony a few years ago as I wanted to experiment with Synthesizer aspect.
Still in the same condition, as new.
I will embed later on the computer.
I am limited on space and time so decided to sell. I will also throw in a Roland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer bought from here for £295. Complete with cables ping me for more details.
I am based near Swansea but travel to Bristol often. I don't want to deal with couriers.
I am sure came with hard case, I will check the attic.
I am being brutal here with rationalising and I'm sure people will understand this is a bargain and a half. No offers, I don't need to sell, I hate guitars not being used.
The guitar is truly exceptional quality. If it didn't have a socket for the synth I'd probably keep it but seems wrong to 'waste' it's potential.
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The synth has been upgraded with a patch from Canada I can track down the emails if somebody interested. Stops any ghost notes.
I have all the software needed and additional patches too.
Took 4 weeks to get that through customs.
I'm starting to think I should find more space and get back into this
Luckily I have a GR20, so no need of the GR55, and I'm the other side of the country, so couriers would have been needed, which made my thinking a little easier.
It's a very well made, quality guitar, and ridiculously versatile. Proper bargain. At least it went to Jay rather than a flipper.
I really do like the guitar but it begs to be used as built - lots of fun with the Synth.. I did warn Jay that the amount of things to explore can steal time :-)
Also how about the neck profile? I’ve heard talk of the LGX SA model having a nicer neck?
None of this is intended as a slight on this great deal - I was hoping I was next in line
In the specific case of Piano sounds, simple single note melodies will sound believable but complex polyphony invariably sounds stilted - even if you can Travis pick like Tommy Emmanuel.
Part of the problem is the voice architecture of the GR-55. Each piano note is created by four layered and cross-faded samples taken between p and ff. This was just about acceptable on the ROMpler instruments of thirty years ago. Today, it is a joke.
My recollection of the GR-55 is that the editing is pretty limited. The time envelope is directly tied to the mechanical sustain of your guitar. Some times, this is the best approach. Some sounds work better when triggered by a staccato string note and, then, left for the filter and amplitude envelopes to run their course.
Anybody happy to use a GR-55 as a preset machine might as well have bought the GR-20 or a BOSS SY pedal.
Roland's best tracking was on the GR-300 and -100 floor units. I use the venerable VG-99. It really ought to have been superseded by now.