About three weeks ago I have posted about a great guitar processor that I really want to make my own, BOSS GT 10. I am a long time user of BOSS and I like their effects and how they operate, how usable and tough they are. Really, they are kind of a tank, no kidding!

Today I have been pointed to another one that I didn’t know about, Roland GR 33, which is an other kind of toy. It is not a guitar processor like GT 10 but a guitar synthesizer, works on MIDI and boy, it rocks! Well, not rock is the word here, but for those of you involved in playing some electronic influenced music, new age or just want to sound strange, complex or just play around, well…that’s what you need: Roland GR 33.

Later edit: very interesting how you get the sound from your guitar. There is a specialized pickup which actually work as 6 pickups in a row, one for each string. The “normal” pickup gets the sound from the strings as a whole while this pickup gets the sound for each string feeding it to the MIDI synthesizer. Because I couldn’t find a similar video for Roland G-33, here’s one for GR-20 but I think the video tells enough to figure out for yourself about GR-33 also (click on video tab to watch the promotional movie).

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