GUITAR SYNTHESIZER ORIGINAL HOLY GRAIL THE ROLAND GR500
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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2019
- Proper chuffed to finally be able to try out the #Roland GR500 #Synthesizer #guitar.
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Who needs a EQD Data Corrupter when you can have this beast 😅😅 SO COOL
Those are dope though.
lol I was about to say sounds like and EQD pedal!
this thing is absolutely nuts, Simon, like, look up Pat Metheny playing his Roland GR synth
Well this actually seems to be POLYPHONIC!?
Pat Metheny is the king of these!
Buy one and circuit bend it 😱
People like you are the reason the 60's 70's and 80's had such epic music.
It sounds so dirty you can record a lo-fi industrial album with it.
Industrial is lo-fi by default! Or used to be.
@@HenritheHorse True
That's exactly what I thought after hearing that first distortion
I was thinking industrial accident!
Something like NIN maybe would've used something like this, perhaps?
I cannot imagine what hendrix would have done with that gear.
Imagine SRV or JM on this badboy too
Hendrix was a master at sound experimentation. He really doesn't get much credit for it because he was such a guitar player
@@the-engneer thats one of the reasons why i would call him a musician and not a guitarist, guitarist is like a dirty word as many are not musical at all.
I saw Jimi and have a very good idea of what he would do with this equipment, and that's not much.
Back then, synthesizer tracking was horrible, no string feel, just pushing strings for a lot of noise.
You can see it when he uses just fingers on the frets, moving them around to get continuous sound.
That "not much" was for onstage. "Jimi Hendrix" was a corporate response to the British Invasion.
Wolele knowing him ? Set it on fire . What a plank
I hear interlude, hysteria and resistance
colinfurze yeah!!! Haha oh man I was trying to remember some muse! Turns out I can’t really remember how to play!!!
just kept wating you to smash out a muse song so may times.
hello
@@Jakub1 Your request has been denied.
It's like Thor holding Mjolnir for the first time. The world isn't ready for what lies ahead now.
I was getting more of an ironman, vibe from this. Or Spider-Man on his first time out.
poly-ensemble sounds like a chiptune artists' wet dream
That's what I was saying!
Sounds like a Zevex Fuzz Factory
@@nstrug That makes sense considering St. Vincent uses a Zevex
Ym2612 chip is still advanced
"Wow never heard of the Roland Gr500, it's amazing. Let me go look it up"
*sees price*
"Ah, that's why."
3k$ used on ebay. That's actually a lot less than I expected for a freaky, made-in-the-70s guitar/synth thing. A current 2019 Les Paul Standard is more expensive then one of these.
Chris Kostelec also the guitar itself was not a commercial success to begin with despite of the controller/ guitar made in Fujigen factory
Hey, you can find a non-working one for repair for... oh... no... nevermind.... sorry
You can get this capability any guitar for £300 nowadays with the Fishman triple play. While it's an awesome relic, it's definitely been surpassed now.
@@Breadgoods no way, both the guitar itself as well the 6 voice is still definitely great stuff, listen to Pat Metheny on the GR 300...
i actually kind of adore that poly ensemble because it sounds like a polyphonic fuzzbox which would be impossible
biddy fox something like hexaphonic pickups. Each string signal through drive-distortion.
You might be able to stack a Super Fuzz variant into an EHX Pog and get something similar. It's an awesome sound.
That is actually one of the features of the GR-500 - hexaphonic distortion. Each string gets its own distortion circuit and is processed separately, so you get chords which are harmonically rich. IIRC, you can also pan each string in the stereo field. I know the later GR-300 and GR-100 boxes featured a similar hex fuzz circuit.
Honestly, I think pretty much every "patch" sounds amazing. So much high-end clipping. It's beautifully broken and organic.
I have two of these in nearly brand new condition. I wanted one FOR YEARS! Saw Steve Hackett and Genesis both using these live. What a surprise when your video popped up. 😄
Gimme one lol
A guitar that has a synthesized bass section. As a bass player, I don't like this.
But then logically, as a bass player you must surely like this :
ruclips.net/video/LXzV8nHUjyM/видео.html
Imagine if it was a baritone 😁
Then don’t play bass. Or join a jazz band.
Mike Rutherford of Genesis used a GR500 to play bass on and he did so because back then, there wasn't a bass version of this controller yet.
As a bassist, I like it. Mike Rutherford used one for It’s Gonna Get Better.
10:00
first no computer and now no hands!
Put a rolling Amen break and you'll sound like Squarepusher.
Exactly what I've thought of!
Ha ;]
just what i think, hearing that acid modulation...
Love me some Squarepusher though
This is insane, i'd love to hear an ep or an album recorded with this
Gašper Šavle Steve hillage, green.
i'd love too omg
King Crimson used the gr300 on Discipline
Heroes by Bowie features Robert frip using one on a few songs (including the title track).
Different version the G707 but it’s used on this entire album
ruclips.net/video/LjPxcN6eWIg/видео.html
Matt Bellamy wants to know your location 😂
inb4 manson makes him a signature model like that
How_Do_I _GHL yeah manson should hire this guy😂
This channel is the real Dexter's Laboratory.
I pictured the other Dexter for a moment when I read this.
Well he kill it !
oOooh, what does this button do?! :D
That just looks like it has all the makings of pure procrastination.
elemental draco
Oof
Its amazing in so few years they were able to get all those sounds in the miko stomp box
dang this thing is sick! The sounds are inspiring!
Used on Bowie's Ashes to ashes
Also "Everyone's a winner" by Hot Chocolate
And dust to dust
I think most of the “Scary Monsters” album used this.
toitoitoy Robert Fripp
Also used on Powerman 5000's "Dragula" by Marilyn Manson
So awesome! The 70's was the best time in music so it's the great sounding.
There’s a guy who makes new cables cheap 3D printed connector get em on eBay. Picked up one of these baby’s a couple of months ago it really is an amazing instrument as a guitar and a synth and together. Hadn’t figured out the sustain though! Thanks!
I just replied to another comment that these cables were not made anymore, glad to hear somebody is making them available again!
Very cool piece of kit... I was only familiar with the GR300 that people like Pat Metheny used. Really impressive tracking speed and accuracy for such an old unit.
“That Steve Vai bloke.” 😂
I remember seeing the guitar by itself in a pawn shop in the mid 90s...no idea it has that fantastic board! Really, really cool! Your energy and excitement with this analog tool is palpable through al these ones and zeros.
Thanks for sharing...looking forward to more!
IN LOVE!! We gotta see more of this beauty!
The question I don't see anyone asking is:
*does it djent?*
No. but way, way back it tnejd. only the once, though, apparently
Bet Matt Bellamy wanted one of these when recording The Dark Side
This sounds incredible man! Love this channel, so happy to have found it
Two parts I absolutely dig are the sustain system and the idea that the synth bass section seems to be lo-note priority. The second part makes it like the Minimoog or an ARP Axxe.
Andy Summers played this model during *Ghost in a Machine* and *Synchronicity.* I like imagining him attaching it to the Police’ Oberheim OB-Xa.
4:37 Oh... Ah, is an ON button! 😁
8:45 Cool mix of sounds.
11:35 Power!
I bet the poly ensemble is having a problem. The whole thing sounds like classic half wave clipping.
I remember seeing a guy demo this back in the 70s and he was getting polyphonic brass and string sounds as he played it through four amps with reverb.
For sure... that don't seem right. Clippy McClipperton
its hexaphonic fuzz, each string its own distortion circuit - you can play it by itself, a little nasty sounding, or you can run it through the filter, which sounds great. Later Roland guitar synths each string gets its own VCF its a little prettier.
@@pdxfunk but i liked that clipping sound lol..
I have a Roland MKS-7 which is basically a Juno-7 midi module. I had to replace the VCA/VCF filter "chips", which are known to fail and this thing appears to have the same or similar parts. They are the unusual epoxy-covered single in-line parts that he mentions there are 6 + 2 extra (1 per voice). There is a fellow making very good replacements of these chips for a reasonable price (not affiliated, I bought several of them) at www.analoguerenaissance.com . It's a bit of a labour to replace these things, but you might not have to calibrate it like you would a synth after at least lol.
This thing is wild. The giant cable suggests that all the guitar controls are just "off-board" wiring for the synth, it's basically a bunch of pots and switches that are directly in the synth signal path, no digital controls or anything!
Congrats for this one! Outstanding. Got me a big smile.
Thanks for the demo! Never heard audio of that model. I’ve had a G707/GR700 for the last 30 years. It sounds like 80’s cheese. When I use the board, I get lost just playing with the sounds. In the last decade, I’ve picked up 2 more G707’s - so I’d have one in each color (red, black, silver). Then I bought the fretless bass version with floorboard, in a pearl-banana color. Almost bought a red fretted bass version a few years back but the seller couldn’t do my offer. It sat unsold for 6 months before he pulled the ad.
The perfect instrument
Respect to Roland. And respect to you young man.
I was just thinking about how I wanted one of these the other night. Happy for you man!
Coolest thing ive ever seen, cant wait to hear what you come up with on it.
Daft punk's song "Rock 'n Roll" now makes a lot of sense after watching this video.
That's an impressive hardware right there! You will have lots of fun poking sounds out of that!
Amazing pickup! Love that inifinite sustain!
Dude that is so cool!! I have a Boss GP10, I love that thing! But man you scored a treasure there! Thanks for sharing it. Have fun!
Really cool sounds by itself. Killer with the Moog.
I never knew such a cool device like this ever existed. It's mental and awesome in equal measure!
Excellent video. The new guitar synthesizer synthesizers are really awesome too.
Very cool! Cant wait to hear what else you come up with.
Sounds awesome😮
Cant wait to hear what you make with it☺
Okay, I need this in my life, no matter how long and how much it takes, the sound, the gear, it’s all perfect.
That was killer. The poly ensemble sounds great.
I've been looking for something like that for ages! That's awesome.
OH MY GOODNESS. absolutely amazing
That thing is awsome! Infinite sustain is like a spaceship lifting off!
Looks worth the effort, you got killer tones from the thing already.
I've never regretted being left handed, until I saw this wonderful guitar/synth. I absolutely love its sound. Sam, PLEASE feature it on some songs. It sounds absolutely epic, and immediately recognizable. It is very hard to stand out musically in this world, and the iconic sound coming from the GR500 will take you far. You have a great musical sensibility Sam, and I can sense you will know how to showcase it in a song. Great video!
Oh My! Best project Ever I seen !
Damn! Id love to see a schematic of the insides of the guitar! You could probably make a custom controller to fit into another guitar
It probably looks like a guitar tech's worst nightmare.
I've seen one of these things in person. It has to have a separate pickup for every string and whereas later Roland and Casio guitar synth controllers would have a single device with six coils, pole pieces, etc. this one actually has a row of what look like cassette deck heads and to accommodate that, the string spacing is crazy wide. I don't know if later Roland controllers used the same cable as this one but to reproduce the same controller front end in a different guitar you'd be stuck with the different guitar's closer string spacing and you'd have to either fabricate a new hex pickup or use some other one which may or may not work with a copy of the original's electronics. Not worth it IMHO.
@@hubbsllc The cables stayed the same through the GR-300 and GR-700 and the GK-1 and GM-70 (guitar to MIDI converter). The cables are stupid rare and expensive and nobody makes the connectors anymore.
(Note: I had recently heard somebody was making the connectors but only selling the cables fully built)
That poly-ensemble sounds sooo good??? I really love this omg
Totally awsome !!
Awainting for the next song with this guitar.
This is absolutely fabulous
Would like to hear what NIN would do with this. Really cool piece of history that has come back to the masses via LMNC, thanks! 👍👍
Holy mother of the sound!
Wow, really great sounds!
dude ! wtf !? this thing is awesome!btw watching your stuff always makes me want to record something
12:05 dragon ball vilain chord progression !
Alex Lifeson recorded many parts of Hemisphere's book II with this very guitar. The middle battle section is all this guitar.
I’m a massive Rush and Alex Lifeson fan. I’ve seen alot of photos of Alex during that era between 1978-1980 using that guitar. My guess is that he used it live for Hemispheres during that era. It’s a really neat looking peace of gear. I think he might’ve used his ES-355 for the studio and the GR-500 as well, but maybe for live he used the GR-500 for the song between that 1978-1980 period. That’s my theory.
i really love this guys hobby
Sounds soooooo good!
I saw Alex Lifeson use one of these (for almost five minutes) for the finale of 'Hemispheres' on their Permanent Waves tour in 1979 or 80
JopesTV me too
@@kirkmckim2685 great show. 38 special opened for them, and I was tripping my brains out not more than 30ft. away form Geddy & his massive Oberheim wall of modules.
It sounds so good. You've gotta write a song with this.
This is so wow man. Awesome
That is just mental! Freakin' love it. What a great find!
Robert Fripp played one of these I think... check out his solo on “St Elmo’s Fire” by Brian Eno
shaggy baggy Yes, I was about to say the same thing. Nice avatar, btw.
Please bring it to your Amsterdam gig in November. Would love to see and hear it!
Awesome guitar controlled synth. Great stuff.
Thank you for sharing! Reminds me of military eqiupment we'd kids find in the air base junkyard. Miltary grade fun.
Very very cool kit, historical artifact as well.
Congrstulations! Shes a keeper!
Cool stuff. This hex pickup near bridge is made of 6 tape recorder heads.
This thing is silly but cool. Thanks for the video, dude.
Damn!!!cant wait to see a proper song with this guitar.sounds great.
oh my, so chunky sounding! Lots of people would love this thing, it has lo-fi and crispy frizzle built in
Me: I can't wait to build a vintage strat to go straight into my vintage tube amp
Also me: oooh a synth guitar full of electrical nonsense
Me and my dad actually built something like this, we built the MFOS Sub Commander DIY Synth. I've got a video of it on my channel!
Never gonna stop finding new stuff in this rig!
Why aren’t there a million of these? These are fucking magical.
The Wikipedia article for this thing is interesting.
The polyensemble part is a fancy distortion and not a true synth.
Also, the sustainer works in a pretty clever way.
say what ya want about the poly ensemble but I love it, sounds a bit like a fuzz fed back into itself
Oh boy what a piece of vintage equipment! Holy Grail is no exaggeration!
Will be hanging to see those other videos on this. Discovered this guitar not long ago and you're right, there is not much out there on it so I'm keen to see and hear as much as possible since owning one is a bit tough.
Steve Hillage’s Green album was mostly made with the GR500.
Dude from Hot Chocolate used on of these on 'Everyone's a Winner'
Yep, it's in the promo video and it sounds like a synth "fuzz" in the original recording
That thing sounds amazing congrats.
What a finding, man! Congrats.
I'm sure somewhere there is a universe just populated by lost plectrums.
somebody is getting round with a portal gun shooting at guitar picks that have just landed on the floor
I've been playing guitar for 15 years. This is the first time I've ever heard a guitar pick called a plectrum.
Damn, I need to get out from under my rock more often.
MLprole That’s the Latin word. The UK still uses it.
... and socks
I dream about this
Realy amazed and inspired!
Mega epic sounds!!!
Hot Chocholate Everyones a winner riff GR500 goodness just the sort of thing you expect from a band that puts congas thru a wah wah pedal
Great video. The GR500 produced the classic sound by Harvey Hinsley on Hot Chocolate's "Everyone's a Winner" in 1978. Check it out on RUclips.
Man, love the built in ebow sustainer. What a concept!
Crazy sounds !