Old Reliable Roland GR-1
Last night I decided to hook up and power on an old reliable piece of gear that I used very often in the 90’s and a bit in the 00’s. The Roland GR-1. Before purchasing it; I would dream of the many doors this guitar synthesizer would open for me. I had Fripp/Belew dreams. I used it in Prog. Rock, Hard Rock and Industrial bands. However for the last 5 years it has sat untouched until last night. I literally blew the dust off it last night and powered it on. I forgot the rich tones that can be produced and some pretty good imitations of other gear in Roland's rich history. I had to trigger the synth with a midi feed from another keyboard. The GK-2 pickup cable that’s used to connect the guitar has seen much better days and after repeated accidental stepping on the the cable it has start producing many errors and terrible sounds from the synth. A new one will be ordered asap. Soon new pieces of music will be produced using the Roland GR-1 so stay tuned. In other news one of the comp