Product Description

The Roland VG88 presents guitarists with the next generation of revolutionary V-Guitar technology. This futuristic guitar system uses advanced COSM technology to "model" the most popular guitars and amplifiers in history, as well as produce some very unique "guitar-meets-synth" sounds of its own. New sounds and features include more natural tube and overdriven amp sounds, new polyphonic and guitar-oriented effects, pickup and amplifier variations, new brass sounds, an onboard expression pedal, and a 1/4 in. direct guitar input.

Features
Self-contained guitar processing/modeling system which recreates a wide variety of guitar, pickup, amp, speaker cabinet, and microphone sounds using a standard electric guitar equipped with GK-2A or compatible pickup (sold separately).

GK-Ready 13-pin input plus 1/4 in. guitar input for direct access to amp/speaker modeling sections Hollow-body and acoustic guitar models including new nylon string guitar.

Extremely natural tube amp models and overdriven sounds. HRM (Harmonic Restructure Modeling) creates synth-type sounds - including new brass sounds - with natural playing nuances and without delay.

Combination guitar output/GK pickup output for completely new types of sounds.

Polyphonic Intelligent Pitch Shifter for instant open tunings, 12-string guitars, bass guitar, string-assignable octave, slow gear, and more.

Effects include reverb, chorus, hexa-pan, delay, flanger, and parametric EQ.

Extremely intuitive operation with helpful operational graphics and icons.

Onboard expression pedal for realtime parameter control.

Output Select switch for connection to conventional guitar amps or power amps.

Offers 200 Preset and 100 User Patches, including newly-developed factory Patches.

About Roland
Roland Corporation U.S. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments including keyboards and synthesizers, guitar products, electronic percussion kits, digital recording equipment, amplifiers, and audio processing devices. With over 25 years of musical instrument development, Roland sets the standards in music technology for the world to follow. Check out your favorite musicians' gear - chances are they're using Roland.

Technical Description

Signal Processing:
AD Conversion: 24-bit AF Method (Normal Input), 20-bit (GK Input)
D/A Conversion: 20-bit 128x oversampling

Sampling Frequency: 44.1kHz

Patches: Total 260 (Preset: 160, User: 100)

Nominal Input Level: -10dBm

Input Impedance: 1M

Nominal Output Level:
OUTPUT: +4dBm
GUITAR OUTPUT: -10dBm

Output Impedance:
OUTPUT: 2 k
GUITAR OUTPUT: 2 k

Dynamic Range: 100dB or greater (IHF-A)

Display: 160 x 64 dots Backlit LCD, 8-segment 2-line LED

Connectors:
GK IN
GUITAR IN
GUITAR OUTPUT
OUTPUT (L, R)
PHONES
SUB EXP PEDAL/SUB CTL (1, 2)
MIDI (IN, OUT)

Power Supply: AC 117/230/240V

Dimensions (H x W x D): 101 x 504 x 303mm (4 x 19-7/8 x 11-15/16 in.)

Weight: 4.9 kg (10 lbs., 13 oz.)

Accessories: GK Connecting Cable C13-A (5m)

Product Rated 9.2 Out of 10 (59 ratings)

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