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I’m trying to get the

I don’t think you can just bypass the effects and use the guitar per se. One option would be to set up a patch which just has the bare signal and effects that you want and switch to that or route the guitar out to separate mixer/amp (it’s a line-out on the back of the GR-55).

Hope this helps!

The Roland GK-3 pickup will always give the best performance because it was designed specifically to work with the GR-55 and all the Roland GK compatible products.

But the Godin works well for me. It’s all subjective. Maybe you should check out the new Roland GC-1 guitar that’s released this year.

been looking into it myself, and the mixer idea seems the way to go ….thank you for answering !…..i just got the gr55 today and dont want to blow it by plugging into something wrong …..cheers

You probably won’t need your GT10 as the GR-55 has very passable COSM guitar FX.

But back to your question, you can route the guitar out of the GR-55 into your GT10. As for routing this into one amp, I would suggest you invest in a small mixer, perhaps?

I can’t answer that. Never used the Axon. I am a strictly Roland boy, I am afraid.

Nice site! How is the Roland GR 55 compared to the Axon MK II?
What is your experience?
Thanks for all the information!

Adriaan

Yes, the GR-55 would be ideal for you because you can either use a synth distorted guitar sound or route the guitar output from the pickup to the GR-55 and put it through its guitar effects chain.

You install the MIDI drivers and route the MIDI into Logic that way – or you do it via the MIDI out on the GR-55 into a MIDI interface connected to your computer. I personally wouldn’t bother though because triggering will not be as good as using the GR-55 and you are more likely to trigger random notes in the soft synth. The synthesiser built into the GR-55 was designed for use with guitars and a soft synth isn’t.

Good luck with it all anyway!

Regards,

D

See p8 and p54 of the manual. Regards, D

The settings I use are the settings straight out of the box. Sorry, I cannot give any further help – but the key is to experiment to find best way to get the GR-55 to work for you.

I am a amateur guitarist, and live in Puerto Rico.

Yes, I would say that. But it is best you check it out yourself as hearing tends to be a subjective sense…

nice report about the GR 55.

I´ve got one question: would you say, that the GR55 sounds really better than the GR 33?

I could buy a used GR 33 but also a used GR55, but the GR 55 costs twice as much.

Thanks

Peter

You use the settings recommended in the manual. As for sensitivity, you should adjust the sensitivity to your own tastes. Again, consult the manual with regards to the different types of piezo pickups. If you don’t have the manual, it can be downloaded from the Roland/Boss website.

Hope this helps,

D

What PU setting do I need to use on the GR 55 for a Godin Nylon SA like yours. What about sensitivity settings? Factory setting is GK-3. Should I use Piezo? There are different types.

Thanks mate

I wish I could offer you some advice. With my GR-55 I have it set up for both my ACS Nylon and Spectrum using the same settings. I have noticed that the nylon actually tracks better than the Spectrum and out of my three guitars, the Spectrum has the worst tracking of the lot.

I have a theory on this, but have not done anything about the issue as I tend to use the best guitar for the job. My theory is this: that the design of the Spectrum bridge means that there is a sufficient gap between the bridge pieces and the holding pegs, and that there is some kind of microscoping, subsonic vibration that is causing the GR-55 to mis-track.

One solution could be to change your strings to a heavier gauge or…and this is something that I’ve not tried and is more a “off the top of my head” idea is to dampen that sound by putting some sponge or small pieces of supportive rubber beween the bridge pieces and the string pegs to dampen any subsonic vibration.

Of course, I am really pissing in the dark here, but there that or just messing around with the GK settings of the GR-55, perhaps using the GK-2A or GK-3 settings for pickup instead of the piezo settings to take the edge off things.

Not sure if any of this helps…

Regards,

Darren

thanks Darren! Very helpful feedback!

The USB file player just allowed you to start and stop playback. It works like this: one pedal cycles back through your list of files, the other pedal cycles forward and the third pedal just starts and stops playback.

The looper function allows you to build up 20 seconds of stereo looping. It’s good fun, but not as powerful as anything in the RC range of loops (obviously). Also, you can’t save the loop.

The GR-55 can output MIDI data via USB to your DAW software, so you can trigger MIDI synths.

Thank you Darren. I suspected as much as it only seems appropriate to offer updates as the unit, or the technology is further developed.

One other question:
Is it possible to loop the USB audio files?

Thanks!