http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/ Roland VG Group for VG-8, VG-88, VG-99 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:37:34 GMT paulctorbert@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28376 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28376 my kid had a GT-8... and it sounded great on everything except heavy distortion/hi-gain patches(as Bill noted), the hi-gain stuff sounded woofy and wheezy, and Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:49:58 GMT steve + amie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28375 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28375 kinda yeah, but i meant rack preamp, EQ and comp in my book all those cute little piezo/acoustic processors are almost worthless w/o notch or parametric Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:38:46 GMT Bill Ruppert http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28374 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28374 As far as I know the VG-99 only lacks the seq efect and the crude 30 sec or so looper the GT-10 has. I have no need for a GT with the VG. For what it is worth Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:23:19 GMT kelly jacklin http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28373 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28373 ... But having a VG-99, is there still a need for me to get a GT-10? That's the crux of my question: what is in a GT-10 (or GT-8) that the (non-13-pin) guitar Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:14:09 GMT Steve Greenberg http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28372 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28372 Steve, When you say piezo processors, do you mean like preamps that take the piezo sounds and process it as an acoustic guitars sound? Like a Baggs preamp, Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:35:08 GMT steve + amie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28371 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28371 i use both the 13 pin and direct processing, frequently simultaneously i think the direct processing is fantastic both with elec/mag gtrs and piezo i've been Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:19:43 GMT Bill Ruppert http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28370 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28370 I own the GT-8 and GT-pro. Both units had something weird going on in the A/D end that made me stop using them direct. It was a rather ugly low end woof that Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:00:53 GMT kelly jacklin http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28369 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28369 ... I use EXL120+, which are 9.5s, halfway between 9s and 10s. I use these on all guitars except the Steiny, on which I use the same as you, the ESXL110 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:50:47 GMT kelly jacklin http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28368 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28368 Purely from the perspective as a normal (non-13-pin) guitar processor, if I were to use the guitar instrument input on the VG-99, and just use it as an Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:11:03 GMT MoonCaine http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28367 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28367 ... Oh, yeah, you want that pickup to be very close to the strings, and very close to the bridge. I'm glad you asked about strings. It reminded me to save a Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:08:01 GMT MoonCaine http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28366 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28366 Wow, this might explain why a cool cheap Peavey digital delay of mine started acting weirdly. I gigged with it for over a year, but put it in storage for Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:28:34 GMT Brooks Bell http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28365 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28365 That makes a lot of sense. I can bring the GK3 up higher and will give that a try. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:20:49 GMT Steve Conrad http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28364 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28364 Its must - particularly with DSP modellers   Ive been running off a UPS at gigs for the past 5 years - it saves my butt! Steve ... From: MoonCaine Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:07:02 GMT sustainiac_93401 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28363 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28363 FWIW - My testing shows a properly setup GK-3 has lowest crosstalk. i use skinny top heavy bottom strings on one of my guitars and Alt tuning works well for Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:13:42 GMT Bill Ruppert http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28362 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vg-8/message/28362 I use a light set only because I like the feel of light strings. It should not make any difference to the VG as far as cross talk goes. May be a louder bass