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Roland GK-2B Bass Guitar MIDI Pickup

(Roland | Posted 2002-03-07)


Roland GK-2B Bass Guitar MIDI Pickup

Imagine a bass guitar processing system which can accurately model the world's most popular basses-everything from classic electrics to upright acoustic bass, fretless bass and more-and combine them with the sounds of the world's greatest bass amplifiers and polyphonic effects. That's the power of the Roland V-Bass, a floor-based processor which pairs breakthrough COSMŽ Bass technology and a new GK-2B Divided Pickup for Bass, taking bass guitar into bold new sonic dimensions. Features: Bass processing/modeling system which recreates a variety of bass, pickup, amp, speaker cabinet, mic and effects combinations COSM Bass technology models classic electric, acoustic, fretless and custom user-created basses using standard bass guitar with GK-2B Divided Pickup for Bass* Instant access to popular solid state and tube amp models, speaker cabinets, plus original amp models Unsurpassed bass effects include modeled wah, modeled overdrive/distortion, compression, delay, chorus, reverb and more Incredible synth bass sounds, polyphonic effects, wild sound effects and more Extremely intuitive operation w/ helpful operational graphics and icons Onboard expression pedal for realtime parameter control 1/4" bass input jack for direct access to amp modeling and non-polyphonic effects 4-string, 5-string and 6-string Select function for optimal results; 100 Preset and 100 User patches *This user-installable pickup is required for access to COSM Bass technology and polyphonic effects.

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