| Synthesizers have been around for years. I remember | | | | Coming from the pickup is a 13-pin din cable that plugs |
| seeing a picture of Pete Townsend of The Who back | | | | into a converter box. Again, Roland and Axon are the |
| in the early/mid-seventies with an ARP. | | | | main companies with Axon being on the cutting edge |
| Since then it has come a long way and still needs | | | | for midi conversion |
| tweaking but it is usable. | | | | Depending on the box, you can get some with sounds, |
| The technology is there. Use it. If you do not, you are | | | | without sounds or USB connection for computer |
| missing a lot. | | | | recording. |
| Checkout Pat Metheny and others. | | | | Once you have this setup, you would have to tweak |
| You can't just plug your guitar's output into a box and | | | | the settings in the box to how you play. Each guitar |
| get great synth sounds. You need a 13-pin connection. | | | | player is different. Each guitar is different. One guitar |
| This is achieved by using a specially designed hex | | | | player could use different techniques (finger picking, |
| pickup that attaches to your guitar (Roland, Axon) or | | | | hard picking, very soft picking, tapping, etc). Sensitivity, |
| use a guitar that has it built -in already. The guitar | | | | tuning, feel/picking are some of the settings to look at. |
| option also comes in two versions-Hex pickups or | | | | Imagine recording a guitar track, then adding piano, |
| piezo. The hex pickup is the same as the external | | | | bass, drums, strings, sax and more right from the guitar. |
| pickups. The piezo version has piezo transducers in | | | | Using a 13-pin guitar to access synth or samples |
| the bridge. The piezo built -in version is better, more | | | | sounds opens a whole world for expression, |
| accurate. It will also gives you an acoustic sound via | | | | composing, recording, inspiration and more. It allows you |
| the piezo transducers. This is a great option to have | | | | to control software sounds in your computer that you |
| because you can have an acoustic sound through an | | | | already have but can't use unless you play keyboard. |
| amp without bringing an extra guitar to the gig or | | | | A lot of guitar players do not want to play keyboard! |
| rehearsal and you can combine this sound with the | | | | You can input notes into tab or notation. Play it back |
| electric tones and synth sounds. This is huge sound on | | | | and print it out. A great tool for teaching! |
| stage! | | | | |