I am using a multi-amp set up that consists of a Fender Twin simulation for clean sounds, a Matchless paired with a Fender Twin speaker directly miked for moderate crunch and am using a Mesa Boogie simulation for overdrive sounds.The amp sims are good. I think the Fender Twin sims are better than on the POD 2.0 and it is much easier to obtain good clean sounds. The effects are excellent but most of the patches were too wet to use live. I had to get into the user patches and 'dry them out' by cancelling reverb on almost every patch. I tend to use chorus and EQ on most of the patches and I set up the controller pedal to add a slight bit of delay.I was able to get some 'Eric Johnson' clean tones out of the VG-88 by pairing a Twin Reverb amp sim with Strat sound virtually modeled.

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The variguitar setting also has a nice feature - the mixer, which allows one to mix the regular electric guitar in with the modeled guitar sounds. By switching off the GK-2 pickup, you can use your standard guitar with the amp sims, which is a great feature.Reliability/Durability. I play contemporary praise and worship music and it requires me to be able to find sounds that run the gamut from heavy distortion to quiet, acoustic music. The decision to get the VG-88 was actually based on the fact that I was considering building a doubleneck electric guitar with two six string necks, one tuned in standard tuning and one tuned in an alternate tuning.

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View and Download Roland VG-88 instruction manual online. Albert camus obcy pdf viewer 2. PROG MAP (program map) When using program change messages transmitted from an external MIDI device to select patch numbers, you can freely specify the correspondence between the program change messages received by the VG-88 and the patch numbers that will be selected. BULK DUMP Provides for the transmission of data via MIDI.

The VG-88 allows you to set up alternate tunings in a matter of minutes and the tunings can be applied to acoustic guitar models or electrics. This was a real selling point for me.

I was able to set up a DADGAD tuning and Open C tuning in about 5 minutes.I have been playing for about 32 years and did own a POD 2.0 and Line 6 floorboard. I replaced it with the VG-88 and do not regret selling the POD. I also have a pedal board with a Mesa Boogie V-TWIN, volume pedal, Cry-Baby Wah pedal, UniVibe with foot controller, flanger, chorus, and DanEcho on one bank, and a Roland GT=5 on the other bank. The V-Twin is fed into one channel of a Mackie 16 channel board, and signals are also routed to a Mesa Boogie Formula Preamp and a Lexicon Signature 284 amp, which also feed into the Mackie.

The Boss GT-5 is fed in stereo into two channels of the Mackie and one channel is devoted to the acoustic send from my Parker Fly.If the VG-88 were stolen I would replace it immediately. One thing that is not widely known when you purchase a VG-88 is that none of the standard gig bags will handle it because it is 20' by 12' by 4'. I looked in the AMS catalog and on the other retailer websites and was able to find a hardshell case, but was not willing to shell out another $125 for the case for the unit. I ended up making a case for it out of an old SKB popup mixer case - pulled out the mixer frame, and added some foam padding obtained at a fabric store - which works well. If you really use the unit alot you will need to get a couple of the FS-5U pedals to run outboard controls for the effects.In regards to what I like about the unit - the ability to model just about any kind of guitar in a matter of minutes and to produce a wide range of alternate tunings at the flick of a switch is what I like best about the unit - also the ability to make great sounding amp simulations and to add premium effects to the sims. In comparison to the POD 2.0, which is what I was using previously, I find the Roland to be superior in terms of the ease of use and quality of the effects. The POD effects were very average and you could not modify the effects on the fly (like you can with a VG-88) - you had to interface the POD with your computer and use soundiver program to alter the POD effects.

Both the Roland and the POD are extremely portable, but the Roland does not have a wall wart - it has a real AC power cord - what a novel concept! In the POD's defense, the POD does have more amp models and speaker combinations, but I simply don't need all of the models the POD had on board. I found that most of the time my amp line-up consisted of a Fender TWin (clean or slightly overdriven), a clean Mesa Boogie, a Boogie with moderate crunch, a dual rectifier full out, and a Marshall 800 stack. I can get these sounds with little difficulty out of the VG-88.In short, I am pleased with the ease of use of the VG-88 (except for pedal assign functions) and do not regret changing tReviewer's Background.

Roland offers an entire guitar shop in a box.Several months ago, I set out in search of the perfect guitar - one that can handle everything from funk to metal, jazz to Texas rock. After thrashing through a zillion permutations (and people's opinions) of pickups, wood, electronics, craftsmanship, and other sonic signifiers, I ultimately came to the same conclusion that many guitarists do: serious players use multiple guitars for a reason.Then I remembered Roland's Virtual Guitar modeling technology and its latest incarnati.