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I bet it was the Roland setup. I forget the model, but it uses individual pickups for each string and some huge 9 conductor cable to go to a decoding box. I sti
by damnfine 9y ago
I bet it was the Roland setup. I forget the model, but it uses individual pickups for each string and some huge 9 conductor cable to go to a decoding box. I still have one somewhere. The latency was terrible, and more than one note at a time was a gamble, but it was fun for string sounds with a slow attack. Some guitars in the 90s even had the setup built in.
To go back even further, check ot the original, the VOX Guitar Organ. Lots of vids on youtube.
- 6stringmerc 9y agoYeah sounds like the Roland GK-3. Expensive, finicky. But it did convert to MIDI for sound purposes. Enough so that Fender even sold a model with the Roland pickup built in. Source: 20+ years with guitar and way too nerdy with MIDI and stuff over the years
- photojosh 9y agoWith more modern tech it should be possible to make quite a small decoder that fits into the body cavity, then shoots out the MIDI via Bluetooth LE. (And fix the latency issue to boot.) Do you know if anyone has attempted such a feat? Am embedded electronics designer, for context.