Vintage Synth Explorer

Roland • GR-700 / G-707

The GR-700 is a stomp-box guitar synth with the same synth engine as the JX-3P. The G-707 is the flashy guitar controller which connects to the 700 via 24 pin cable. On the 707 guitar are knobs for the cut-off edit and LFO modulation! So now you can play synth sounds with the guitar instead of a keyboard. Sound-wise it's a pretty good synth. You will need the PG-200 programmer if you want to edit patches more easily. Recall patches by stomping on the foot pedals.

The GR-700 is a six voice polyphonic with two DCO's per voice which means analog oscillators and sounds with digital stability and control. The typical assortment of a resonant lowpass filter, ADSR envelope, LFO and oscillator sections are here with easy and straight-forward programming. The GR-700 and G-707 are used by Cirrus, Tim Skold with MDFMK, Amir Derakh of Orgy, Charlie Singleton of Cameo, T.G.Noyes, King Crimson, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, and Andy Summers of the Police.

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AntManBee

Posted 66 days ago

Surely, with users including Fripp, Belew & Metheny, the GR-300 should also be mentioned on this site. Even with its sonic limitations, the GR-300 is still probably the best guitar synth ever (and the controllers were good instruments in themselves). The GR-300 also tracks better than any other guitar synth and doesn't have the latency problems inherent in MIDI.

Wayne is right - check out Wayne Scott Joness' site!

Wayne

Posted 172 days ago

There is tons of GR-700 info here: http://www.joness.com/gr300/GR-700.htm. Video demos, manuals, MIDI tests, etc. Most comprehensive site on the web.

Daniel

Posted 188 days ago

How can these be worth $500 when they sell on Ebay regularly for $800-$900. Just wondering.

RockinRocky

Posted 258 days ago

Oh, forgot to mention, the guy who sold me mine also threw in a couple of MC-100's Memory Cartridge's, so I guess I got a pretty good deal.
Also, if anyone out there knows of any more really good site's to help me figure out how to use this thing, (I'm a guitarist, not a keyboardist, who has ZIP knowledge of Synth's!!), I'd be greatful to hear about them, thanks very much in advance!
Rocky

RockinRocky

Posted 258 days ago

I have a GR-700/707, with a RED 707 guitar controller, which is to this day the only RED one I've ever seen. I bought the GR-700/707, along with the PG-200 Programmer from a friend for $200.00, all in as new condition. He couldn't figure out how to use it to actually USE it, so he sold it to me! Then I found out that it isn't really a piece of cake to figure out myself, so I've searched the internet for as much info as I can find, (which isn't very much!!), and this site, (which I just found), has the best content so far, and I've had this set-up, and have been searching for info since 1986!! So this site has gone to the top of my Roland links file!!!

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