Roland GR-700 / G-707

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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.

24 Visitor comments
Dee
February 13, 2013 @ 6:07 pm
I have a G-707 for sale. It's pewter in original hard case. Excellent brand new condition.
Connor
January 9, 2013 @ 12:31 am
After a lot of paychecks and a long time of acquiring all of the components (aside from the PG200, which I very much want), I now have the ability to enjoy this instrument. I quite like it a lot, though to me the tracking can sometimes be a little strange. Quite novel.
smoinync
December 14, 2012 @ 1:08 am
I got it from the auction, it costed me around. $40. Yep 40 damn USD, but there were 2 voice chips missing, thx god that I had heaps of spears to replace
Jessie
December 10, 2011 @ 10:38 pm
Need the cables only for the gr700. Boyfriend's ex tossed his and want to find for him.
Jessie
December 10, 2011 @ 10:38 pm
Need the cables only for the gr700. Boyfriend's ex tossed his and want to find for him.
 
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  • Demos & Media
  • YouTube Thumbnail
    Video 1
    - Roland Gr-700 Guitar synth - Sounds Demo

    Manual - Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free PDF downloads.

  • Specifications
  • Polyphony - 6 voices
  • Oscillators - 2 DCO's per voice
  • Memory - 32 preset, 32 user, 64 on memory card
  • Filter - Resonant Low pass
  • Effects - Chorus
  • Arpeg/Seq - None
  • Keyboard - 11 foot pedals
  • Control - MIDI (out only), G-707 guitar controller
  • Date Produced - 1984-1986
  • Resources & Credits
  • Thanks to Steve from CIRRUS for the information and images.

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