Roland U.S. Blog » Fender http://www.rolandus.com/blog Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:58:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Win a Steve Stevens Autographed G-5 Strat http://www.rolandus.com/blog/2013/02/04/win-a-steve-stevens-autographed-g-5-strat/ http://www.rolandus.com/blog/2013/02/04/win-a-steve-stevens-autographed-g-5-strat/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:42:45 +0000 OV Valle [Roland US] http://www.rolandus.com/blog/?p=1062 Steve Stevens G-5 Give Away

Guitar legend Steve Stevens is perhaps best known for his nearly 30-year association with ‘80s icon Billy Idol and his pyrotechnic playing on Idol tracks such as “Rebel Yell” and “Eyes Without a Face.” Additionally, Stevens boasts an impressive resumé of achievements as both a solo artist and sideman, working with a diverse range of artists, including such greats as Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Vince Neil and many others. In 1986, his contributions to the Top Gun soundtrack earned Stevens a Grammy Award. Considering his incredible experience, Roland approached the guitar legend for his take on our ground braking G-5 Fender Strat. Check out the video below for his thoughts and enter to win the featured G-5 Strat autographed by Mr. Stevens himself!

Stevens Autograph

The G-5 features the following guitars and tunings:

MODE knob: 5 types

  • N: Normal (non-modeling mode)
  • S: Stratocaster
  • T: Telecaster
  • H: Humbucker
  • A: Acoustic

TUNING knob: 6 types

  • N: Normal tuning
  • D: Drop D
  • G: Open G
  • d: D Modal
  • B: Baritone
  • 12: 12-string guitar
]]> http://www.rolandus.com/blog/2013/02/04/win-a-steve-stevens-autographed-g-5-strat/feed/ 4 G-5 VG Stratocaster Review http://www.rolandus.com/blog/2013/01/28/g-5-vg-stratocaster-review/ http://www.rolandus.com/blog/2013/01/28/g-5-vg-stratocaster-review/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:00:54 +0000 OV Valle [Roland US] http://www.rolandus.com/blog/?p=507 G-5 Strat close up

Review by Michael Hodge

A few years ago, Roland and Fender got together and offered a Stratocaster with a built in Roland GK Divided Pickup system.  I have one and love it for programming since I am better on guitar than keys.  You can also double stuff via MIDI and make cool layers behind chords and solos, adding synth tones to what is coming out of the amp.

Roland and Fender have teamed up again, and the result is really cool!

The G-5 VG Strat is to guitar synthology what the iPod was to mp3 players.  It is streamlined and does just a limited number of things exceptionally.  The G-5 comes in two models. One is black with a maple neck, and the other is sunburst with a rosewood fingerboard.  Both models have alder bodies, Fender vintage ceramic pickups, a 22-fret neck with medium jumbo frets and American inline tuners.  There is also a built in Roland GK-3 divided pickup and a synchronized tremolo bridge.  Focusing on just the guitar tones, the G-5 is powered by Roland’s Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) engine from the VG-99.

What is unique to this guitar is that you just…

Continue reading this review in the July/August issue of Worship Musician! magazine

 

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