{"id":5019,"date":"2013-06-26T17:06:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T00:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2013-11-12T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T20:13:07","slug":"portable-guitar-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/26\/portable-guitar-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Portable Guitar Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Modern Solutions for Successful Gigging<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Portable Guitar Tools<\/p><\/div>\n

In March, guitarist\u00a0Peter Thorn published an article for Premier Guitar<\/a><\/em> titled “Simplify Your Life: Portable Power Tools For The Modern Guitarist<\/a>.”<\/strong>\u00a0Peter feels that being practical in today\u2019s age is the key to successful gigging. Face it; budgets are not what they used to be, and they haven\u2019t been for a long time. Peter says, “Forget about the limos, refrigerator racks, and 100-watt stacks of rock and roll excess.” As an alternative, he presents a modern-day approach with technology and portability. Peter covers modeling guitars, dual pedals, amp modelers, and portable guitar practice solutions. Here are a few Roland and BOSS solutions to these modern day challenges that Peter discusses.<\/p>\n

Portable Guitar Tools #1: Modeling Guitars<\/em><\/h2>\n

For this portion, Peter presents the problem of having to cover many sounds during a gig. Peter asks, \u201cHow do you cover nylon-string, 6 and 12-string acoustic sounds, Strat, Tele, and humbucker tone in various tunings \u2013 and maybe even a sitar part \u2013 without hauling a bunch of guitars to the gig?\u201d To our delight, he replied with the VG Stratocaster<\/a>. We currently offer two VG Stratocaster models, the G-5<\/a> and the G-5A<\/a> in Candy Apple Red. The G-5 is a “hybrid” Strat, made of components from both U.S.-produced and Mexican-produced Strat instruments. The G-5A American Standard Strat is a 100% U.S.-made. There are certain differences between an American Standard and Mexican Standard Strat, primarily the bridge, pickups and neck finish. The G-5A is also a limited edition model and is only available at authorized V-Guitar Station dealers.<\/p>\n