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Exploring New Territory

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Dec 1985
Gibson Explorer Synth

If you want Roland guitar synth sounds, you can now choose what guitar you use to play them. Paul White looks at a Gibson with a difference.

Gibson Explorer Synth

Review | International Musician, Feb 1986
Guitarcheck

Plug in, lean back, legs apart — and sound like an accordionist. Tony Mills taxes the axe

Roland GR700 Guitar Synth

Review | One Two Testing, Apr 1984

Review. In colour.

The Guitarist's Revenge

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Jun 1984

The all-but-forgotten guitar synth is due to return to music shops with a vengeance this summer, in the shape of Roland's GR700/G707 system and a breathtaking new British design, the SynthAxe. Paul White puts both instruments through their paces.

We found these other (non-review) articles that are linked to this gear

The Guitar Link

Feature | Topic: Advertisement Feature | Electronic Soundmaker, Jun 1984

The Six-String Synthesizer

Feature | Topic: Advertisement Feature | International Musician, Feb 1985

The Synth's Sojourn

User Report | Electronic Soundmaker, Oct 1984

A road report on Roland's guitar synth the GR700 by Imagination's Ashley Ingram and Mark Wood of Nucleus and Sunwind.

 

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