Any guitar synth/midi guitar players in the house?

[no name no slogan]

I just upgraded my decrepit Roland GR-50 from 1989 to a "new" Roland GR-33. I control the unit with a Godin Nylon-string Multiac ACS-SA guitar (www.godinguitars.com), which tracks very well. However, I'm thinking about getting a Roland GK-3 hexaphonic pickup and mounting it on my 11-year-old Mexi Strat, so I have more sonic options available.

Does anyone have experiences with Roland's hexaphonic pickups, and/or mounting them on a favorite guitar? Any insight would be great!

[Gothic Sponge]

1. I had a Roland GR-1 many years ago, but i got rid of it because of

the poor tracking.

[jdots]

2. i have a roland 77 bass rig

it is really lame but i am keeping it because it looks so dumb,has the broom stick above the neck.Tracking a bass is almost impossible.I got to piss off a keyboard player that messed with patches between songs,so i would make worse sounds,then the band hated both of us.

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3. Nothing wrong with pissing off keyboard players, IMHO

I've seen the bass pickups and synth rigs around, but never heard one before. I can imagine they'd be a nightmare to track though, with the low frequencies.

One of the reasons my guitar tracks well seems to be the pickups. Godin uses custom pickups by RMC, which are mounted under each string at the saddle. I've heard you can buy the RMCs for most instruments for around $350 or so, which is nearly twice what Roland's GK pickups cost.

For that kind of money, you'd be better off getting one of those "keytars" that new-wave bands used in the 80s. That way you'd look like goofball AND sound like one, too.