images via this auction"The GR-300 produces effects and nuances which keyboard synthesizers cannot easily produce. To produce the effect of the GR-300, you would need:
6-octave shifters + 6-compressors + 6-chorus machines + 6-distortion units + 6-phase shifters + waw + etc. + etc. It Is very easy to produce anything from simple or complex 5010 sounds to the sounds of a huge band or orchastra. All major functions are controlled with foot switches and require no hands.
• Small, compact unit (like an effects box) with all electronic-type foot-controlled switching of major functions; good for Iive performance.
• Produces stable effects for all styles of guitar playing which, up to now, were Impossible: hammering, glissando, chopping, etc.
• Totally polyphonic: one VCO for each string.
• Instant and accurate transposing to two preset pitches.
• Duet switch for chorus effect.
• Polyphonic distortion for new clarity, even with chords.
• Synthesizer ON/OFF for each string."
The GR300 is the best guitar synth ever. Playing it live is a bit like riding a shopping cart down a hill naked AND it will go out of tune from hot stage lights but it just sounds so amazing and BIG that it can't be beat.
ReplyDeleteTo hear the GR300 played properly pick up the King Crimson's albums "Discipline", "Beat" or "Three of a Perfect Pair" (the last one also features the GR700) or any Adrian Belew recorded between 1981 and 1988.