Roland V-Guitar System VG-8 Guitar Synth Pedal w/ Sound Library Data Card & GB (2000s - Black)

Here for sale is a rad and widely sought after Roland VG-8 Guitar Synth system. We plugged in and tested this thing, it works, but I have to be honest, I am in over my head on understanding systems this complex....SO, I am going to let the fine people at Roland give you the skinny on this sizable synthbox. 

From Roland: 

The Roland VG-8 is a breakthrough guitar processor that uses advanced modeling technology to emulate the most popular guitars and amplifiers in music history. Using Roland’s Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) technology, the VG-8 combines multiple "sound objects"—like double-cutaway guitar bodies, vintage tweed amplifiers, and humbucking pickups—to create a perfect reproduction of these components that can be played from any steel-stringed guitar with a Roland GK-2A pickup. The VG-8 also has a built-in polyphonic pitch shifter for creating 12-string guitars and open tunings as well as a complete digital effects processor and parametric EQ.

• 128 Preset Patches, 64 User Patches
• VGM (Variable Guitar Modeling) provides multiple sound object models including guitars, pickups, amps, cabinets, microphones and even mic placement
• HRM (Harmonic Restructure Modeling) for creating new synth-type sounds No tracking delay – through the GK-2A pickup, the VG-8 converts the actual waveform produced by each string into a totally new sound in realtime
• Polyphonic intelligent pitch shifter for 12-string guitars, open tunings, bass guitar emulation, etc.
• High-speed digital effects processing including reverb, chorus, hexa-pan, delay and parametric EQ – all simultaneously
• Note that this product is no longer in production. Similar capabilities can be found in the VG-88 V-Guitar System.

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Very rare, very cool - if you need it, ya need it.