MIDI guitar - which, what?

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:55 am

So I've got some money to spend and have long needed an electric guitar update and a midi guitar.

I'm pretty much set on one of these models, one with split coil humbuckers.
http://www.iguitar.com/i2000/i2000Model ... Guitar9.13
With the RMC pickup
http://www.rmcpickup.com/
It's piezo which is faster than magnetic stick-ons and gives a nice acoustic
sound as well.
Video
http://media.jlsc.com/schedule/2005/vie ... guitar.mp4

I've pretty much talked myself into it but it'd be cool to get other opinions before I take the dive.

Then there's the Axon box which is supposed to be better than the Roland and I'll get Pod XT to boot.

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:38 am

Check out the Godin guitars and combine with the AXOn MKII. Works smoothly. You will still need indeed something like a pod to beef-up the raw guitar audio sound.

yogz · Post by **yogz** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:49 am

hi.

I've been looking to the midi guitare think some times ago. I went for the axon and I am very happy with it. I've tried before the roland which works pretty well but is not as pro and complete as the axon.
the iguitar solution looks sexy, but it seems to use the same technology that roland does, wich is less performant than the one use by axon (neuronal).
you have to be aware that you don't retreive the exact right hand feeling on a guitar midified, because you have to be very clean to avoid hitting others strings that shouldnt be played, unless you might get small annoying high midi notes.
but you easily get used to it, and after a little while you will feel confortable with.

don't worry with that, I m telling cause I was a bit surprise when I received the axon.

MrYellow · Post by **MrYellow** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:04 am

Make sure you email any saddle pickup manufactures asking how well their
pickups work with the brain you're using.

I'm using an old G-50 with Bass (works great) and was told by Ghost that
their pickups were no good with that module.

-Ben

MrYellow · Post by **MrYellow** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:09 am

because you have to be very clean to avoid hitting others strings that
shouldnt be played, unless you might get small annoying high midi notes

or..... You can just let it sing..... Anything that does come out when you get
too wild with it will at the very least be a harmony of what you meant to
play

-Ben