Roland VG-88 Contents

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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3
Concepts Behind Development of the V-Guitar System.....................8
Main features...........................................................................................9
How to use this manual........................................................................10
IMPORTANT NOTES .............................................................................11
Front and Rear Panels..........................................................................12
Front Panel.................................................................................................................................................12
Rear Panel.................................................................................................................................................. 13
Chapter 1. Preparations for playing....................................................14
Attaching the GK-2A/GK-3 to your guitar.......................................................................................... 14
Connecting an amp etc............................................................................................................................ 14
About the screen display (Basic operation).......................................................................................... 16
Turning on the power and tuning your guitar.................................................................................... 17
■ Turning on the power of the VG-88....................................................................................... 17
■ Tuning your guitar................................................................................................................... 17
Specify the driver settings....................................................................................................................... 18
■ Adjusting the pickup sensitivity for each string.................................................................. 20
■ Matching the phase of the GK pickup and the guitar pickup............................................ 21
■ Name the GK pickup settings................................................................................................. 21
Playing the VG-88 (adjusting the output level)................................................................................... 21
■ Selecting the connected equipment........................................................................................21
■ Playing the VG-88..................................................................................................................... 22
Changing sounds (patches).....................................................................................................................22
■ How patch numbers are organized........................................................................................22
■ Using the VALUE dial to change patches............................................................................. 23
■ Using pedals to change patches..............................................................................................23
Chapter 2. Overview of the VG-88 — basic knowledge.....................24
How the VG-88 produces sound............................................................................................................24
■ COSM GUITAR.........................................................................................................................24
■ COSM AMP............................................................................................................................... 24
Chapter 3. Creating sounds — basic section.....................................25
Saving a sound (patch) you created (the Write operation)................................................................ 25
Rearranging the order of patches (the Exchange function)................................................................25
Very simple sound editing (EZ Edit function)..................................................................................... 26
Chapter 4. Creating sounds — advanced section .............................27
COSM GUITAR settings..........................................................................................................................27
COSM AMP settings................................................................................................................................ 28
EFFECTS settings......................................................................................................................................28
Setting the tempo and key of the song you will perform................................................................... 29
Setting the pedal functions (EXP/CTL/GK VOL/GK SW)............................................................... 29
■ Setting the function of the VG-88’s built-in EXP pedal....................................................... 29
■ Setting the function of the VG-88’s built-in CTL pedal....................................................... 30
■ Setting the GK VOL function.................................................................................................. 30
■ Setting the GK SW function.....................................................................................................31
■ Setting the Assign functions....................................................................................................31
Exchanging the connection order of the internal multi-effect and the COSM GUITAR/COSM AMP ........32
Combining the normal input and GK input to create a sound..........................................................33
■ Setting the balance between the GK pickup and the normal pickup................................ 33
■ Connecting the sound of the GK pickup at the desired location in the effects................33