Basic Operation

Front Panel

TUNER

This is a built-in chromatic tuner.

When you press the button, the indicator lights, and the tuner is activated.

Tune your guitar so that the green indicator in the center lights up.

The MEMORY button indicators show the name of the note being played.

*You can change the volume and basic pitch when using the tuner.

“TUNER PITCH Setting” (p. 24)

“TUNER LEVEL Setting” (p. 24)

MANUAL Button

Press [MANUAL], lighting the indicator, when you want to operate the VGA-3 as you would a regular analog amplifier, whereby you make new settings with the knobs, and sound is produced in accord with the positions of the knobs on the front panel.

Memory Buttons [1]–[10]

Used for calling up memories and storing settings.

Calling up Memory

When the [A/B] button is not lighted, the memories numbered from 1 through 5 can be selected (in the illustration, Memory 1 is selected).

Not Lit

When the [A/B] button is lit, the memories numbered from 6 through 10 can be selected (in the illustration, Memory 6 is selected).

Lit

* Memories contain the factory-set knob settings.

Guitar with GK-2A or other GK-compatible guitar

Conventional Guitar

COSM GUITAR

Connect guitars equipped with GK pickups here. The VGA-3 includes models of eleven guitar types, from a general guitar to more specialized sounds, including 12-string, synth, and sitar.

[GUITAR TYPE] : Select the modeling type.

[PICKUP]: Select the pickup position. (only electric guitar modeling)

With the SYNTH model, you can use an optional expression pedal to change the tone in real time, offering even richer expression in your performances.

“Settings for the GK Pickup” (p. 11)

“COSM GUITAR” (p. 15)

COSM AMPLIFIER

You can adjust the tone simply and easily just by turning the knobs. You can even connect a conventional electric guitar to this amp.

[AMP TYPE]: Selects the type of amp.

[GAIN]: Adjusts the amount of distortion.

[VOLUME]: Adjusts the volume level.

[EQUALIZER] (BASS, MIDDLE, TREBLE) : Adjust the tone in the corresponding tone range.

*Adjust the overall volume with [MASTER].

*The Acoustic Guitar Simulator function is turned on when [ACOUSTIC] is selected. This allows you to obtain an acoustic guitar sound using an electric guitar connected to the normal guitar input.

“COSM AMPLIFIER” (p. 17)

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Roland VGA-3 owner manual Basic Operation, Front Panel