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Dreamchild's music is a great example of what can be done with a VG8...www.myspace.com/dreamchild As for the VG88, I am told that it's basically a VG8 MINUS all the fun space-noise bells and whistles. ~TimM > [Original Message] > From: Mark Smart <mwsmart@insightbb.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Date: 7/21/2006 9:30:30 PM > Subject: Re: Hexaphonic guitar (was: single coil & hum (was EH2880 on video) > > Hi all. > I can contribute a few ideas. > > > > ROLAND VG-8 > > I have a Roland VG-8, which is driven by a Roland GK-2 style pickup. If you just > want to do polyphonic distortion, this is a really good unit for that. You can > choose what type of guitar pickup you want to sound like, pan the individual > strings in stereo, add effects, all kindsa cool stuff. > > A while back in the jazz guitar newsgroup we were having an argument/discussion > about whether hexaphonic distortion sounds different than regular > distortion...yes, some people were actually arguing that they sound the same! > Anyway, I put up some mp3s to demonstrate the difference using the VG-8. So if > you want to know what the VG-8's hex distortion sounds like, here it is: > > http://www.marksmart.net/sounddesign/guitarsounds/VG8/HexFuzz.html > > You can get 'em on Ebay. I'm sure the VG-88 can do all the same stuff. > > > > > RMC FANOUT BOX > > This is a splitter box that can be used to tap off the individual analog string > signals from a Roland GK-2 type pickup: > > http://www.rmcpickup.com/fanoutbox.html > > > > > HEX PICKUPS IN REGULAR BODY > > For a while, I have been investigating regular humbucker-sized hex pickups for > use with my looping setup: > > http://www.marksmart.net/gearhack/jazzpedalboard/jazzpedalboard.html#V2 > > The reason is that I like to use an octave divider for bass rather than a synth > or the VG-8 (which also has a tracking delay when the pitch shifter is > activated). Octave dividers like the Chili Dog I use have real problems trying > to track a signal from a pickup at the bridge. So a hex piclup in a humbucker > body is desirable. > > Apparently Bartolini made these a long time ago, and that is what got used in > the stereo Eddie Van Halen guitar mentioned eralier. > > I have been using this very cool pickup by Rick Copeland: > > http://www.marksmart.net/gearhack/jazzpedalboard/copeland.html > > This thing is great, but seems to be unavailable now. > > There is a guy in Sweden named Olle Svensson who makes similar hex pickups. I > had him make me one. It was very reasonably priced and looks great, but I > haven't had a chance to really try it out yet because I keep getting distracted > with lots of other stuff. If anyone is interested in asking him about a custom > pickup, I can give you his email. He also makes them with hex distortion built > in. > > There is a place called Sound Garage that makes a unit with a regular humbucker > and a hex humbuckler built into the same humbucker body. This is intended to be > used for GK-style synth output in the bridge position, but it looks like it > could be adapted for use in the neck position. > > http://www.quest-md.com/soundgarage/index_e.html > > Hope this info helps. > > Mark Smart > http://www.marksmart.net/