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Kevin, My .05 (I've raised my rates to cover fuel costs!): I have both in-guitar (Godin xtSA) and GK pickups (Fender Squier w/ GK-3). You can pick up (no pun intended) a GK for not too much money and it will get you started, Yes, the Axon is an amazing bit of hardware, but not really inexpensive. I do recommend getting there when you can. As an alternative, there are lots of Roland GR-series guitar synths around that can be had for little. The in-guitar option is the way to go, personally, but it isn't cheap. I really love my Godin ... Other considerations to make: the GI-series of interfaces allow you to hook in a computer into the mix. You can access even more sounds and have ever greater MIDI capabilities this way. The Axon also offers this. Start simple and grow your system; there's LOTS of toys for when you can spend more money on it (I'm thinking of the the newest V-system from Roland ... ) and remember that with the MIDI connection you can hook up straight MIDI synth modules, as well as using MIDI foot controllers for things like effects processors and loopers. Good luck! Dennis P.S. I do have a GR-1 that needs some TLC that I could be persuaded to part with, if you go the GK route. On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com> wrote: > I sometimes feel like I ask far and away the most off topic questions >here > and yet, I find this community to be one of the best resources of > information about a wide variety of things so I can't think of a better > place to start most times. That said, I wanted to ask any of the guitar > synth players their advice on the best options at the moment. > > I'm completely new to this so I'll have to start from scratch with the > pickups and then the synth itself and so on. > > What I'd like ideally is a way to use the guitar as a trigger for a wide > variety of odd sounds and percussive elements. I really love the feel of > the guitar and like to play it in non-traditional ways (more like a stick > with long strings instead of as a melodic instrument) so I would need > something that can track odd strikes and picking strength and the like, > something that can register a wide dynamic range. Tracking doesn't have >to > be perfect or lightning fast but it would need to be 'musical'. And how >far > back can I go in the technology and still have something that doesn't >seem > horribly dated or overly limited? Oh yes, and price is always a concern. > The cheapest route is always best for me I'm afraid, but I don't want to > waste the time and money on something that is too limited either due to >its > being inexpensive now > > And then there is the pick-up/interface, what is the best way to get into > the synth (GK pick-ups or pre-wired guitar) and so on. > > So if anyone feels like having a go of this question and offering their > opinions, that would be greatly appreciated. I know I could look at >guitar > synth sites and forums, but I feel like the people on this list are >coming > from a pretty sympathetic space musically and all share an expansive >view of > the possibilities of music that I'm not sure really is as common out in >the > larger on-line world which is why I'm asking here first. > > And if not, so it goes, I hope another OT question doesn't offend. > > Thanks > > Kevin > > > -- > > Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a > form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all >trouble. > > - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) > > Sound and Vision: http://www.minds-eye.org