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> 1) Essentially, it tracks very well indeed. If anything it feels better >than > the Axon/G50. Hm, you've got my attention! > 2) You do have to play clean, they suggest palm muting at the bridge, >which > does work well. Don't > expect miracles in terms of shredding My shredding skills don't track well on a standard electric guitar, so I'm good there. . > 3) Pitch Bend is fixed at 2 semitones. If you try a 2 semitone bend it >often > retriggers. Bends of one semitone are perfect. So no glissando for Rick. Interesting... I remember I had to reprogram all my synth patches to track +-24 (or was it 12?) on my G50 to get it to track correctly. > A trill on a semitone doesn't retrigger the synth, but on a tone it >does. I'm not sure what that means... > 4) No controls whatsover, just a 2 position gain switch(which worked ok >for > me), and a suggestion to > use your guitar volume pot. > 5)There's a thru output for the guitar signal, didn't test quality but >will > if anyone asks. I'd be curious. Would be nice if there was a total hard bypass. > > 6) No warbling! At least, no warbling on sustained tones. I know exactly > which note > on my guitar gives the problems to all other devices, and the G2M plays > that note with > a long sustain till it shuts off. Of course, if you have more than >one > note ringing at once, > by design or haphazardness, then it warbles away. That's awesome. One of my biggest issues is the warbling that happens as a note trails off. > 7) I couldn't trick it into playing ultra low notes by playing just the > right chord :-( 8) Range is exactly that of the guitar. Lowest note it >will > track is low drop D. Highest note is the 24th fret top E. > Outside that range....nothing. That's fine. Is there any synth that doesn't let you program it's range/octave? > > 9) The power LED doubles as a guitar tuner. Pretty hopeless, the flashing > speed decreases as you get nearer the note. > It's ok for checking tuning, but as there's no info as to whether >you're > sharp or flat it's very difficult to use. > For the cost of one extra LED it would have been workable. > > 10) Neat "battery dying" LED. Tells you in advance the battery will >die, so > you can replace it before gig or recording, (didn't test). > 11) Not programmable in any way, fixed midi channel, velocity response, > pitch bend rage, no transpose. > > > Overall, I thought this was a pretty neat little device, I didn't check >for > sure against the Axon/G50 devices, but I reckon the > latency is as low as with a hex p/u. > If you wanna play rhythmically accurate, use the high notes and >transpose if > needed. > > Being mono is something of a disadvantage, as not only chords are ruled >out, > but also arpeggio type playing. > > Any questions....I have to pass it on to the owner soon. > Thanks a lot for this. The more I hear about this little device, the more I think it'll be a fun addition to my rig.