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I am using a Roland GR-55 guitar synthesizer. You have to have a divided pickup and 13 pin output on your guitar to use that unit and many other Roland units. Most guitars do not have one built in so they sell a pickup called the Roland GK-3 that you can attach to most guitars (you can kind of see it behind the bridge of my guitar). This is the synth I am using in this video www.roland.com/us/products/gr-55/ there are many other ones that use 13pin and MIDI such as the Roland VG99, Boss GP-10 and SY1000. There are also some that use a normal guitar out from magnetic pickups like the Source Audio C4 and Boss SY300. Another option would be computer plugins. I only have experience with the GR55 though. Maybe one day when I know more about all this I will make a video explaining it but I do not want to become a gear review channel.

Hmm, I'm not sure what you mean by the "mediator", could there be a different name for that? Are you referring to the middle pickup? I removed the middle pickup on this guitar because it was interfering with the sustainer, so now there's just a hole there with wires.

@@benjaminkrutledge7425 he meant a plectrum

it's an e-bow

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@@katherinedesantis9177 I keep trying to start a band but I struggle to make it work with everyone's schedule and find people who can keep up/are invested in going to rehearsals and being available for shows. I've been constantly trying to make that work for years. It's ridiculously hard to get a band going these days. I'm trying to move to Boston ma area in the next couple months because there are a lot of serious musicians there and there is a big prog scene.

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@@gunzkat very cool, guitar synthers unite! What unit do you use?

@@benjaminkrutledge7425 roland gr55

I'm so sorry, I'll try to do better next time 😔

You need to find the brown note. Tune down

@@byMRTNjournals I am tuned down! I keep my fretless have step down and usually drop tune the low string. Perhaps I should go lower

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Thanks! I do not have tabs unfortunately, this was done spontaneously. Not improvised, but I wrote, rehearsed, and recorded it in less than 2 hrs, all in 1 sitting so I never needed to notate it. I don't usually tab my music out in general, I usually record it and leave notes about what keys/chords/voicings I am using and then relearn it by ear. Sometimes I score things out in sheet music notation, but I've never done so with tabs. I'm flattered that you want to learn the song and sorry I cannot be more helpful, but its fairly simple and you could probably learn by ear/watching my hands! It's done in standard tuning, all in B minor (with some raised 7th). 4 different parts- the second part walks up the chords i > ii* > III > iv > V and they are all voiced R,5,3. The third part walks down chords i > #vii* > VI > V using root position arpeggios played descending, pretty much your basic sweep patterns. The drone part at the end, I am sustaining a low B and F# on the 2 lowest strings and then improvising on the D string. The GR-55 has a footswitch that allows me to sustain certain strings even if I am not playing that string anymore, so sometimes you will hear a string I am not playing, but it isn't just an open string. -Good luck!!!

Would love to make one! I'm trying to collect my ideas and hammer them into full length songs that are not just me noodling for 5 minutes at a time. Hopeful to have at least SOMETHING officially released within the next 12 months!

@@benjaminkrutledge7425 Can't wait!

@@hewloe8312 how could I EVER keep up 😭

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I see, I've never actually tuned a guitar to NST, I've only ever used a divided pickup and guitar synth. I haven't done much with this tuning so never felt like setting a guitar up for it long term

I like it more than the strat necks I've played, and I've played several different American Strats. The fretwork is fantastic, I love how big the frets are and the way they are shaped. The shape of the neck is extremely comfortable to me, it is one of my most favorite necks I've ever played, probably the most comfortable of them all. There are several versions of the AZ Prestige and I believe all of them have the same neck profile but with different pickups and body styles (including more strat style layouts). If you can find some sort of AZ Prestige in a store then try the neck first. I played 2 different AZ guitars before getting this one just to feel how the neck is. It is not thin and flat like Ibanez wizard necks, it is a medium thickness and it is round. It's closer in feeling to a Suhr than an RG. Doesn't feel remarkably thick or thin, right in the middle.

@Benjamin K Rutledge awsome I was looking premiums but every say go for the az because the neck is perfect and slick. I wish they had cooler colors but I don't even care I just want a favorite.

@Benjamin K Rutledge honestly I was thinking about getting the Krys10 but I just have a feeling this one is better

@@benjaminkrutledge7425 I just ordered it from sweatwater.

@@huntersmall6162 congrats man, you won't regret it. The AZ series are fantastic guitars. As for the Krys (that's the Scott Lepage one right??) It is an AZ body and AZ necks, just has different electronics. They would have the same contours and neck profile, just different styling and his custom Fishman pickups and switching. Though I believe all the Polyphia signature AZ guitars (Scott and Tim's) have all been Premium grade. This is the step below Prestige in the Ibanez line. They are still very nice professional instruments built to a high standard, but mine is a Prestige which is the handmade in Japan series, they are very high quality and extremely natural to play. A KRYS or other AZ premium would still be a great instrument but a moderate step down from the AZ Prestige.

Mine has been very good. Better than most strat style whammys. Not quite as good as a well set up double locking system, but less high maintenance.

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I'm glad you like it!

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THESE LYRICS???

@@benjaminkrutledge7425 don't beat yourself up over it, bucko, I'm kind of genius.

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Thank you my dude. I appreciate that.

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Dang bro that's a rough one. I think ur best bet is to just enjoy the trains and see where fate takes you.

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@@benjaminkrutledge7425 OH MY GOSH HE REPLIED TO MY COMMENT!!! THANK YOU BEN!!!!

It gave me the confidence to FINALLY stop paying child support.

@@geckogarrett1575 I am so glad to inspire you like this!

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I bought it from someone who converted it. I believe there is some kind of epoxy on the fingerboard, as it is very smooth and don't feel a noticable disruption in smoothness over where the frets were. Though the marks are still visible.

@@benjaminkrutledge7425 Thanks a lot! =)

I'm certainly a Harley Benton fan. I have 2 Harley Bentons and enjoy them both: the Fusion III HSH Roasted from the video and a TE-62 DB (basically a double bound standard Telecaster). . The Fusion was the first one, I got it last year in September and it has since been my main guitar along with my Epiphone Les Paul. It feels very nice to play and has an excellent neck with stellar fretwork. Though the neck is considerably thicker and rounder than you would expect from a modern superstrat. It has a Wilkinson 2 point vibrato bridge which is pretty stable but it does not flutter at all despite being set up to float. As I said in the description, the pickups and potentiometers are not that good but they work just fine and its gig ready out of the box. For a $400 guitar that has a roasted neck, stainless frets, locking tuners, and great craftsmanship I don't think mediocre pickups is a serious issue especially since so many guitarists hotrod their pickups now. I'm actually having custom pickups made for this guitar by Glastonbury Pickups, but they are not in the guitar yet. It doesn't play as smoothly as a high end Charvel DK or Ibanez AZ which it is clearly modeled after but still a fantastic guitar for less than a fourth the price of either of those. I would say this guitar is about as good as some of the lower level American made Fender guitars. . The TE-62 I got when they were released earlier this year. I didn't have any guitars with only single coils and I wanted to have a guitar that makes tele sounds, though since I am usually into more modern guitars I did not want to spend big bucks on a nice Fender. I think the TE-62 fit what I needed almost perfectly and for only $140. The neck pickup is pretty good but the bridge pickup is very brittle sounding (maybe that's just a telecaster thing). My one big complaint with that guitar is that it has small frets where as I prefer jumbo frets but that's a personal preference. I use that guitar a lot for when I am teaching lessons because it is a hardtail and is a durable, simple design. I would say it is a bit better than a Fender Player Series Mexican made Telecaster. . Nothing but love for Harley Benton from me- they are leagues ahead of any other budget brand guitars I have played and just as good as most intermediate guitars if not better. Their price is unbeatable, but they are not quite as good a high end American or Japanese made guitar with a hand made neck.

Thank you!!!! :-)