Boss SY-1

Grocer_Jack · July 2019

I have just broken my Luddite ‘no synths in the band’ rule for this.

Want!

JezWynd · July 2019

ICBM said:

joetele said:

Same. Seems to unite everything I liked about other synth pedals I've tried, but without their difficulty/intimidating depth/shite tracking. And a fantastic arpeggiator to boot

And in the classic, unimprovable Boss compact pedal housing. I was beginning to worry that they were going to drop that, with all these ones with the metal switches coming out...

Me too. Though it seemed crazy that they would drop such a bullet proof, much loved design. And Roland are not crazy.
I wonder if the colour hints at it being a continuation of the PS-x line. Or maybe they just decided that silver was a naff choice for such a cool pedal.

Jonathanthomas83 · July 2019

They should have gone all out neon 80's for it. That would be cool.

Great timing, dropping it around the same time as Stranger Things. I'm sure Gear Slutz membership gets a massive boost around this time each year too.

fretmeister · July 2019

STACKED!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnE7-P2L3ZE

sgosden · July 2019

AntonHunter · July 2019

Oh nice, I was literally just searching for synth pedals yesterday...

Sassafras · July 2019

Can it only be played with huge amounts of gain?

ThePrettyDamned · July 2019

Wowowow

Do want

handsomerik · July 2019

That looks absolutely brilliant. Sounds great with sensible options and excellent tracking.

While I love the lack of menus and simplicity of it, at the same time I wish it was released in the ‘500’ format for the purposes of presets. As it is you can’t practically use more than one sound per song and it will be quite a feat to remember your favourite settings of the 121 types available. Presets would solve those issues.

Still looks kncredible though and I fully expect to own one at some point in the future!!

sweepy · July 2019

I bet it still can't nail that GR300 sound, the SY300 was close but way too clean, if I'm wrong I'll buy one

ADP · July 2019

I might well buy one. I bought (and sold) the SY-300 because I hoped it could sound like a GR-300. Perhaps I didn’t give it a fair chance.

MagicPigDetective · July 2019

Sounds awesome, I want. That dude from The Pedal Zone makes fantastic demos.

sweepy · July 2019

ADP said:

I might well buy one. I bought (and sold) the SY-300 because I hoped it could sound like a GR-300. Perhaps I didn’t give it a fair chance.

I had an SY300 and sold it for the same reason, as on old GR300/505 owner from the 80’s I was hoping it would at least get close but it didn’t at all

joetele · July 2019

MagicPigDetective said:

Sounds awesome, I want. That dude from The Pedal Zone makes fantastic demos.

He does, and I genuinely love his playing. Really unlike a lot of others.

Fuengi · July 2019

Hmm, should I pre-order one or put up a WTB Thread in the Classified section?

I'll have to wait an extra week for the latter

Funkfingers · July 2019

Have any of you GR-300 lovers tried the Roland VG-99? Its GR300 simulation burps, gurgles and runs out of sustain above the fourteen fret very like the real thing.

The simpler recreations fail to recreate the tuning instability of true analogue circuitry. Some times, the missing ingredient is the Hexa-Distortion.

PolarityMan · July 2019

WANT!

sweepy · July 2019

Funkfingers said:

Have any of you GR-300 lovers tried the Roland VG-99? Its GR300 simulation burps, gurgles and runs out of sustain above the fourteen fret very like the real thing.

The simpler recreations fail to recreate the tuning instability of true analogue circuitry. Some times, the missing ingredient is the Hexa-Distortion.

That’d be two pedalboards though

ADP · July 2019

I’ve got a bunch of older Roland guitar synth kit and some of the newer stuff, including the GP-10, GR-55 and VG-99, all of which do reasonable versions of the sounds of the GR-300 (and a lot more). I’d just like a stompbox I could plug a regular guitar into and get the same sound from without the need for additional pickups and cables.

stonevibe · July 2019

Looks like a really well thought our synth pedal and the price is really good as well. Will have to see what people think once they get their hands on them.

Not usually my thing, but could be epic with a fuzz box!

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