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Roland V-GUITAR VGA-7 User Manual

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Panel Descriptions

ACOUSTIC:

1

STANDARD

The acoustic guitar with a flat top and back

2

ROUND

The flat top acoustic guitar with a round
back made of resin

3

METAL

A metal body guitar with one cone
resonator, suitable for bottle-neck (slide)
playing techniques.

4

NYLON STR

Guitars using nylon or gut strings

5

BANJO

A plucked string instrument with a skin-
covered body.

6

UKULELE

A plucked string instrument with a small
body and nylon strings.

SPECIAL:

1

BOWED

This sound represents stringed musical
instruments played with a bow.

2

PIPE

This sound is like a soft woodwind lead
instrument.

3

ORGAN

Sustained organ-like sound.

4

BRASS

Soft brass-like sound.

5

SOLO

Soft lead sound.

6

SYNTH 1

Synth sound with filter sweep.

7

SYNTH 2

Synth sound with modulation.

8

FILTER BASS

A sound reminiscent of a bass with filter
applied.

When ACOUSTIC or SPECIAL is selected, setting the
AMP TYPE (p. 28) in the COSM AMP section to “FULL
RANGE” is very effective.

3

Pickup Button [PICKUP]

Depending on the type (variation) of COSM guitar, you can
select the pickup or mic.

* If the COSM guitar type is SPECIAL, the pickup selection is

ignored.

F:

Use the front pickup.

C:

Use the center pickup.

R:

Use the rear pickup.

PIEZO:

(type: ACOUSTIC)

Use the piezo pickup.

MIC:

(type: ACOUSTIC)

Use a hypothetical mike ideal for picking up the sound of an
acoustic guitar.

* If either ST, LP, TEL, or HOLLOW is selected, you can select

a setting in which two pickups are used simultaneously.

F+C:

When ST is selected

F+R:

When either LP, TEL, or HOLLOW is selected

C+R:

When ST is selected

You can use the S1/S2 switch to switch pickups. (p. 19)

4

Tuning Button [TUNING]

You can perform using various tunings that are set on the
VGA-7, without actually retuning the guitar.

Each time you press the button, the tuning type will
alternate.

* If the COSM guitar type is SPECIAL, tunings other than

NORMAL cannot be selected.

You can select variations for 12 STRING, OPEN TYPE, and
NASHVILLE types.

Selecting variations (p. 23)

NORMAL:

This is the conventional tuning in which the strings are
pitched starting from the 6th string as E/A/D/G/B/E.

12 STRING:

This tuning simulates the sound of a 12-string guitar.

1

REGULAR

A higher octave is added to strings 6–3,
and strings 2 and 1 are doubled at the same
pitch.

2

OCTAVE

A higher octave is added to strings 6–1.

3

DETUNE

Adds a slight off-pitch sound to the
original sounds of strings 6–1.

OPEN TYPE:

A tuning indispensable for blues, effective when played with
a slide bar.

1

OPEN D

Starting from the 6th string, the strings will
be pitched D, A, D, F#, A, D.

2

OPEN G

Starting from the 6th string, the strings will
be pitched D, G, D, G, B, D.

3

DROPPED D

Only string 6 is lowered a whole step.
Starting from the 6th string, the strings will
be pitched D, A, D, G, B, E.