The GR-50 is a guitar to midi converter and tone generator featuring LA style synthesis with 128 preset sounds, 63 rhythm sounds, and 64 user programmable sounds which can be assigned to 2 independent parts and controlled by the the guitar driver or external midi.

Features include

• a newly developed GK2 guitar converter that is compact and has a 13 pin connector for the GR-50
• 2 timbres can be assigned to each string with dual / velocity switch or velocity cross-fade modes
• built in digital reverb
• patch chain to store up to 25 patches in any sequence in any of 5 chains
• and all the midi controller features of Roland's original GM-70.

The GK2 guitar converter can be mounted on electric or acoustic guitars. All string sensitivity adjustments are done from the GR- 50, and the GK2 has up/down buttons for patch selection or used to activate octave shift or hold functions.

The GR-50 list is $1595.