Hello Gang-
For those of you who are interested, there is a review of the new VG-88
from Roland in the November issue of Electronic Musician. The reviewer, Jeff
Burger, thinks it is wonderful, but I don't think this guy ever really
played a VG-8. He also failed to mention Joni Mitchell at all, so what the
hell does he know? I believe there are many shortcomings in the VG-88, above
all sound quality. I think this due mostly to the people who actually
program the "patches" in the thing were not as good programming as our
friend Gary White who did all the original stuff for the VG-8 (and Joni).
You would think that a second generation product would be better than it's
predecessor, but in this case it is NOT. For people like myself who own the
original, you would think that your programs done there would work on the
newer version, but not vice versa. They are not either way. This is a
problem for me since I have spent several years getting my patches just
right I don't feel like going thru that madness again. The new Roland amp is
kinda cool, but I still like the VG-8 better. I sincerely hope that Roland
DOES NOT abandon this technology and goes forward trying to build a better
mouse trap and when they do, at least make it so my tunings and stuff will
transfer over.
Later
Paz
