Great demo. This pedal is awesome. My brother gave me one last night for an early birthday present. After about three hours of noodling with it, my wife comes in and asks,"Did you just do the organ solo from Highway Star?" I just looked at her and grinned. She gave me a thumbs up and went back upstairs.

Another great demo Pete. The music made me think of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

I was scrolling this pedal review videos, immediately pushed the button as soon as I saw PT did this review. Wise choice, super informative and professional review as usual! Thank you Pete!

Darnit! Barely missed the premiere! AWESOME demo as per the usual. Man I wish I could come up with these awesome melodies like that. Love it!

Love my SY-1! Still discovering sound after sound that brings on tons of creative inspiration.

Pete, I had an original ARP Avatar, and still have a new condition Roland GR-500 guitar synth, in the middle of my studio setup. I wanted one SO BAD!! The day I got my hands on it, and actually brought it home..... It still gets used, and it still gives me that little rush of happiness every time I walk in and see it. 😀😸❤️

Man, I love ALL your reviews!!!! Thank you so much.

It’s so much fun great vid thanks man I can’t get enough of it can’t wait to get home.

Gotta love Pete. Not only is he a savage at the guitar yoke, he's also a living encyclopaedia of guitar history. Long live Pete!!!!

Man you and Shawn (Tubbs) have ramped up the humor! Such a wonderful addition to you're already top notch work. Thanks

Being a keyboardist originally...I love these things! I think I'll have to check one out! Thanks for the demo Pete! 😎🎸

One of the best and sympathetic music stuff tester on KZfaq, and of course good musician.

The first guy to use GR500/GS500 Guitar Synthesizer extensively was Steve Hackett (Genesis). Listen to tracks from albums like "Please don't touch - Spectral Mornings and Defector

Awesome video Pete!

I love Pete's enthusiasm and energy! Oh I nearly forgot coz its so obvious, his amazing skill on the guitar ;)

Thanks for this, Pete! The track you created reminds me for some reason of Wendy Carlos' work on A Clockwork Orange. And that's a good thing! :-) I remember Andy Summers using a guitar synth on the "guitar solo" of Don't Stand So Close To Me. I think it was a GR-300. I confess I did know that was a Gittler guitar. Guess I'm a nerd or something (my wife'd agree!). Loving this pedal's demos... resisting... resisting... resisting

Thanks, Pete...FINALLY, someone I trust who KNOWS HOW to demo the SY-1 ... not somebody randomly twisting knobs and punching buttons without a clue... Been considering this box. VERY greatly appreciate this vid. ...Crossbow, pro musician/recording etc.

for the first 28 seconds I was like, "what the hell is this childs toy" and then second 30 kicked in a really cool retro synth vibe and I'm grooving out.

Great Demo and vid Pete. Loved the "ThinTheThized" moment... I'm still laughing. tx as always man..

I do like that “hoowawhhha” haha, subbed!

Amazing pedal! Very cool.

I really want one of these. Just a about a year ago I discovered the synth effect built into the Katana amps (it only has 2 types though), and have had a blast with it ever since. Then these come out and I gotta get one!

That sounds like intro music for a retro scifi TV show. It makes me want to get in my spaceship and fly around the asteroid belt. Super cool.

Super fun pedal. Love the bass, strings, pad, sfx, and sequencer/arpeggiator. The organ sounds can be pretty convincing too. Missing from this pedal would be some good electric piano sounds like a rhoads type of sound.

Such a great player 👌👌

I was curious what you'd do with this Pete, awesome job!

I write a lot of bass lines when I play guitar. This pedal being able to do that is AMAZING!!!

The tone at 8.47 reminded me of the theme tune from the original BBC series of Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy! :)

Ok that last one, “Lead II” variation 11 sounded absolutely killer for a lead tone

Oh great track, man!

Would really be interested in your (hopefully) upcoming demo of the new Strymon Iridium, Pete.

That lead synth tone you got would be amazing with the signal split into stereo with the boss and the other signal with a real distorted tube amp

Cool Video as Always, In the Video Clip Intro from Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy, you can see Steve Stevens with A Roland GR. Type Switch Lead II at 9:04, great tone!

Great review. I'd love to get a hold of one of these. I recently got the Electro-Harmonix Mel-9 and have been having so much fun experimenting with that, but I would love to pair the Mel 9 with the SY1 and a loop pedal. There are so many wild possibilities.

No VG system shout out? :-P Great Vid, love to see it demo'd in more a sitar mode, as that's what started my march into guitar/synth.

Awesome DEMO

Just 2 worthy mentions of some who also used this kind of instrument: Tony James of Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Iron Maiden in 1986 and 1988 albums.

great quirky sense of humor amidst the serious moonlight

For some odd reason, the beginning song gave me some WEEN vibes

At 1.30 your guitar tone became Yan Hammer’s lead guitar synths..!! Cool sound.!

Wow! The 'lead' setting made me think of Rudess or Sherinian. Fun demo tune :)

Great video mate! Do you recommend using the clean channel on your amp with this pedal?

i was going to tell you pete ace frehley had one i had that picture of ace in my locker door in high school when schools had hall lockers!

That 'lead' sound is shockingly good. The others, I could take or leave... but I would have been curious to hear more from the string bank to see if convincing soft string pads could be had from the pedal. Thanks for the demo, Pete. I'll do a little more research on this one.

I got to see The Police, in Memphis, TN on The Ghost In The Machine Tour. They'd also Recorded most Tracks of the Forthcoming SYNCHRONICITY album, so they did pretty much all of their material. Andy Summers played the Roland Synth Guitar on I'll Be Wrapped Around Your Finger. They did this other really Cool thing, on Shadows In The Rain, they had a Giant Mirror Ball, but on the Stage Level behind Stuart Copland, on an Angle on some motorized turntable, but during the song they would, partially rotate it one Way and then the Other, with only Blue Beam ARC-LAMPS, Beaming on it, and it Looked like RAIN. I was above and slightly behind the Side of the Stage, but actually had an Amazing View and they were one of the First bands I saw using a Hung ARRAY, that even Faced me, so the Sound was CRYSTAL CLEAR. They were using Massive Racks of CROWN AMPLIFIERS. Thanks for your Reviews. You Really Need to try the Jackson Audio FUZZ, that's my Next Pedal!! I have the CERBERUS largely because of your review. My most recent is the Boss DD-20, for those Edge dotted eighth Delay and Gilmour. Delay inspiration. I have the Ernie Ball Expression. OD & Ambient Delay and will get the Tremolo as well, down the road. Playing thru a BLACKSTAR KT88 Studio 10, really Great Tone. All the Best

that song is pretty sik dude really like the vibe.

Lol! Sounds like he was channeling some 70’s BBC sci-fi series themes

What were the setting you used for the last sound you demonstrated at the end? It was Lead 2, Variation 11, but you didn't show the knob settings like you did for the others. Thank you.

first guy to feature the Roland controller g-707 on a video was your buddy Steve Stevens! maybe Flesh for Fantasy, I don't remember now

i got it 2 days ago 0mg i l0ve it. im d0 some 60s rock and blues mix l0l

Yeah, Pete! Get your synth on! Wonder if Line 6 will ever capture such a pedal in the Helix FX?! You going all ambient on us, or what? 🎃💥

Does it sound better through a guitar amp or direct into the mix ?

Wow, that lead tone in the beginning was pure early 80’s Alex Lifeson! SICK

Unreal! What are your settings at 9:04

Great review of sintys pedals, greetings from brasil

I'm beginning to think this pedal only exists for KZfaq demos. I've had it on pre order since July 23 with an initial estimated Aug 9 ship date but the ship date keeps getting pushed back. November 9 is the current estimate where I have the order in but I won't hold my breath. Great demo though it makes me increasingly annoyed that Boss can't seem to ship the damn thing to retailers and consumers.

Great video Pete! 👍 Check out the Death Wish 2 soundtrack for some cool Jimmy Page synth guitar!

Steve Stevens. Good stuff.

Does anyone else have problems with the high e past the 12th fret? It doesn't process for whatever reason

said it before, its worth tuning into to Pete demoing something just to hear him play ,he always seems to exploit the tools potential.would have expected pete to be a top session guy ,

Pete when are we having that beer?

Austin Guitar House, yeah!

I love *BOSS* and Roland. I own 2 Roland Juno Synthesizers. 😎 _Have you tried EHX guitar synth pedals? Please demo EHX._

Where can I get your opening song you made?

Andy Summers is my man!!!

Godin still sells the Synth access models with the Roland pickups inside. Multi-note tracking with dedicated pickups works much better at full 6 string polyphony. Can you really track 5 or 6 simultaneous notes with this new stompbox?

Please Pete do a soundslice thing with your pedal demos...they re Amazing!!

Can it record midi?

Did i hear some tube rattle on the second bass sound ?

That's a hard pedal to use while making an entire song and only using that pedal! Bet you're going to get a ton* more pedals based on this video... I could use the base and maybe synth. Been wanting to buy the H.O.G.2, but I may compare the two by options available.

Was this running through amplifiers or did the "synth" go DI?

Hi Pete, is it possible to recreate the iconic Roland GR700 Guitar Synth sound that Pat Metheny uses on the live ablum "Travels"

Seems to track really well, but I have to say I'm not fond of the sounds at all.... I remember you did a demo of a wireless guitar to MIDI(?) thing a while back, which gave you access to any of the Synth plugins in your DAW, which left me with a much better impression in terms of how useful it would be.

Where on the pedal board would it be placed

Getting into No Surprises territory there at 0:52

GR700 was used also by Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden in '86 for Somewhere in time!

Pete Thorn goes Techno Pop!

5:33 lmao

Pete, since you mentioned Andy Summers, can this unit recreate that classic "Don't Stand So Close..." sound?

I didn't know Jeff Beck used a guitar synth! on which album???

They should call it "80s dream sounds"

Mine is on back order. The closest thing to my old Roland GR300, that I had in the 80's. Sadly, it was stolen, right out of my house.

I had an Arp Avatar!!! I think that was actually the 1st guitar synth!! You couldn't play chords and needed the Arp pickup!!!

I just noticed for the first time your vintage strat does not have a string tree? Staggered tuners?

Hey Pete, I've just purchased the SY1 & wanted to know the best way to connect it to the helix & use in real time alongside normal presets for live use....any tips please? Cheers from UK 👍🏻

I just ordered this pedal brand new for 184 dollars flat at guitar center

Thanks for the review Pete. Yeah, I'd been toying with the idea of one of these, but after hearing it, nah. Take care.

Watching this and realizing I still have one of the GK2A pickups and a GR33 collecting dust.

Steve Stevens plays the GR 707 in the "Flesh For Fantasy" video. See here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mt1horBosajGqHk.html I remember being amazed hearing someone demoing the 700 & 707 in Manny's Music, probably in '83 or '84. In other guitar synth geekery, there's the recent album by Nate Mercereau called Joy Techniques, a very, very cool album on which old Roland guitar synths are the main instrument.

Great video! Could you please tell me the name of that song you are playing? I've heard it but can't remember...

I gig with a Roland GR55 everytime I go out

6:33 to the point

Shame shame you did not bring up Steve Stevens and his story about the GR guitar in the 80s!

If Dr. Who theme was funky. :D

Would be great to hear a smooth pad without the duck wah attack

play the barney miller show theme song...

So sad that we wont be seeing what Holdsworth would do with these new guitar synths

I'll stay with my Boss SY-300 over this even if it's bigger and cost more because it's well worth it and thousands more sounds and options etc..

Mmmm, 11 herbs and spices...

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