From heavy metal to pop, the guitar synthesizer is one of the most commonly used additions for any guitar player. It’s what gives rock songs that piercing distortion and the woeful tones to the blues.

Roland has outed its latest synth, though you won't find a keyboard attached. The Roland GR-55 is a guitar synthesizer, coupling PCM synthesis with digital instrument modeling to allow guitarists to ...

There's more than one way to turn a guitar into a synthesizer. But Boss and Roland have always gone for the most elaborate and complicated approach. While the new SY-1000 can be played simply by ...