Midi in year 2012 for guitar

[JonnyBoy]

I am being pulled towards hooking midi to my guitar and would love to hear about those that have it and use it. What are the best options for the thinnest budgets? Played around with the Roland 55 pedal but thin rack mountable options will suit me best..... What say ye?

[tcsned]

Axon makes one that one of the guys I used to play with had. I never tried it out but he loved it. He used the Graph-tech pickup, I have one of those and am not thrilled with it. I'm using the GR33 and I'm pretty happy with it though I may get the GR55 at some point. If you go with a rack mount you'll probably need to get a midi foot controller or expression pedal so you're gonna have something on the floor either way.

I don't see any reason to go with the rack mount one Jerry used as that thing is a dinosaur now. Jerry didn't use the sounds from it anyway. The GK3 pickup seems to work really well, I like it more than the GK2. There's an internal model available for that.

[jkstraw]

+1 on the GK3 pickup. I have this and a GraphTech ghost saddle. The GK3 works flawlessly with the GR series synths (eg GR55).

I (and many others) have had issues with other hex pickups like the GraphTech and LR Baggs.

[JonnyBoy]

I noticed the graphtech system is pretty involved. You have to get the saddles/bridge, then buy the hex system to wire it all in, etc... The roland system is pretty easy to attach and go.

I already have a ground control pro on the floor and could probably use it to control the bank, but it is pretty involved to get some of Jerry's signature flute, sax, trumpet sounds... I wonder if they have a pedal that can achieve these sounds without all this fuss? I had a fun time playing with it all, but not a $700 good time.

[Tennessee Jedi]

. What are the best options for the thinnest budgets? Played around with the Roland 55 pedal but thin rack mountable options will suit me best..... What say ye?

Wow that pedal is pretty cool