1986 Special Report: Guitar synthesizers & MIDI

Contents: The new guitar revolution synthesis; History & Development; Building Sounds -the basics; First Steps; How to buy a synthesizer; MIDI; Guitar meets MIDI; Putting MIDI to work; Glossary; What's missing in MIDI; Free Soundpage Record - Synclavier recording by Henry Kaiser & Bill Frisell; Sampling Basics; Hardware; Roland GR-700 & GR-77B; Ibanez MCI; Controllers; Roland Compatibles; Pedal Steel Interface; Artists; On SynthAxe - Allan Holdsworth & Lee Ritenour; On Roland - Andy Summers, Steve Morse, Robert Fripp, Steve Carnelli; On Synclavier - John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola with programmer Dan Mockensturm, Frank Zappa; In Color - Southwest Guitar Show; George Lynch - Rockin' with Dokken; more

1986 June Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1978 Howard Leese of Heart for Arp Avatar Guitar Synthesizer

"On the Avatar, I can make my guitar sound like Jan Hammer and Jeff Beck trading off solos." Progressive rock guitarist Howard Leese is a key contributor to the hot sound of Heart. In fact, he was the first professional guitarist to record the Avatar guitar synthesizer when he played the Arp on the platinum-selling Heart album, Magazine...

1978 Howard Leese of Heart for Arp Avatar Guitar Synthesizer Ad available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1978 Arp Avatar - stolen from the Gods of the Keyboard...

...Bestowed on the disciples of the guitar. And it came to pass that guitar players would have the same performance potential as keyboard players, for the new Arp Avatar would provide it. Howling winds and howling synthesized solos. Thunder claps and thundering bass runs. Sweet strings and funky horns for backup. Timbres and textures previously attainable only through the keyboard synthesizer are now avail able to the guitarist through the Arp Avatar...

1978 Arp Avatar - stolen from the Gods of the Keyboard... Ad available at www.GuitarPulp.com