Futurize Your Guitar Playing

The Roland GC-1 GK-Ready Stratocaster is the newest generation of Roland's guitar synth controllers. Sporting all the features of a standard Stratocaster - including a fast-action maple neck, comfort-contoured body, three single-coil pickups, and synchronized trem - the GC-1 adds the convenience of a built-in Roland GK-3 pickup system, letting you drive Roland's guitar synth and modeling modules directly from the guitar's controls via the onboard 13-pin connector. If you're a Strat cat who's been wanting to check out guitar synthesis, now's the time - with the Roland GC-1 GK-Ready Stratocaster!

Roland GK-Ready Stratocaster at a Glance:

• Open your playing up to the world of synthesis
  
• It's a Strat
  
• Upstage your keyboard player

Open your playing up to the world of synthesis
The Roland GC-1 GK-Ready Stratocaster is your vehicle to explore a world that's been inhabited primarily by keyboardists. Roland has aggressively pioneered guitar synthesis since their groundbreaking GR-500 guitar synth in 1977. Equipped to drive their GR-55 and VG-99 synths, the GC-1 gives players legendary Stratocaster tone and playability - with the added benefit of onboard control for synthesis.

It's a Strat
The Roland GC-1 has been developed in coordination with Fender, so you get all the classic Stratocaster sounds, playability, and functionality you'd expect. With its comfort-contoured alder body, maple neck/fingerboard and medium jumbo frets, three single-coil pickups, and vintage-style Synchronized Trem, the GC-1 is pure Stratocaster. The only inkling that there's high-technology lurking under the bonnet is the (barely-noticeable) Roland divided pickup sitting at the bridge and a small white button.

Upstage your keyboard player with outrageous synth sounds
The Roland GC-1 is your ticket to reclaiming the spotlight. As a guitarist, you've owned onstage physical theatrics. But keyboardists have long been the gatekeepers of unique, breathtaking sounds - until now. With your GC-1 driving a Roland GR-55 or VG-99 synth, you can conjure up strings, a horn section - or a swirling, synthetic aural landscape every bit as ethereal as anything the keyboardist in your band (you are in a band, right?) can concoct. It's all possible, with the Roland GC-1 GK-Ready Stratocaster!

Roland GK-Ready Stratocaster Features:

• Equipped with GK hex-divided pickup
  
• 13-pin connector and all controls to drive the GR-55 and VG-99
  
• Controls are compatible with the GK-3
  
• Simple and easy operation based on the Stratocaster design concept
  
• 22-fret neck with medium jumbo frets
  
• American inline tuning keys

Futurize your guitar playing with the Roland GC-1 GK-Ready Stratocaster!

Specification Detail Body Type Stratocaster Left-/Right-handed Right-handed Body Material Alder Top Material Not applicable Body Finish Polyester Color Black Neck Material Maple, bolt-on Neck Shape Modern C Scale Length 25.5" Fingerboard Material Maple, 9.5" radius Fingerboard Inlay Black dots Number of Frets 22, Medium Jumbo Nut Width 1.650" Bridge/Tailpiece Synchronized tremolo Tuners Standard tuners Number of Pickups 4 Neck Pickup Standard Strat single-coil Middle Pickup Standard Strat single-coil Bridge Pickup Standard Strat single-coil; Roland divided pickup Controls Volume, 2 x tone, 5-way blade; GK volume, GK button Case Included Gig bag Manufacturer Part Number GC-1-BLK

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