About The V-Bass - Roland V-Bass Owner's Manual

About the V-Bass

This chapter provides explanations that will help you take
the fullest advantage of the V-Bass's functionality.
GK pickup
In order to use the V-Bass, you will need a separately sold
GK-2B divided pickup for bass.
Attach the GK-2B to your bass guitar. For details on
installation, refer to the owner's manual of the GK-2B.
You can also use GK-compatible bass guitars that are
available from various manufacturers. (For details on
specifications of these bass guitars, refer to the manual of the
bass guitar, or contact the manufacturer.)
The V-Bass is designed for use only with basses.
It is not possible to use the V-Bass with a guitar on which a
GK-2A guitar divided pickup is installed. (Even if connected,
it will not function correctly.)
Sound data (patch parameters)
The V-Bass is designed to allow the same sound settings to
be used (as far as possible) for any standard type of bass,
ranging from 4-string to 6-string basses.
This means that in the case of parameters that can be set
independently for each string, there are always separate
settings for each of six strings. These settings are displayed as
Hi, 1, 2, 3, 4, and Lo, relative to standard 4-string basses.
The correspondence between the listed parameters and the
strings to which they apply is determined by the "GK POSI"
setting of the GK SETTING menu. This correspondence, and
the standard tunings are shown below
Parameter 4STR-1,2,3 5STR-Lo1,2 5STR-Hi1,2
listing
Hi -
1 1st string 1st string
(G)
2 2nd string 2nd string
(D)
3 3rd string 3rd string
(A)
4 4th string 4th string
(E)
Lo - 5th string
Since you can store up to five settings for separate basses, it is
possible to switch between more than one instrument.
6STR
- 1st string 1st string
(C) (C)
2nd string 2nd string
(G) (G) (G)
3rd string 3rd string
(D) (D) (D)
4th string 4th string
(A) (A) (A)
5th string 5th string
(E) (E) (E)
- 6th string
(B) (B)
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