BILL AND SUE-ON HILLMAN: A 50-YEAR MUSICAL ODYSSEY
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Presents
Hillman Guitar No. 21
ROLAND G-77 BASS SYNTHESIZER
Plus
SUE-ON'S VINTAGE SYNTHS & KEYS
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It also has a stabilizer bar and originally came in Silver, Black, or Cream. Body: Ash or Alder Finish: Acrylic (natural) Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood Frets: 21 Bridge: Adjustable Nut: Polycarbonate Tuning Machines: Gotoh Pickups: Two single-coils Scale: 34 Truss Rod: Single, adjustable Neck Width: 1 5/8 Body Width: 9 Body Depth: 1 3/4 Overall Length: 46 Weight: 9 lbs |
The GR-77B is a fully analog 4 voice polyphonic
synthesizer and
shares the same internal electronics as the Roland
JX-8P keyboard.
The synth can store 64 sounds internally (in
8 banks of 8).
Another 32 sounds can be stored and retrieved
externally in proprietary Roland PC-16M memory cartridges.
The inputs on the back of the unit are as follows
(from left to right):
POWER - Power Switch (top)
AC INLET - Power Cord (bottom)
MEMORY CARTRIDGE - M-16C Memory card holder
GUITAR INPUT - Guitar/Bass input connector
PROGRAMMER - PG-800 programmer connector
MIDI OUT - MIDI OUT connector
MEMORY PROTECT - Memory protect switch
PITCH - Pitch control jack (optional external
pedal)
VCF - VCF control jack
GUITAR OUT - Guitar/Bass magnetic pickup output
jack
OUTPUT - Line out jacks
LEVEL - Level selector switch
OUTPUT (2) - XLR output connectors
Brochure
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ROLAND DIGITAL DRUMS (Released in the mid '80s) 
DDR-30 DEMO   In the '80s and '90s we were some of Roland's best customers. We had worked as a trio for most of our gigs through the years so it seemed natural to beef up our sound a bit with synthesizers. I turned to a Roland G-707 synthesizer guitar and Sue-On added a stack of Roland synth keyboards for the right hand plus a small Moog for the bass sounds from her left hand. Since she doubled on drums it seemed natural to augment her drum kit with the Roland DDR-30 digital drums module with pads for bass, toms and snare. Unhappy with the feel of the digital snare drum pad she soon replaced it with her acoustic Ludwig snare (miked). We also programmed a series of digital drum machines for backing in the events that we played as a duo. Eventually we tired of all the progamming and digital sounds and gradually returned to our original pre-synth instrument line-up.DDR-30 specs: "The Roland digital drums system consists of the DDR-30 digital drums module and two kinds of dynamic pads. Basic sounds of the DDR30 are PCM recorded bass, snare and 4 toms (each with 4 different PCM digital sounds). Up to 8 kinds of modified preset sounds per voice can be stored in internal memory and 64 more on ram cartridge. Midi in, out and through connectors are provided as well as individual and mix outputs. Sue-On's Keys What are now considered Vintage Keyboards Roland E-70 
Roland D-10 
Roland JX-3P 
Sue-On's Keys Before the Synths Fender Rhodes 88 (Keyboard later split - Left hand through bass amp - Right through Peavey & PA) 
Fender Rhodes 73
Hohner Clavinet
Hohner Bass 2 | Moog MG-1
Yamaha Grand
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