I have played for a long time, mostly at home and with friends. This guitar was bought primarily for experimenting with synthesized sound and its midi tracking is good enough that I was able to play 'naturally' with a GR-33 or GR-20 on after a couple of hours. There were two surprises with it. 1. The neck is so good (playable all the way to the top - linear and smooth). I have played/owned Heritage, Gibson, PRS - lots of quality guitars and have never found a better 'playing' guitar. 2. After two years, I still find new combinations/mixes to produce great sounds. The ability to mix the two audio outputs onboard is great! Also I can take one midi/acoustic output into the amp on a second cable an mix that way. I am always able to find a sound that makes me want to play - even if I'm just beating out the Girl from Ipanema (again) - it sounds fresh because the tone is new. I have other guitars in my room. but this is my goto instrument. Did I mention that the fit and finish is perfect? The top is beautiful flame cut wood and the finish it looks like ... perfection. It makes you want to play better :)

I have been playing for more than 17 years and have been slow to make a new guitar purchase as I have 2 (1 acoustic w/piezo, 1 electric/GK-equipped)perfectly suited axes for my tastes. That being said, I've been adding/trading outboard gear all along; pedals, rack mounted effects and every Roland GK piece I can afford. My goal is this: I like tonal flexibility, but I do not want to fore go my playing technique (predominantly non-traditional fingerpicking) or comfort to accommodate this. Also, I needed a robust road-axe. Holy cow does this guitar fit the bill. First of all, I took it to 2 gigs in the first 48 hours of owning it. At my outdoor solo acoustic gig, I used it as essentially an jazz electric/MIDI axe through a PA and people loved it. I loved it even more, it is substantial in weight and the neck is thick, sustain is perpetual but completely in your control; as is the on board mix and EQ. It could not have been better. But then it got better-I brought it the next day to a small sandwich shop gig that provides a small two channel amp, and only plugged in the 'mix' 1/4" output; simply magic. A tremendous range of tones at my fingertips. The little humbucker and RMC hexaphonic piezo pickup and preamp combinations are stunning. I played a cover of Radiohead back to back with Buck Owens and made only the slightest of slider control adjustments-no dancing, no swapping guitars, no additional gear to set up. This guitar is literally a swiss army knife, and built like an M1A1Abrams tank. But the pics don't do justice to the detailing either, beautiful. Looks great, feels great, sounds phenomenal-I use flatwounds, btw

I have had this guitar for quite a while. It's a great looking guitar, has many fantastic features, including a decent piezo and a great midi tracking. However, I felt I always struggled somewhat playing it. I realized that this guitar has pretty high string tension (25.5 scale with a bent headstock and comes with thick strings) It made my performing experience very frustrating. I don't play with it anymore, I play my other godin acs nylon, and a parker fly guitar, which have string tension which is workable with.