Features

MIDI Control
The Yamaha G50 puts the true creative potential of MIDI synthesizer control into the hands of
guitarists without compromising standard guitar playing techniques or personal playing
style.

Accurate Performance
Have you ever wished you could use your guitar to play MIDI synthesizer voices or record
guitar performances using a MIDI sequencer? Well, now you can and with a degree of
musical expression never before possible.

Tracking Response
Exceptionally fast tracking response capable of converting your lightning lead licks, intricate
finger-picking and fastest strumming to MIDI data with precision and predictability.

New Creative Dimensions

As you play your guitar, the G50 instantly and accurately detects the notes, pitch, picking
position, string bends and envelope of your guitar playing and faithfully converts your
various nuances and expressions into the corresponding MIDI data, control change and other
messages.

Built-In Voice Flexibility

With the G50, you can play any voice available in a synthesizer or tone generator brass,
strings, percussion, anything to coax an infinite variety of sound textures from your guitar,
complete with the natural expression of your playing style.

Performance Flexibility
Listen to the synth voice only, or mix the synth voice with the normal guitar sound. Use
playing technique to control a filter cutoff frequency and create a synthesizer "sweep" effect.
Or use a Yamaha FC4 or FC5 Foot switch (optional) to control "sustain" or "hold" operations
by foot.

128 Programs
Store or step configurations which you can select from the G50's front panel or from the
G1D pickup. Three additional demo bands include programs designed for specific MIDI
devices including the Yamaha MU80 or MU50 multitimbral AWM2 tone generators, and
monophonic VL70-m, VL1-m version 2 Virtual Acoustic Tone Generator.

Play a Different Synth Voice from Each String

Using a multitimbral tone generator such as the Yamaha MU80 or MU50 or record polyphonic
parts on a music sequencer.

Play Two Voices

One from each side of a "vertical" or "horizontal" split position.

Mono Synth

Plug your guitar directly into the G50'S MONO SYNTH jack and play monophonic lead lines
without using the G1D pickup.

Built-in Guitar Tuner

Precision-tune each string using the built-in guitar tuner even in a noisy environment.

External MIDI Data Storage

Save and load a set of 128 User programs to and from an external MIDI data storage device.

Real Time Control String Split

The String Split mode lets you designate a split position to divide the strings into top and
bottom groups, and play a different G50 program with each group. For example: play upright
bass on the bottom two strings (5 and 6) while playing piano on the top four strings (1- 4).

Real Time Control Picking Position Split

The Picking Position Split mode lets you designate a split position based on proximity to the
G1D pickup, and play a different program from each side of the split. For example: play a
clean guitar voice on the front (neck) side of the picking split and a distortion guitar voice from
the rear (bridge) side.

Real Time Picking Position Control

The picking split is also handy for specifying a control change message such as vibrato to
be transmitted with the picking position is changed.

Real Time Touch Control Sweep Effect

The G50 lets you use playing technique to control the sound. For example: you can have the
guitar envelope control a filter cutoff frequency to create a "sweep" effect.
Devided Pickup or 13pin cable optional.