GR-55GK Black : So many possibilities if a little dated

I use this unit very frequently and the build quality is excellent. You'd be hard-pushed to do any damage or break anything.

I find it invaluable for generating decent guitar and amp-modelled tones very quickly. But it does take some time to get used to the UI, especially in this day and age of touch screens and frankly more intuitive menu files.

The tracking for synth sounds is variable and again takes some experimentation to get useful and reliable tones for both live uses and in the studio. The latter is much easier since you can refine the sound to work consistently.

After several years, I still feel it is a tool that offers many tonal variety and creative possibilities.

Some of the guitar sounds don't measure up to the standards of the higher-powered modelling units out there now such as the Helix range. But that's not entirely what this was designed for.

I got it to be able to use an electric guitar to play acoustic and synth sounds in tandem with my traditional guitar tones in a Progressive Rock outfit. Once I got used to the programming side of things I created a great palette of tones for my Rush tribute band.