Back in 1991, this clever box turned any MIDI keyboard into a convincing virtual guitarist, capturing chords with a single finger and strumming them out like a real acoustic or electric riff—perfect for those moments when you want guitar vibes without picking up a six-string.
Housed in the compact, lightweight grey casing shared with Oberheim's Perf/X series like the Drummer, it features a simple front panel with a two-digit LED display, Mode button, five function buttons, Bypass, and Record/Stop controls, though navigating its 33 parameters requires flipping to the manual since there's no front-panel list. The rear offers MIDI In/Out, an external AC adaptor input, a delicate power switch, and four footswitch jacks for on-the-fly control of bypass, record, metronome, or echo kill. Its digital heart shines with strum velocity sensitivity for dynamic speed based on how hard you play, direction control for up or down strums, keyboard or velocity splits, chord capture for easy single-finger voicings, adjustable delay/echo with decay, and riff recording for monophonic or polyphonic sequences mimicking guitar styles from folk to 12-string.
Vintage enthusiasts dig its unique charm for adding realistic strums and arpeggios to setups, especially paired with samplers, though some note the fiddly interface and exposed vents as quirks of its era.
