Roland GK-3B and the Zoom B6

[Play4U]

Greetings to all of You low-end lovers:

Sometime in the near future, I might be considering the purchase of the Roland GK-3B Bass Divider pickup (for a guitar synthesizer). I do not own the GR-55 which has a built-in 10-pin connector, however, I do own the Boss GT-1b and the Zoom B6 Multi-processors. The Boss has 1/4" Input/Output jacks and the Zoom B6 has two (2) 1/4" inputs and one (1) 1/4" and one XLR output.

At this time, I do not want to purchase the Roland GR-55, but would rather utilize the Zoom B6 with the Roland GK-3B. My problem is: because the GK-3B has a 10-pin connector, the pins (or wiring) could be configured in several ways. I've spoken with a professional instrument cable builder and it was recommended that I obtain the wiring schematic for the GK-3B 10-pin connector.

Hence, that leads to the question: Does anyone have or know where I could obtain the wiring schematic for the Roland GK-3B 10-pin connector?

Thanks in advance for your time and feedback.

Play4U

 

[Roland GR 88]

Neither the Boss or Zoom pedals will accept the 13 pin output of that pickup no matter what you do to the cable.
The pickup and cable are designed to work with the 13 pin inputs on Roland guitar synths.
The GK-3 must be used with a 13 pin device to operate.

 

[Play4U]

Thanks, Roland GR88 for the insight. I was afraid that would be the case. I want to try the GK-3B, but I already have the Boss GT-1B, GT-6B, and Zoom B6 Multi-Effect Processors and I can't justify spending money on the GK-3B at this particular time... perhaps later in the future. Thanks again for taking time from your busy schedule to assist me.

 

[Polfuste]

Do you want to use it for playing live, with band, or in a home-studio DAW for recording cool sounds with VST plugin' ?
If option 2, or if you are ready to include a laptop in your live rig for option 1, you can try this:

Jam Origin – Audio to MIDI

It's a software which changes your guitar (there is a bass version). I use it for home studio purpose and it's very efficient with my Fender strat to play any plugin VST sound. Cheaper than the whole Roland GK+GR. Depends on you needs.

In the product menu, you have the midi bass software in free trial.

 

[sunbeast]

What is your plan for the Roland pickup? The whole purpose of the Roland GK pickup is that each string has an independent signal path (the cable is 13-pin, with six separate string outputs, a ground, a regular pickup output, and a few other control outputs), so a processor that doesn’t process the strings separately is not taking advantage of what the GK pickup does. Roland/Boss devices like the GR-55/V-Bass/SY1000 with 13-pin inputs all have individual processing happening for each string and so allow for completely polyphonic sounds or FX or separate engines/sounds for different strings