The Fender VG Stratocaster was developed in 2007. It is a high – tech guitar that features 37 various fender guitar sounds including the Stratocaster, telecaster, humbuckers, 12 string and acoustic and also 5 alternate tunings that can be accessed on a twist of a knob. It isn’t similar with the Gibson Robot Technology where and is quite different in many ways, like for example, the VG doesn’t use piezo electronics. The secret with the VG is the Roland Pick up near the bridge. The pickup enables it to digitally change tones, sounds and even tunings.
The VG was developed by Greg Koch and Jeff Kollman. There are 2 extra knobs on the Fender VG, the mode control knob and the tuning control knob. The mode control can select sounds from a Normal Fender American Series Stratocaster, a Modeled Stratocaster, a modeled Telecaster, a modeled humbuckers and a modeled acoustic guitar, all complete with different variations which are accessible in a flick of a switch.
The tuning control knob on the meantime features various tunings such as the Normal Standard Tuning, Dropped D tuning, Open G tuning, D Modal tuning, Baritone, and 12 strings. The VG doesn’t twirl the tuning pegs during tuning change but rather modify the output sound of the guitar digitally and as authentically as possible as long as the guitar is in standard tuning. This allows you to instantly change tunings.
The VG is powered by 4 AA batteries and costs around 700 US Dollars but was discontinued in April 2009.
