John is our resident head guru supreme on midi/synth guitars, amp modeling, and Line 6 anything, so it makes complete sense that he would chime in first, but if you want the perspective of someone that actually uses this type of equipment: I would wait until it’s released. It seems unlikely that this is any great break thru product (ie: better than anything else already available), and if it were, it wouldn’t be priced like that. It’s also a miss (IMHO) that it lacks 13 pin output. Why is 13 pin useful? When you realize that straight “midi” guitar can be challenging (mistriggering, muting, anomalies, latency), but 13 pin into a device that processes the strings individually for a non midi sound (such as many of the Roland GK devices and upcoming Boss SY1000) results in much more reliable results and very minimal latency. In other words, it’s way more playable “like a guitar” than straight guitar to midi historically has been.


Namm showroom videos are really tough to use to appreciate the full capabilities of something like this. I’d be happy to try one out if they sent one my way to demo, but I’m not going to gamble on it.