Wanting to broaden your horizons beyond the standard classic guitar tones? You've come to the right place! Long before it was turning humans into disco robots, the humble vocoder began life as a way to improve long-range communications in the 1920s and went on to play a big part in securing messages for the U.S during World War II. Years later musical acts like Kraftwerk made it a signature part of their sound and by the late '80s, the vocoder had made its way into many different genres of music.
Likewise, Guitar Synthesisers have evolved from unique beginnings requiring the use of special guitars or pick-ups, to the implantation of MIDI, improved tracking capabilities, and eventually the ability to extract polyphonic information from a regular guitar output. Today they're compact, powerful units, capable of turning your guitar into a sonic chameleon.