Today I took apart and cleaned the Mod Grip of my blue Roland SH-101 - it had to match the freshly polished synth itself, of course. But what actually is the Mod Grip? It’s that slick, detachable handle that turns the SH-101 into a full-on keytar. Designed for live performers back in the day, it gives you instant hands-on control over pitch and modulation - right where you need it. It features a Bender wheel, which lets you bend notes or tweak the filter cutoff (VCF) on the fly, and a Mod button