I just saw this site and haven't tried it yet, but it might be a good option for guitarists whom are non-keyboardist.
 
It's free since it's still in beta testing and might be a useful VST. 
 
http://www.jamorigin.com/site/products/midi-guitar/
 

 Wow, that's really cool. Going to try it for sure. Thanks

By the way, it's polyphonic so we can play chords!!

Check out the video at the bottom of the page......it's worth a watch.
 
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1177957
 

 I did. I have an 80's plastic Casio DG-20 that is polyphonic. Hard to set up and doesn't do bends and A Sonuus G2M guitar to midi converter. Does bends but monophonic. Sounds like this can replace both. Thanks again.

Instructions for using this with Sonar (from their website):
 
1. Copy VST pluging to your VST folder.
 
2. Launch Sonar. It should automatically recognize the new plug-in and create needed registry entries (ie you should see the plug-in as an effect in Audio FX menu). If not, use Plug-in Manager to scan new plug-ins.
 
3. Use Cakewalk Plug-in Manager, find MIDI Guitar in Effects section and open "Plug-in Properties". Enable "Configure as synth" option.
 
4. Close Sonar and use Regedit to change generateEvents key from "0" to "1" in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\Cakewalk VST X64\Inventory\ -> MIDI Guitar
 
5. Launch Sonar. Add new audio track. Insert MIDI Guitar (now found in Soft Synths menu) to FX bin.
 
6. Go to Synth rack view. Right click grey area of the MIDI Guitar synth block and click "Enable MIDI Output".
 
That's it. Add your favourite synth to a new track and route MIDI input from MIDI Guitar, which should be visible in MIDI input menu.

Thanks for the updated info. Got the DL link and tried the stand alone with the test piano sound. I can confirm it is indeed much better than both of my other MIDI guitar options for sensitivity. Now that's what I call innovation.

I signed up but could not get the confirmation there fore no DL Link.

I am very much intrested in trying this out. Always wanted a Midi Guitar and now I should be able to use my regular Electric ......

this could be good!!

Clifford

Good news Grant!!!! I'm looking forward to installing this tonight. I'm glad it's free :).

I was actually reading some reviews on the You Rock Guitar Gen 2 as I'm terrible on the keys and ran into all kinds of midi guitar stuff. 

Clifford, not sure if you've seen this yet, but the Fishman Tripple Play midi-controler seems to be the next best option. I don't think it's out yet, but it's really impressive......at least the way Burr Johnson made it look at NAMM 2012. This was designed by the same guy that built the Axon and it looks like it will leave the Roland GR series in the dark......I think it's around $300 for the Fishman. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UZ7Qv5H_2k

I played around with this for about a half hour and can say it's definitely worth checking out. I had no problems getting it to run in Sonar (Windows 7 x64) using the procedure I posted earlier.

At first the latency was horrible, so I ran the wave profiler at the fastest buffer setting and that helped a lot. Increasing the Pitch Prediction to 3 also helped. I had to increase the Sensitivity to 100 to get every note to play using a strat w/ single coils.

I'm going to spend some more time with it, but I wouldn't be surprised if I end up preordering it.

Thanks jma for the tips......I'm sure I'll need them.