Dann-O: No, it doesn't need a synth. The electronics are only for emulating regular types of guitar or tuning to another key without touching the tuning pegs/machine heads.

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All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster

And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...