If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer.
If the guitar synthesizer is really going to stand as a synthesizer on its own, it needs to develop a more characteristic sound; I don' think it's gotten there yet.
I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.
I agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isn't really what I would want to go for.
Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.
I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
If you're a guitarist, you should not be intimidated by using your instrument as a synthesizer, but you shouldn't feel that you have to own one, either.
Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.
The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.