Paul:
The guitar and synth offer several options:
1. I can plug in the 1/4 inch jack only, like a regular guitar, and go through a single amp. Both the magnetic (Alembic) and Piezo (RMC) pickups work and I can pan from one to both to the other.
2. I can plug in the 13-pin synth and the 1/4 inch, run the 1/4 inch (magnetics) to a guitar amp and the synth sound (piezos)through the P.A. or keyboard (read CLEAN) type amp.
3. I can plug in the 13-pin only. Both synth (piezo) and guitar (magnetic) signals are carried to the synth which adds a guitar amp sound to the magnetic pickup signal and outputs both guitar and synth sounds to the P.A.
4. With the 13-pin only, I can run a guitar out from the synth unit, go through my effects and then on to a guitar amp while the synth signal goes to the P.A.
5. I can run the guitar out from the synth through my pedal board, then back into the synth, then send both signals out to the P.A. as in 3 above.
6. I can play without plugging into anything. This is especially useful while watching TV late at night when a commercial comes on with some great background music! LOL
Seriously though, whenever I try out a new electric, I ALWAYS play it unplugged first. If a solid body guitar doesn't sound good unplugged, it will never sound great plugged in, no matter what you do to the electronics. A solid body guitar thats sounds excellent unplugged can always have the electronics tweaked to get a great electric sound.
Bill, tgo
