beginner guitar synth questions

["Peter Shindler" <shindler@mediaone.net>]

Hey gang, I've been bitten by the guitar-synth bug and am in the process of
reviewing my finances to see if I can afford to get into it soon.  
Question:
I'm not primarily interested in using it to emulate other instruments
(although that will be nice), but I am very much into creating new sounds 
on
my PC and storing them as patches on the synth unit so I can use them on 
the
fly.  Does a basic device like the Roland GR-30 let you do this, or do I
need to look into something a little more sophisticated?

Also, is it the box or the pickup that's responsible for the quality of the
tracking?  Is the GK-2A the only pickup I'll need to look at?

Thanks.


Peter


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