Rhythm strumming can sound quite nice on an electric, Most strumming stuff by Live is done on an electric and it sounds awesome (Listen to 'Dance with You'). I guess it all depends on the tone.

You don't need a dream studio to get things like drums and bass. I use my keyboard a lot for the bass and drum parts of my songs. A technique I use a lot for stuff that doesn't have drums in it, is to play over a drum track, then take out the drum track later. A drum track will put a lot more groove in your playing than a metronome.