I bought a 600 in 2007 and used it with a POD XT floor unit plugged straight into the PA - I gigged with it for years. When I bought it I realized that one day the fancy electronics would die and I would be left with a plank with strings on it, but that day hasn't come yet. Over the years I had it crap out once in high humidity outdoors, one piezo died (LRBaggs sent me a few freebies) , the output jack needs cleaning every so often, but after 18 years, it still works and does what I want it to do. It plays and feels like a Stratocaster and although it doesn't attract as many glances as my Les Paul Custom, it can sound like a Custom - and a Strat, and a Tele, and a 12 string Rickie, and a Martin Acoustic, and can drop tune to open G for Stones numbers. Line 6 had it cracked with this idea.
i started with the 300 and ended up buying a jtv 59. i have had a few issues with both but it turns out that just a breakdown and clean with contact cleaner has done the trick before, had to switch a piezo on my g string on the jtv but overall this is the perfect guitar, especially for recording as a one man band. play your rhythm track, get your rhythm seciton filled out with the drop a whole step feature and turn it into a bass and all is good. its the perfect recording tool. along with riffworks by sonoma wire works, the two of the products i menition here are many years old now bvut if youve never tried either...any variax and riffworks by sonom wire works, from the bottom of my soul i advise you em out, no bs they are just fun and the coolest way to record ive ever seen in my life and thats no bs!
Worth noting that the selecter switch allows you to pick different guitars within the main categories, so it's like 28 instruments in one. You can also use the PC/Mac software to tweak each of the instruments. With my JTV-69 you can also change the tuning, so you can do drop D, DADGAD or (as I had to do in a musical) drop all six strings two frets (capo minus 2).
Also, one of my personal guitar heroes, James Santiago, who now is one of the driving forces at Universal audio, making all of the great pedals and the ox box was one of the driving forces behind behind this at line 6, as well as other things that they created. So based on that as well, I had to have one.
I've been using a 300 as my primary recording guitar for years. While it's great with stock settings the real power is building custom presets with Workbench.
please help me with few advices....i do not get any sound out of it....i own ux2 and windows 10 pc, i connected it and no sound at all....i do not own an amp, only cakewalk as DAW and ux2 port....
@@tracyblair3064 yes, usb interface is blinking red on the guitar side. i have new bateries and even the xps mini connected...still no signal , but thanks for your try mate
@@tracyblair3064 finally i have 2 green lights, but now last doubt....can i connect it to pc and here any sound there or is an amp a must have ? any software where you can run it ?
I got a Variax JTV 69s and a Variax 600. The 600 currently needs new piezos but I got them in the mail now. Gonna fix it up and put new strings and see if there's anything I like about the older models than the new models when using it for sounds. The new Variaxes with the HD modeling have more high end in the modeling, but some of the models sound a little different than before. I think the old modeling is still useable if you want to just mess with sounds. Just depends on what you're looking for.
I use a JTV 59 and love darn thing. It has the ability for alt tunings on the fly and custom tunings that I use all the time. To be able to go from standard to Keith open G and Nashville with a switch is just awesome. I suppose I could play When the Levee Breaks without this instrument but it just wouldn't sound like the record. The best part is only having to bring one guitar not three or four to a gig. I probably use the acoustic 12 string the most but I'll sneak some sitar and banjo in there when it fits. I bought mine from Guitar Center for $750 a couple of years ago and wouldn't trade it for any other guitar. Well, maybe the Belew Parker Fly
I've had about seven of these including the bass version For what it's worth here's my history, briefly and my opinions... I was doing sound for a band where a father and son were the only two guitarists. Dad had a wonderful vintage Les Paul custom three pick up going into a 1960s vox AC 30 and the sound was to die for! His son was playing a Variax through a line 6 (I believe VETTA?) Amp Straight away the son had way more versatility but his TONE just could not compete with the "real thing" After the soundcheck and before the audience arrived, out of curiosity, purely, I asked them to switch sides and take their guitars with them: The vintage Les Paul through the line 6 amp's AC30 emulation lost a lot, I have to say but wasn't half as bad as the real thing… The Variax through the vintage Vox really opened up and had a much much better sound and suddenly I began to appreciate that maybe Variax was a worthy instrument, after all! When listening in isolation on its own practically every sound Variax produces seems perfectly fine however when compared with even a basic, say Squire or Epiphone, etc, then suddenly there was a loss of richness and somewhat of a disappointment -especially when one considers the price difference, however I find that in a live gig or a averagely busy mix suddenly such distinctions disappear... I'm the type of person who gets very in-depth with tone and enjoys RUclips videos like this, for instance but you must remember that 90% of anyone listening to a 'REAL GUITAR' wouldn't know whether it was a Telecaster; a Stratocaster or Les Paul! Heck, they probably wouldn't know the difference between a hollow body and a solid body from sound alone Where the original Variax failed IMHO was that it was launched in an era obsessed with retro and relics and it's sounds spread across two extremes with nothing in the middle. By that I mean the sounds are either very Conservative and likely already available to most people looking at the Variax (no one would buy this as their first electric guitar for instance) OR they were just bizarre and wacky instruments that weren't really related to Guitar at all and too Avant Garde for most tastes There was an anonymous gap inbetween where they could've copied small-run; unusual; home-made &/or Japanese pre-lawsuit era axes that people might not have easy access to and the few that did were annoyed at the playability of such instruments As a footnote many people try to transplant these guitars (I've had fun doing the same myself!) Because they hate the playability of them when in fact they're just as good as most intermediate guitars and also people hate the look of them which I just don't understand because I think they look fantastic! If Fender, frinstance, had come out with them including a magnetic pick up or two people would be hailing them as a future classic!
The varix 300 was the base model. It was designed to be a low-cost alternative. Variax 500 was actually the first model. The first generation was just called variax and would become the 500. I’ve owned two of the first generation, which were both fantastic, and being a Strat guy, when the 600 came out I had to have one at any cost. The build quality on the 600 and the 700 and even the 500 were all great. Easily MIJ quality on the 500, and the variax 600 easily competes with an American deluxe Stratocaster. it was only needing a set up. I have had to replace the saddles due to Piezo issues, I’ve had the guitar for nearly 20 years and it still is my go to for almost everything. I really want to obtain several of the guts of the first run of variax and build 2-3 custom ones out of kits. One being a Floyd rose with piezo saddles, and the other two being a 335 style and finally a tele thinline style. One day I will take on those projects. The other cool thing that I’ve seen is people building the electronics into a rack unit or pedal and using that instead of the guitar itself. It was an idea that was 20 years at least ahead of its time. but if you can get past the desire to flex with stunning high, priced instruments, 90% of people wouldn’t be able to tell whether you were using this or the real thing on a recording. especially if you paired it with modern modeling and impulse responses
Have the variax standard. Many different and clear sounds, good playability and nice wellmade guitar. Only negative point is the battery. When guitar cable is plugged in the battery drains very quicklĺy. Have searched for a long time to find the external power supply but line 6 has stopped the production. Definitely I found a second hand one on "Reverb".
i bought a 600 about 15 years ago, thinking i’d just return it-but it immediately became my go-to guitar. some purists turn up their noses, but i always get positive comments from people in the audience. a few weeks ago, i posted a video of classic Beatle solos on the Variax, which i think sound pretty good: ruclips.net/video/KJk3k9bh3QY/видео.htmlsi=MjqzByxnpMPHQuqe
THIS IS JUST SPOOKY!!! 👻👻👻 My Boss just "loaned" (YEAH! He's never gonna see this thing again! 😋) me his old 500 model Variax a couple days ago. I'm absolutely brand new on guitar, only been playing a couple weeks, but the neck on the 500 is as sweet as cherry pie & I'm really digging the versatility of all the different sounds it has. I have no reference point to compare the different models to, except for my Dad's old Tele, which it copies well enough I can tell it's copying a Tele. I won't say it sounds "just like" my Tele - which is fine, I've been wanting new pups FOREVER - but I was really impressed that it sounded so good. I'd be perfectly comfortable leaving my Tele at home & just using the Variax when I play out next time. I think the Variax sounds a little "tinny," which could be caused by the yucky 4-year-old strings it still has on it, but overall I'm really enjoying it & it livens up my practice sessions, so I'm really happy with it. My biggest beef with my personal guitar is the pup selector knob pulled completely out of the guitar the first time I ever played it. The selector knob still works fine, but it pisses me off that it only took such a tiny nudge to break the most important pot on the whole guitar. What the heck! Hopefully I'll be able to get it repaired for cheap. Maybe I'm just spoiled. I could use my Dad's Tele to chop wood & it'd be just fine. The other thing that I never understood is why Line 6 didn't start making the Variax with actual pups until so much later down the line. Having real pups just makes so much common sense. But, like I said, Line 6 fixed that problem a long time ago, so this is a moot point now. Get one if you get the chance.
These are great guitars in my opinion, It's unfortunate they were discontinued, I suppose that's because they are not for beginners or people that just need one guitar tone so they never grew in popularity. I have a jtv 59, it doesn't nail every guitar it tries to emulate but it sounds good enough in a mix for the average listener. I'd say it's the perfect guitar for budget Producers.
Really cool. A friend mentioned maybe sending me one of these. I was looking into them. I play mediocre yet as I'm an old drummer that took up guitar late. Hahah. I like ambient stuff and gilmourish. I make up little tunes. I think this is a solution for me as it offers unique variety. Thanks
I bought the exact same guitar bout 3 weeks ago and since getting I've played little else. It feels OK. Not like a high end guitar but it's totally respectable. I really miss the trem. Other than that it's a revelation. The tones available are amazing, I A/Bed with a strat I've put a lot work into and it sounds better. The weird stuff is also cool. 12 strings and alternate tunings and the Sitar is awesome. This guitar is a bargain for what I paid for it. About £200 which wouldn't even buy you a plain old guitar of this quality IMHO. Powering it is a bit problematic. I folded and bought a second hand Line 6 XPS A/B. I'm now into the guitar for about £300. Still feels like a bargain. Can't wait to record with it. I'd love to add a trem but the piezo pickups means that would be very hard. Maybe another solution out there. Epic bargain great sounding Uber flexable guitar. Luv and Peace.
You cannot. The helix has the variax port, the stomp does not. However I did play all of these sounds through my stomp, just using a regular instrument cable.
@@joeyyandell3219 cool. So you just use amp models? I was an early adopter of digital modelling in the 90s, but I became disillusioned in the mid-2000s because they weren’t very good. I have an old Princeton and I haven’t tried a digital amp model since 2006.
@@MaxPower-js1sk I play mostly rhythm electric, with the occasional lead on some songs. I typically stay with 1 amp model and use a few effects when I build a patch. I typically will do 3 snapshots a edge of breakup sound and then a dirtier tone and then a lead tone. With the expansion of IR cab modeling, the new modelers have a come a long way. I used line 6 modeler in the early 2000’s as well and then went back to tube amps. When helix came out, I tried again and haven’t looked back since.
It's a neat guitar, but if you're not going to use it for the acoustic sounds, you might as well just get an equalizer pedal and put it in front of your preamp.
I have that exact guitar but the guy I bought it from put a 600 neck on it, which is a lot nicer than the stock neck with that weird headstock. The stock neck is not bad by any measure though. I also have a Variax 700 in cherry red with the trem, which was my work horse for a while, and a bit of money pit; I had to replace the main board 2x due to malfunction, and also put planet waves locking tuners (AWESOME UPGRADE FOR THE TREM) and graphtec ghost saddles in it (definitely louder, questionable whether or not it was worth the investment . I have a current gen Variax Standard (basic model strat body) the I "upgraded" to not too long after it came out. As the OP stated, they are great if you are in a cover band. Don't expect them to sound as good as the original models, or play similarly. That said, you can get some good sounds out of them with software editor. Biggest difference between the current gen and the old models is the latency and acoustic sounds, also the convenience of having tuning options on a separate knob. I don't really need any of them anymore now that I don't have a gigging situation, but I have a hard time selling them. If I was ambitious enough to put mags in the 700, I would probably sell the standard and 300.
There's a Rickenbacker 360 E12 string you didn't even play. What a waste. The most sought feature of that Guitar. I thought you could have used a more recognizable classic tune rather then what you selected. It makes it difficult to tell how I like any of it. Play something your grandfather would know to. It would make a difference.
I have the Variax 700, the JTV-59 and I was astute enough to pick up 3 Peavey AT-200s while they lasted. Don't even bother handing me a conventional guitar anymore 😁 This guy isn't the greatest player but he gives a good overview of the AT-200: ruclips.net/video/6PNzGyzYS3U/видео.html
I bought a 600 in 2007 and used it with a POD XT floor unit plugged straight into the PA - I gigged with it for years. When I bought it I realized that one day the fancy electronics would die and I would be left with a plank with strings on it, but that day hasn't come yet. Over the years I had it crap out once in high humidity outdoors, one piezo died (LRBaggs sent me a few freebies) , the output jack needs cleaning every so often, but after 18 years, it still works and does what I want it to do. It plays and feels like a Stratocaster and although it doesn't attract as many glances as my Les Paul Custom, it can sound like a Custom - and a Strat, and a Tele, and a 12 string Rickie, and a Martin Acoustic, and can drop tune to open G for Stones numbers. Line 6 had it cracked with this idea.
i started with the 300 and ended up buying a jtv 59. i have had a few issues with both but it turns out that just a breakdown and clean with contact cleaner has done the trick before, had to switch a piezo on my g string on the jtv but overall this is the perfect guitar, especially for recording as a one man band. play your rhythm track, get your rhythm seciton filled out with the drop a whole step feature and turn it into a bass and all is good. its the perfect recording tool. along with riffworks by sonoma wire works, the two of the products i menition here are many years old now bvut if youve never tried either...any variax and riffworks by sonom wire works, from the bottom of my soul i advise you em out, no bs they are just fun and the coolest way to record ive ever seen in my life and thats no bs!
Picked up a red one; closeout in 2008 for $270! Never have regretted it.
Worth noting that the selecter switch allows you to pick different guitars within the main categories, so it's like 28 instruments in one. You can also use the PC/Mac software to tweak each of the instruments. With my JTV-69 you can also change the tuning, so you can do drop D, DADGAD or (as I had to do in a musical) drop all six strings two frets (capo minus 2).
Like your sound and t-shirt. Hope Dealer
Also, one of my personal guitar heroes, James Santiago, who now is one of the driving forces at Universal audio, making all of the great pedals and the ox box was one of the driving forces behind behind this at line 6, as well as other things that they created. So based on that as well, I had to have one.
I've been using a 300 as my primary recording guitar for years. While it's great with stock settings the real power is building custom presets with Workbench.
please help me with few advices....i do not get any sound out of it....i own ux2 and windows 10 pc, i connected it and no sound at all....i do not own an amp, only cakewalk as DAW and ux2 port....
@@knickerbockers2010 - Batteries in the guitar?
@@tracyblair3064 yes, usb interface is blinking red on the guitar side. i have new bateries and even the xps mini connected...still no signal , but thanks for your try mate
@@tracyblair3064 finally i have 2 green lights, but now last doubt....can i connect it to pc and here any sound there or is an amp a must have ? any software where you can run it ?
@@knickerbockers2010 Wish I could be more help. ☹️
The resonator model is also great...surprised he didn't think so.
I have a 700 electric. Amazing axes, can use it for anything. Don't know what I'd do without it....... Oh yeah, buy another one!
....Lol...
I got a Variax JTV 69s and a Variax 600. The 600 currently needs new piezos but I got them in the mail now. Gonna fix it up and put new strings and see if there's anything I like about the older models than the new models when using it for sounds.
The new Variaxes with the HD modeling have more high end in the modeling, but some of the models sound a little different than before. I think the old modeling is still useable if you want to just mess with sounds. Just depends on what you're looking for.
You do it? How's it
Hmmm so I didn’t need to buy 20 guitars lol my question will this plug right into Bose L1 employ or do I have to have something?
Thank you!
I use a JTV 59 and love darn thing. It has the ability for alt tunings on the fly and custom tunings that I use all the time. To be able to go from standard to Keith open G and Nashville with a switch is just awesome. I suppose I could play When the Levee Breaks without this instrument but it just wouldn't sound like the record.
The best part is only having to bring one guitar not three or four to a gig.
I probably use the acoustic 12 string the most but I'll sneak some sitar and banjo in there when it fits.
I bought mine from Guitar Center for $750 a couple of years ago and wouldn't trade it for any other guitar. Well, maybe the Belew Parker Fly
I've had about seven of these including the bass version
For what it's worth here's my history, briefly and my opinions...
I was doing sound for a band where a father and son were the only two guitarists. Dad had a wonderful vintage Les Paul custom three pick up going into a 1960s vox AC 30 and the sound was to die for!
His son was playing a Variax through a line 6 (I believe VETTA?) Amp
Straight away the son had way more versatility but his TONE just could not compete with the "real thing"
After the soundcheck and before the audience arrived, out of curiosity, purely, I asked them to switch sides and take their guitars with them:
The vintage Les Paul through the line 6 amp's AC30 emulation lost a lot, I have to say but wasn't half as bad as the real thing…
The Variax through the vintage Vox really opened up and had a much much better sound and suddenly I began to appreciate that maybe Variax was a worthy instrument, after all!
When listening in isolation on its own practically every sound Variax produces seems perfectly fine however when compared with even a basic, say Squire or Epiphone, etc, then suddenly there was a loss of richness and somewhat of a disappointment -especially when one considers the price difference, however I find that in a live gig or a averagely busy mix suddenly such distinctions disappear...
I'm the type of person who gets very in-depth with tone and enjoys RUclips videos like this, for instance but you must remember that 90% of anyone listening to a 'REAL GUITAR' wouldn't know whether it was a Telecaster; a Stratocaster or Les Paul! Heck, they probably wouldn't know the difference between a hollow body and a solid body from sound alone
Where the original Variax failed IMHO was that it was launched in an era obsessed with retro and relics and it's sounds spread across two extremes with nothing in the middle. By that I mean the sounds are either very Conservative and likely already available to most people looking at the Variax (no one would buy this as their first electric guitar for instance) OR they were just bizarre and wacky instruments that weren't really related to Guitar at all and too Avant Garde for most tastes
There was an anonymous gap inbetween where they could've copied small-run; unusual; home-made &/or Japanese pre-lawsuit era axes that people might not have easy access to and the few that did were annoyed at the playability of such instruments
As a footnote many people try to transplant these guitars (I've had fun doing the same myself!) Because they hate the playability of them when in fact they're just as good as most intermediate guitars and also people hate the look of them which I just don't understand because I think they look fantastic!
If Fender, frinstance, had come out with them including a magnetic pick up or two people would be hailing them as a future classic!
The varix 300 was the base model. It was designed to be a low-cost alternative. Variax 500 was actually the first model. The first generation was just called variax and would become the 500. I’ve owned two of the first generation, which were both fantastic, and being a Strat guy, when the 600 came out I had to have one at any cost. The build quality on the 600 and the 700 and even the 500 were all great. Easily MIJ quality on the 500, and the variax 600 easily competes with an American deluxe Stratocaster. it was only needing a set up. I have had to replace the saddles due to Piezo issues, I’ve had the guitar for nearly 20 years and it still is my go to for almost everything. I really want to obtain several of the guts of the first run of variax and build 2-3 custom ones out of kits. One being a Floyd rose with piezo saddles, and the other two being a 335 style and finally a tele thinline style. One day I will take on those projects. The other cool thing that I’ve seen is people building the electronics into a rack unit or pedal and using that instead of the guitar itself. It was an idea that was 20 years at least ahead of its time. but if you can get past the desire to flex with stunning high, priced instruments, 90% of people wouldn’t be able to tell whether you were using this or the real thing on a recording. especially if you paired it with modern modeling and impulse responses
Have the variax standard. Many different and clear sounds, good playability and nice wellmade guitar. Only negative point is the battery. When guitar cable is plugged in the battery drains very quicklĺy. Have searched for a long time to find the external power supply but line 6 has stopped the production. Definitely I found a second hand one on "Reverb".
Great video! With Variax Workbench (not HD) you can save alternate tunings on the 300. All you need is an older compatible computer:)
Nope. To use original workbench you just need to install the latest JAVA platform for x64 systems and it will run. Tested myself only on Win10
i bought a 600 about 15 years ago, thinking i’d just return it-but it immediately became my go-to guitar. some purists turn up their noses, but i always get positive comments from people in the audience. a few weeks ago, i posted a video of classic Beatle solos on the Variax, which i think sound pretty good: ruclips.net/video/KJk3k9bh3QY/видео.htmlsi=MjqzByxnpMPHQuqe
THIS IS JUST SPOOKY!!! 👻👻👻
My Boss just "loaned" (YEAH! He's never gonna see this thing again! 😋) me his old 500 model Variax a couple days ago.
I'm absolutely brand new on guitar, only been playing a couple weeks, but the neck on the 500 is as sweet as cherry pie & I'm really digging the versatility of all the different sounds it has.
I have no reference point to compare the different models to, except for my Dad's old Tele, which it copies well enough I can tell it's copying a Tele. I won't say it sounds "just like" my Tele - which is fine, I've been wanting new pups FOREVER - but I was really impressed that it sounded so good. I'd be perfectly comfortable leaving my Tele at home & just using the Variax when I play out next time.
I think the Variax sounds a little "tinny," which could be caused by the yucky 4-year-old strings it still has on it, but overall I'm really enjoying it & it livens up my practice sessions, so I'm really happy with it.
My biggest beef with my personal guitar is the pup selector knob pulled completely out of the guitar the first time I ever played it. The selector knob still works fine, but it pisses me off that it only took such a tiny nudge to break the most important pot on the whole guitar. What the heck! Hopefully I'll be able to get it repaired for cheap. Maybe I'm just spoiled. I could use my Dad's Tele to chop wood & it'd be just fine.
The other thing that I never understood is why Line 6 didn't start making the Variax with actual pups until so much later down the line. Having real pups just makes so much common sense. But, like I said, Line 6 fixed that problem a long time ago, so this is a moot point now.
Get one if you get the chance.
I want one - very badly!
These are great guitars in my opinion, It's unfortunate they were discontinued, I suppose that's because they are not for beginners or people that just need one guitar tone so they never grew in popularity. I have a jtv 59, it doesn't nail every guitar it tries to emulate but it sounds good enough in a mix for the average listener. I'd say it's the perfect guitar for budget Producers.
Brilliant
Really cool. A friend mentioned maybe sending me one of these. I was looking into them. I play mediocre yet as I'm an old drummer that took up guitar late. Hahah. I like ambient stuff and gilmourish. I make up little tunes. I think this is a solution for me as it offers unique variety. Thanks
I bought the exact same guitar bout 3 weeks ago and since getting I've played little else. It feels OK. Not like a high end guitar but it's totally respectable.
I really miss the trem. Other than that it's a revelation. The tones available are amazing, I A/Bed with a strat I've put a lot work into and it sounds better.
The weird stuff is also cool. 12 strings and alternate tunings and the Sitar is awesome.
This guitar is a bargain for what I paid for it. About £200 which wouldn't even buy you a plain old guitar of this quality IMHO.
Powering it is a bit problematic. I folded and bought a second hand Line 6 XPS A/B.
I'm now into the guitar for about £300. Still feels like a bargain. Can't wait to record with it.
I'd love to add a trem but the piezo pickups means that would be very hard.
Maybe another solution out there.
Epic bargain great sounding Uber flexable guitar.
Luv and Peace.
I OWN the same Guitar,even in the same Colour.it saved my Wallet!
It sounds good, and looks good in tobacco burst.
You can tweak the parameters with the Helix, but can you also control it with the HX Stomp?
You cannot. The helix has the variax port, the stomp does not. However I did play all of these sounds through my stomp, just using a regular instrument cable.
@@joeyyandell3219 Oh well, I was just hoping it was possible. What do you think of the HX?
@@MaxPower-js1sk love it, use it weekly. Used be an tube amp guy, now I’m stomp all the way.
@@joeyyandell3219 cool. So you just use amp models? I was an early adopter of digital modelling in the 90s, but I became disillusioned in the mid-2000s because they weren’t very good. I have an old Princeton and I haven’t tried a digital amp model since 2006.
@@MaxPower-js1sk I play mostly rhythm electric, with the occasional lead on some songs. I typically stay with 1 amp model and use a few effects when I build a patch. I typically will do 3 snapshots a edge of breakup sound and then a dirtier tone and then a lead tone. With the expansion of IR cab modeling, the new modelers have a come a long way. I used line 6 modeler in the early 2000’s as well and then went back to tube amps. When helix came out, I tried again and haven’t looked back since.
It's a neat guitar, but if you're not going to use it for the acoustic sounds, you might as well just get an equalizer pedal and put it in front of your preamp.
I've got a line 6 spider amp and I'm thinking.... I wonder if adding the amps fx will make it even more fun? One guitar to rule them all 😂🙄
is that your own riff? the first one????.......chords on 2nd sounds a bit 'wild thing'
Character In the video It's great, I like it a lot $$
I have that exact guitar but the guy I bought it from put a 600 neck on it, which is a lot nicer than the stock neck with that weird headstock. The stock neck is not bad by any measure though. I also have a Variax 700 in cherry red with the trem, which was my work horse for a while, and a bit of money pit; I had to replace the main board 2x due to malfunction, and also put planet waves locking tuners (AWESOME UPGRADE FOR THE TREM) and graphtec ghost saddles in it (definitely louder, questionable whether or not it was worth the investment . I have a current gen Variax Standard (basic model strat body) the I "upgraded" to not too long after it came out. As the OP stated, they are great if you are in a cover band. Don't expect them to sound as good as the original models, or play similarly. That said, you can get some good sounds out of them with software editor. Biggest difference between the current gen and the old models is the latency and acoustic sounds, also the convenience of having tuning options on a separate knob. I don't really need any of them anymore now that I don't have a gigging situation, but I have a hard time selling them. If I was ambitious enough to put mags in the 700, I would probably sell the standard and 300.
Yes! Great review of an interesting guitar. *And yes, Jesus will not relent, until the end! Great song :-) Be blessed.
maybe fun as a novelty
doesnt really do any setting justice. kind of like a cheap casio keybord in guitar for.
Guitar for what?
There's a Rickenbacker 360 E12 string you didn't even play. What a waste. The most sought feature of that Guitar. I thought you could have used a more recognizable classic tune rather then what you selected. It makes it difficult to tell how I like any of it. Play something your grandfather would know to. It would make a difference.
Great demo…..please omit your background license free music. It’s almost unbearable
I've had mine since first came out .I find in a real loud live situation there are issues that pop up I use it for recording Awesome!
I have the Variax 700, the JTV-59 and I was astute enough to pick up 3 Peavey AT-200s while they lasted. Don't even bother handing me a conventional guitar anymore 😁
This guy isn't the greatest player but he gives a good overview of the AT-200:
ruclips.net/video/6PNzGyzYS3U/видео.html
You're driving me crazy playing the same thing over and over and over and over. Can't watch anymore