New Variax

Bridgehouse

rossyamaha said:

fretmeister said:

Any idea of the money yet?

Approx £1200 tbc. Depends on a few things. 

Does it depend on worldwide stocks of black?

Bidley

That's actually really cool. I love the look of it. I have no need nor desire for the Variax functionality though.

UnclePsychosis

The shape is cool, but I find it hard to believe there's a market for a "metal" variax.

WezV

UnclePsychosis said:

The shape is cool, but I find it hard to believe there's a market for a "metal" variax.

Probably worth thinking about the alternative tuning models it can offer

richardhomer

In the words of Danii Minogue, "Its a 'no' from me".

Sporky

It's a metal Musiclander!

richardhomer

Sporky said:

It's a metal Musiclander!

Didn't know whether to lol or wiz that - spot on - I thought it reminded me of something (awful).

tampadragon

rossyamaha said:

fretmeister said:

Any idea of the money yet?

Approx £1200 tbc. Depends on a few things. 

That's a shame as it's somewhat out of my price range. I'll need to settle for just saving up for a Variax Standard.
Listening to a few Twelve Foot Ninja tracks, he really uses the Variax in all it's glory on their tracks, going through the different models, and having it paired with a POD HD to make switching patches a breeze! 
Their music really is innovative!

tampadragon

Just found this video with Stavic demoing the guitar, it really shows how the Variax opens up the possibilities. I really "need" a Variax now!

impmann

tampadragon said:

Just found this video with Stavic demoing the guitar, it really shows how the Variax opens up the possibilities. I really "need" a Variax now!

That is a great video.

@rossyamaha one for the guys at Line6 to link to, eh?

DiscoStu

I wouldn't have initially put Variax and metal together as the models on it are 'classic' for want of a better word. There isn't an EMG loaded ESP model for instance, so is that why it's got the pickup?

Interesting detail about switching strings off... can I do that on my Variax 500? 

axisus

I don't like it personally but it's a lot better than all those terrible guitars that they started off with.

RandallFlagg

It looks better when that chap from 12 Foot Ninja uses it, It's not one for the dad rock blues noodlers.

normula1

I'm by no means a metal player in any way but i really like the shape. I often wonder about guitarists typically sticking to three or four basic shapes when the bass world has so many different ones. 
And I'm absolutely guilty as charged in the shapes of guitars I play.

tampadragon

@rossyamaha Can you turn strings off on the Variax Standard also, is that a standard Variax feature.

impmann

Frankly, I think its great that Line6 are finally embracing the metal market as they are far more likely to accept new sounds, new ways of doing things and not be permanently looking backwards, like most of the other genres.

Sadly, a decision was made some time ago to try to distance the brand from metal as at one point it was felt that there was too much alignment and there was a danger of being pigeonholed (their thoughts not mine). As a result certain projects were killed off that would have been highly lucrative and interesting... for example the Dave Mustaine signature amp, of which a handful exist (all in DM's hands) that was *incredible* sounding. It was canned. Meshuggah's sound was all about Line6 a while back and they used the brand almost exclusively - until support seemed to wane.

The video sounds great and its exactly what the Variax concept is all about - making a guitar do stuff that is otherwise impossible.

impmann

tampadragon said:

@rossyamaha Can you turn strings off on the Variax Standard also, is that a standard Variax feature.

Its a while since I played with Workbench, but I'm pretty sure you can turn volumes of individual strings down to zero.

Fortheloveofguitar

This will bomb and we'll be knocked out at £500-600 a throw come Black Friday 

Will go the same way as the JTV-89 and 89F 

Also expect to find B-stock repair models going cheap as line 6 guitars are glitchy as hell 

ive owned 4 variax models and the Jtv-69 and 2 Jtv-89 models all had software issues within the first 6 months 

impmann

Fortheloveofguitar said:

This will bomb and we'll be knocked out at £500-600 a throw come Black Friday 

Will go the same way as the JTV-89 and 89F 

Also expect to find B-stock repair models going cheap as line 6 guitars are glitchy as hell 

ive owned 4 variax models and the Jtv-69 and 2 Jtv-89 models all had software issues within the first 6 months 

Software issues? What issues with the software?

fretmeister

That's a great demo.

To Snapshot tunings etc is amazing.