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My Trading Feedback | You Bring The Band
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youThe yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
All in the fingers mate.
Nah seriously though, if the software/electronics is the same it'll sound the same. Any difference may be in the build quality and feel of the basic instrument - my Tyler one was beautifully finished with a great neck. Although I've heard Pacificas are pretty well finished too, so the Standards may well be decent too.
I saw that deal on GAK, and it does seem a hell of a lot of instrument for the money if the deal is still live.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
Palm muting - well, some had issues with piezo "quack" under heavy levels of gain (although tbh, it never bothered me). This was dialled out by the time of the JTVs (plus these had much higher grade piezos) - put it another way, plenty of metal bands seemed happy with them! Line6 even built a prototype for Eddie Van Halen that never made it to production due to licensing issues. I believe he still has it...
And yes, the software changes the pitch - its not a physical change in pitch so if your amp is too quiet you do hear the strings at concert pitch. This can upset some, and some have even believed that you are hearing the strings and the modelled sound at the same time through the amp. If I had a penny... this NEVER happens (unless it is set up as such in the latest version of workbench) and is easily disproved by recording the signal from the guitar directly (ie not through a speaker) and playing it back to the customer. It is physically impossible for this to occur on older Variaxes (ie those without pickups) due to the way the sound is processed and in 10 years of working for Line6 (and probably 10s of thousands of guitars) I've not seen one malfunction like that.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
I had the very first generation of Variax. Never had any problems with it, but the neck on those early ones was not nice, and you didn't have the option of magnetic pickups.
For me I'd rather have a guitar I liked with the option of additional sounds/tunings. The Tyler concept looked quite good but I never went for it.
I'd love to see the technology in a decent Strat or Tele alongside magnetic pickups. It would need to be modular though. You would want it designed so that the electronics could be replaced/upgraded. If I still had that generation 1 Variax now, I suspect I would be completely stuffed if the electronics developed a problem. I've got a Strat of similar age, and that's fine as it's all replaceable/fixable. You could end up with a perfectly good guitar you can't amplify.