Anyone have any experience with the Variax? I've been reading about it and the technology is intriguing. From what I gather, with one guitar you can model several different models; and you can change tuning with a switch (step up/down, Drop D, Open G, etc etc).
With that and their modeling amps it seems like one could save a ton on equipment, etc but how good is the actual modeling?
Just curious to hear some anecdotes.
I guess my first question would be, what are you using it for? Recording direct to your laptop, might be good for that. Live use? I'd be skeptical.
For the price it's listed, I'd just buy a Telecaster and a Les Paul. You already have an acoustic. That covers a TON of bases.
Forget about the modeling. Line 6 amps are a joke among many purists. I had one years back and did not like it - was a bad investment, traded it in within a week and bought a Blues Jr.
I have to imagine the Line 6 guitars have the same type of fake/digital sheen as described above.
Fender made a guitar like it back a few years. The Fender VG Strat by Roland.
At least that is an American made strat. Its all gimmicks though. I attached a review of it. They can be had on Reverb and Guitar Center in the 600 to 700 dollar range.
I wanted a guitar that could do some acoustics and electric from the same guitar. I ended up buying a Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci JP6.
My opinion is stay away from the Variax.
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