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And if bless are under 700, buy one before 12/31 and get a 150 rebate on top of that from Line 6. |
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Actually - and please correct me if I'm wrong - the 300 and 600 shared the same electronics. These were the successors to the 500 and 700, which, in turn, had their own set of electronics.
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I had a variax 300 that I was very pleased with (including the workbench software), until the electronics just plain crapped out after a year. Like all computers with integrated circuit boards, there are failures that are simply not repairable or cost effective.
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My Variax 500 lasted longer than a year but I used it for recording (liked its versatility!) only so it got minimal use. When the electronics did fail I found the same situation for repairs--no one could fix it locally and the cost to send it away was simply prohibitive.
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I know that the original question is about the Variax. There are two members that have reported electronic failures and there are very few of these around, it would be of concern for me. My suggestion to Kip would be to seriously look at Roland GR 20 or GR 55 Guitar synth and install the GK30 on an existing guitar. It is a quality synth and does many things, more than most could use. I set one up about 4 years ago and the lead guitar player in our band picked it up from me and uses it all the time. If the electronics in the Variax fails, what you have left for a guitar would be my thoughts. I know it doesn't answer the Variax question but look at where the Fender VG Strat has gone. -- Darwin
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Variax parts are available through Full Compass
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Sure enough... so if something went south could just order the parts and fix it.
Okay... takes the worry out of that... How do you tell the 500's from the 700's then? I'm liking the 59 body style in the tobacco burst. but see nothing that tells me if that is a 500 or 700.
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The Variax 500 and 700 were the original models - the 700 just being a blingier version of the 500. They shared the same electronics. The 300 and the 600 were the second generation, again sharing their own variation on the electronics, updated from the 500/700. The 300 was a pretty average instrument; the 600 much better, roughly on a par with a MIM Strat The functionality of both series was identical - they used piezo pickups in the bridge to feed signal to the electronics, where all the magic happened. No conventional pickups. The current JTV models are the third generation. They add magnetic pickups, in various configurations, to an updated version of the piezo-driven modeling technology. Magnetic pickups, and the ability to adjust tunings on the fly (rather than have to tie a tuning to a custom model) were the two most-frequently requested enhancements (I was an active member of the support forums back then), along with the ability to use Workbench (the software for tweaking models) without an external interface, and better onboard power. The current series of guitars includes all of these. Hope that helps. Cheers, David
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Yes it does... a LOT... I'm back on the Variax path... Maybe some time around the first of the year one of these will show up in my stocking:
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You have to buy by 12/31 to get the rebate and I don't think there's much time to mail in the form in January.
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