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A Cure for TAS?? For GAS???
Sell your guitarz quick, before they become obsolete!
I was looking at Line 6's website and found this: http://www.line6.com/products.asp?ID...&item=247&tp=0 Quote:
Actually, I'll bet it could be a kinda cool tool to ADD to my collection! Moooohahahahahaha!!!! |
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Well I have a Line Six amp and think it is great for rock tunes.
But I Highly doubt this guitar will catch on. Parker guitars have made good all around stage guitars for cover bands playing clubs. Since they can do pretty much the same thing as far as reproducing the sound of both electric and acoustic rather well. But how many people do you know who actually have 1 ? I think some working guitar players that do clubs and cover bands may go for them, but most people will see them as just another gimmick. Knowing Line Six They will not be cheap and Line six warranty and service really sucks.
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UPS !! It looks like a guitar box !! ( uh oh ). Umm Didn't I tell you about that already. |
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What a Joke!!! It reminds me when really good keyboards came out to duplicate so many sounds. While the are great they will never replce the sound of a real Stienway Grand Piano. Palezzze. JW
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What JW said, Exactly.
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UPS !! It looks like a guitar box !! ( uh oh ). Umm Didn't I tell you about that already. |
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Gentlemen, I find your skepticism to be incredulous!
What he say?? Actually I find it to be quite credible. That said, though, have any of you heard Joni Mitchell perform recently? She used to go onstage with a fleet of guitars and now she only uses a Roland (?) thingy that she dials up different tunings on! REPENT!! THE END IS NEAR!! Kinda freaky, ain't it? |
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Guitarists are among the most conservative of musicians.
That said, Line6's methodology of considering the amp and speaker system merely signal processors worked well int he their amp and POD lines. My bets are they are approaching the body wood/neck joint issue in a similar way. Of course, the Variax is only offered in 25.5" scale, which flakes off half the market from the start. I'll withold judgement. I'm reminded of the first Peavey* amp invasion ca 1975. Everyone was trading in their Marshalls and Fenders and swearing that Peaveys were the Bees Knees. You could buy a used Marshall plexi for pennies on the dollar. I was on the sideline saying, "These things are incredibly harsh and brittle sounding and I think the emperor has no new clothes." Two years later, everyone was back in the shops trading back and paying dollars on the penny to get their old amps back. Hoo-hoo. Bob *Now, mind you, I'm talking the first Peaveys only. Hartley has made many good products.
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Unless the next generation of Taylor electronics (or LR Baggs or Fishman) moves ahead about 8 steps, onstage I do think we're heading toward a point where folks will prefer dialing up a variety of sampled tones to the present onboard electronic 'acoustic' sound coming out of today's PAs.
That being said, in almost every other application, ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. |
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Wasn't the term, "Variax" first coined by Godin? No, wait - That was Multiac... Sorry..
Either way, I don't believe Line 6 can make simulate an acoustic for a minute. I've played with their gear, and although they do a great job on distorted tones, there's an abundance of digital artifacts in their clean modes for electrics. Just didn't sound natural at all. Personally, I think Roland has a better solution with the VG-88 system and their COSM modeling and their synth patches. The added bonus is you can use it on any steel string guitar you choose - Electric or acoustic.
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The only cure is a new taylor. I'm going to look tomorrow at madison music, who knows what will follow me home this time!
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