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Re: JTV-59

support@line6.com — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:31:25 GMT

dmpoole wrote:

I sold a 1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard, 1976 Yamaha SG2000 and 78 American Fender Strat to buy two JTV-59s and they really are the best instrument I've ever played in 43 years of gigging.
Hopefully you will be as thrilled as I am.

Did you get a US model, or Korea model that outperformed highend Gibsons and Fenders?

Re: Anybody that use JTV for slide work?

support@line6.com — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:10:21 GMT

Thank you kindly, really good to hear.

Re: Unsuccessful JTV pickup swap :(

support@line6.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:39:21 GMT

If you are to fiddle with guitar, if you excuse the wording, then a digital multimeter is a really good investment, and it's cheap - around $30-$50 or so or even cheaper.Or just borrow one from a friend.

Just put one prope on each cable, metering to ohm(20k or more scale) and you will see where you have contact or not.

Full high output humbucker is maybe 13-15kohm, and one coil half of that around 7-8k.

If having two cords that connect(around 8k, or less than infinite ohms) these are same coil.

Knowing that, now it's only about getting phase right. It's easier with a analog meter, but could be done with digital too.

Basically you set it to measure volts, connect as before, and hitting pickup lightly with something magnetic - like a screw driver - you can see if voltage rise or not - when pushing screw driver towards magnetic poles. Switch direction and pull screw driver if not voltage is shown. You should get a reaction in one direction at least - positive or negative. Doing that test on original and new pickup you can get it right, matching them.

For phase test, you might need to set right high sensitivity to mV, millivolts or so.

Re: Unsuccessful JTV pickup swap :(

support@line6.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:43:41 GMT

You cannot go by colors - they are very different on different brands.

You must figure out what is each coil to start with on the original pickup - use a multimeter ohm measurement.

And you can see that no wires are broken as well. Wire for coil are really, really thin, so they break easily.

Does this fit the wiring you did now - what belongs to each coil on the new pickup?

You could also try rewax you original pickup and put it back. It might fix microphonic and all of it.

Re: A bug or something else?

support@line6.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:07:13 GMT

Just guessing(not having played or own JTV) - but pitch tracking takes a lot more of cpu for alternate tunings and might be affected earlier than if normal tuning when battery is starting to get low.

Is there a realtime indicator for battery - and it's not indicator low?

One really hopes this means replaced unit for your guitar - but already having changed guitar - one really start to wonder???

New firmware maybe, where optimized better for cpu regarding alternate tunings.

But it really looks like design flaw if audio is not stable down to empty battery.

Is it new HD updates that are present in these guitars, taking more cpu?

Anybody that use JTV for slide work?

support@line6.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 03:43:00 GMT

One thing that I would use and find really useful, if buying one, is open tuning and slide bar work - not having to re-tune.

Is tracking good enough for that use?

Is JTV working differently in normal tuning(but modelling still) or doing open tunings, so that would affect how it acts on slide work?

Or is Variax doing pitch-shifting the same way - in either case?

Thanks.

Re: Why no amp for both the acoustic sounds and the electric sounds?

support@line6.com — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:16:16 GMT

Is there something mystical about acoustic model - I think it's only full range amp really.

Regular electric guitar amps has very limited range - since pickups produce not so nice full range tone.

I saw the NAMM demo video with JTV-89F and they also switched frequently between acoustic and electric - but if that was all the way to Stagesource or the HD500 is hard to say.

I think all the Line6 amps are really full range - that is what the POD produce to sound well directly in PA. So wanting acoustic to sound nice - make a no amp patch for HD500.

Looking at the PODs 10 years ago I was recommended to get a full range amp - like Sansamp Power Engine - not a guitar amp.

Re: Am I over reacting?

support@line6.com — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:35:42 GMT

hardins1 wrote:

I originally purchased an older 69 with a humbucker but wasnt really happy with it so I sent it back and waited for the new 69s to come in and Im so glad I did. Completely different guitar plays better has a different bridge setup and stays in tune much much better.. they made a few other minor changes too. This thing is by far a much better quality guitar I couldn't be happier...

I've read quite a few comments of that sort - I switched to this model and it was completely different quality of instrument.

One wonders if this means there are a couple of factories - and quality is noticibly better on some?

Worrysome....

Re: JTV Quality Concerns

support@line6.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:56:19 GMT

TBH you get that with Gibson LP Standard as well - I did. Spent 3 days to get setup decent. Tross rod adjustment - it was sent from germany to sweden - so humidity is very different - neck bends.

That's a $3000 guitar.

Give the shop a chance to at least do a proper setup of it - humidity in Korea is probably very different from that store.

I do tross rod adjustments twice a year to keep the neck as it should be. Relative humidity here is 35% in winter, and about 70% in summer.

It does not have to be a bad guitar because of a bad setup. Doing a setup is part of regular maintenance, just as changing strings and doing intonation are.

Just like any acoustic instrument - they are individuals. Find the one that is better - they are all different. You don't expect even quality on this pricerange instruments. Even Gibsons are different.

Re: hardcases for the JTV's

support@line6.com — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:06:45 GMT

I don't like gigbags either.

I talked to Thomann, germany just the other day about this - and they said any strata/tele style case would hold 89F model.

And tremolo arm comes off easily on FR - not having upside/down situation pressing tremolo.

They have some Thomann branded cases as well, that seem very good value for money.