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Re: JTV 1.9 out

support@line6.com — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:15:05 GMT

Hang on a sec , WHY are the high gain models only available for the 89 ? , why are 59 and 69 players not been offered the same options ? why are we being discriminated against ?

We have all forked out our hard earned pennies on the product and just because we prefer a more "retro" design doesn't mean that we don't want an option of a higher gain model of guitar or the option to put a high gain pickup in the preset models within workbench .(a suggestion i put to line 6 months ago)

Its not exactly unheard of for LP or Strat players to stick EMGs or Dimarzio / SD / or whatever in their guitars to get the sound they want while they retain the looks of a classic instrument , otherwise Slash, Zack , Malmsteen etc would all be hanging Ibanez or Charvels round their necks

The JTV is supposed to be the one stop guitar , with only the body/neck design seperating the benefits available to the player .Get it sorted Line6

Re: Some advice please - should I take the plunge and 'go Variax' again? (first post)

support@line6.com — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:06:57 GMT

Hi Mate

I can only talk about the guitar side of it because as I don't run into The HD or PODs . Yes your right this is a Line6 forum and some people are going to be biased , but there are lots on here who have been painfully honest about their experiences with line 6 so hopefully you'll get a balanced response.

All I can say is I've been lucky as far as my guitars reliability goes , and the one thing that has impressed me the most is the organic feel and sounds , i tried the original variax years ago when they first come out and yes it sounded digital and there was a latency issue . But even when i'm recording on computer through Guitar rig latency is not an issue .

On the sounds side of it I run the guitar into an A/B and use that to toggle between an engl half stack for the electric sounds and the PA fotr the acoustic and I've had nothing but great feedback about the authenticity of the sound. And if buying the HD500 was an option without resulting in another divorce I would definately have got one by now .

get yourself down to one of the local music shops and try the range out . personally I think you'll be impressed

Jon

Re: Ok am I being stupid ????

support@line6.com — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:44:19 GMT

Makes perfect sense , cheers phil .

Yeah thats what i've taken to doing to get the correct pitch , It can still confuse the guitar especially on the higher strings but it usually does as its told after a few attempts ..

Ok am I being stupid ????

support@line6.com — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:05:57 GMT

Retorical question BTW

I've had the JTV 59 for just over a year now and I noticed something a while back , not seen it mentioned on here so at the risk of being made to look an idiot here goes.

I currently tune down half a step as I use the JTV live and we play everything a semi tone down for the benifit of the singer ( Yes i know that line 6 says tune the guitar to pitch) .Its just easier to go from say the 12 string woody to a full on electric sound by hitting the model select switch and going between mags and model without filling the custom banks , anyway i digress

When i use the virtual capo not only does the resulting tuning sound half a step down as you would expect seeing as its designed around pitch shifting but it also takes the tuning down another semi tone .

to give an example I was playing some Tremonti songs and decided to turn the open D preset to a D5 (DADADD) so activated the capo , played the strings 6-1 as 10th fret , 12th fret , 12th fret , 14th fret ,15th fret and 10th fret . checked the results with the tuner expecting it to be Db Ab Db Ab Db Db and it sounds CGCGCC . surely it should be up a semi tone . Went into the Workbench , selected a custom slot , moved the sliders on the fretboard to the above pattern and it worked fine i.e. Db Ab Db Ab Db Db . Also tried it on other tunings i.e. dropped B ( huge Tremonti fan ... dont judge me ) so activated capo played the bottom E at the 7th fret and the rest at the twelth instead of Bb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb got AGCFAD . And before anyone asks I've been playing for over 30 years so yes i do know where the notes are on the fretboard and the corresponding fret number ..... honest

Any Ideas ?

Re: Nick_Mattocks...Gone but not forgotten

support@line6.com — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:42:51 GMT

A terrible shock , Nick was a great benefit to these forums and his input and personallity will be missed greatly . Very sad news

Re: JTV update malfunction!!

support@line6.com — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:52:44 GMT

Yeah , its happened to a few of us , there is another thread but basically what you need to do is rollback to 1.71 the re-install the update .if you have any customised models stored click on no if it asks if you want to keep them DONT touch the guitar during the install , in fact dont even look at it and dont run any other programs when the install is running so theres less chance of it timing out due to background programs slowing it down and finally recite the whole of Led Zepplin's Kashmir backwards half a dozen times . It took me 3 attempts which seems the norm .

Re: Updated the flash 1.8 on variax and no models now?

support@line6.com — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:35:34 GMT

Same Thing here , first time the download timed out but the monkey was showing the update was loaded , went straight to the acoustic models and thought jesus this sounds terrible , then realised it was a strat , tried to use the model selector and tuning but nothing rolled back the load and tried again , kept twiddling the knobs to keep it powered up and this time the tuning knob turned red and nothing worked . eventually got bored and went to bed . Will try once more and if it still screws up i'm sticking with 1.71

Re: As good recorded as live?

support@line6.com — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:36:29 GMT

Used mine in the recording studio a couple of months back and it sounded great , one track was with the special setting and one with the lester and both sounded very natural . The rest of the tracks were recorded using one of my US PRS customs ( needed the trem ) and listening to the tracks you certainly dont get the impression that i'm going from a "real" guitar to modeling

Re: JTV 69 modelling and magnetic pickup outputs?

support@line6.com — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:56:21 GMT

The hum might be due to two seperate amps being connected via the guitar causing an earth hum , if you have one try sticking a DI box in the chain and engaging the earth lift switch

Re: Please Post Your JTV Arrival Here

support@line6.com — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:58:59 GMT

Hi Mike , well just tried mine out for a good hour and thankfully its behaving , just been wizzing up and down the models and the tunings to see if i could force an error but it appears to be one of the lucky ones . Did notice Andertons had a few communication breakdowns between the staff when ringing up , got told on Monday that I was fourth on the list and only 3 in stock despite being told end of august that mine was the only one in the warehouse and ready to be sent .... to be fair they have just had a major refit and things are a bit up in the air . My serial # is W110400641 which if i'm understanding the serial sequence correctly is the 641st to be made in Apr , so 3700 before yours ... I know Rich said they were ramping up preduction but thats a hell of a lot guitars ,

I dont think they picked up on the flux problem till after april ( please correct if i'm wrong ) so i'm thinking they are just edging their bets and sending them out with the minimal of testing then the few that do come back faulty they sort out later , but your switch problem doesnt seem to follow the normal givin up the ghost sequence others are reporting , does the 3 way work ok with the mags ?