Community: Message List

Re: RE: JTV-69 Pickups outputs

support@line6.com — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:18:51 GMT

Does that mean the single coil pickups are AlNiCo 2 magnets then?

I certainly like the sound of them and have been thinking of getting some AlNiCo 2 for another guitar.

Line 6 software for sale on eBay

support@line6.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:05:13 GMT

This guy on ebay.co.uk sells a CD of all the Line 6 software, such as Workbench etc that is free to download anyway!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260989163226?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

He always has 2 -3 listings on at anyone time, and what's amazing is people actually buy them.

Amazingly, eBay and Line 6 do not seem to be bothered by this!

Variax TRS Cable

support@line6.com — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:08:41 GMT

After, rather foolishly, selling my Variax 700 last year, (unintentionally to a Line 6 UK employee) when it developed a fault, instead of having it repaired, I recently bought a 500 on eBay.

It came in the case with the manual, power supply and the XPS box but no TRS cable. It works fine on batteries.

Although I never had to replace the cable in the 6 years I had my 700, I remember reading it was a standard 15ft TRS cable.

I thought I'll Google Variax TRS cable, which in the UK, yeilds very little. It would appear Planet Waves have discontinued making it.

So, I bought an unbranded but good quality TRS cable.

When I plugged it in and connected the power supply, only the red light came on (the 1/4" light was green). I remember the light should be green.

All my amps are at my rehearsal studio, so I don't know for certain there was no sound but I'm concerned I may have done some damage to the guitar.

Does anyone know why a standard TRS cable (5 metre to be exact) would not power it up properly or know where to get hold of the correct Planet Waves cable, in the UK?

Thanks.

Re: RE: M13 Smart Harmony Tracking Slow?

support@line6.com — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:03:20 GMT

That's exactly where I run the harmoniser, before the distortion. It makes it run correctly. All the stand alone harmonisers tell you to do that.

I know exactly what you're trying to say, I know extremely well how harmonies work and harmonic overtones too but it's not exactly dissonant. Are you telling me that you don't/have never played two notes together, Maj or min third apart, on the guitar and gone into an overdrive?

The most obvious thing to do is to reduce the amount of drive thus reducing the amount of overtones.

The great thing about the M13 is there is no right or wrong way to set the chain up and what works for me, may not for you but sometimes you have to compromise tracking for the tone that you prefer, which I would agree, is the most important thing

Re: RE: M13 Smart Harmony Tracking Slow?

support@line6.com — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:41:07 GMT

You definately need to put the harmoniser before the distortion (or any other effect for that matter) as it needs to 'hear' the note cleanly.

I don't understand how it can sound 'dissonant' though, unless you've got the wrong scale selected, by going Harmoniser---->distortion.

True to say, it won't be as sweet as Brian May overdubbing in the studio but you just get the sound of two notes, at the same time, being fed into distortion, which an awful lot of guitar solos have in anyway.

Re: General Problem with synth sounds in the filters FX section

support@line6.com — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:33:16 GMT

I don't think there's anything wrong with your M13, it's just the way the synth effects are unfortunately. I've found they sound better if you use the neck pickup and possibly not having the guitar's volume on full. I don't know if that's because they work better when there is less treble in the inputed signal.

Anyway, give that a go.

Re: Severe M13 "hum" when connected to amps send/retun loop.

support@line6.com — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:15:00 GMT

Have you absolutely ruled out the possibility it could be your leads. I had the same problem when using the 4C.M. Despite using quality George L's cables, that was exactly where the problem was.

Just try each lead, from guitar to amp, nothing to lose.

Re: Strange Variax Phenomena!

support@line6.com — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:04:55 GMT

My Variax makes a crackling/banging noise, totally drowning out the guitar sounds. I've posted on here and as you've probably noticed, other than fellow users, you don't get an awful lot of help.

I'm gonna ring Line 6 HQ direct (whenever I next get 5 spare mins) and book it in for a repair and to be honest, I think it will probably be better to call and speak to someone about your problem too.

Re: A Mac user trying to stay in Line (6)....

support@line6.com — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:56:25 GMT

Yeah I've seen the threads about the ways around the Java issues. I've got an old laptop too as well as Snow Leopard iMac so I'm OK personally.

I just have a problem with Variax itself making crackling and banging noises but that's a different thread....

Re: A Mac user trying to stay in Line (6)....

support@line6.com — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:32:55 GMT

I was under the impression it was because Snow Leopard and Windows 7 are 64bit that causes the problem with Workbench?

I'm an Apple user because it just works when you switch it on, it doesn't f**k around for 10 mins with Anti Virus this and that. HOWEVER, despite being an Mac OSX user, I would not buy an iPad because of exactly that reason, that you can barely do nothing on it, other than as a large iPod Touch. Simple solution, buy a Samsung Galaxy Tablet on Android platform.

Anyway, Line 6 really should have sorted this out now, except for the fact they no longer seem to care about older products. It's their right to do that though and concentrate on the R&D of new products, as can Apple.