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Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:51:41 GMT

exactly right thats why i think it might be an exposed wire in this other case creating a short. i would think the exposed wire would be on the bottom of the pickup and not at the pcb end

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:38:59 GMT

they probably wanted it snug against the string for best contact.

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:03:16 GMT

well it probably would but since the pickup is supposed to have a small spring under it im im guessing its supposed to be slightly loose in there which really makes no sense.. so id say give it a try . not much to lose at this point if your planning on replacing it anyway.. just leave it a bit long so you can get it out if it doesnt work. but i dont see why it wouldnt if its a ground issue.

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:19:29 GMT

Hey AMX, do you think inserting a conductive wire between the piezo's side and the bridge would help ground conductivity?

Hopefully that would clog any gap between the bridge and the piezo so it grounds correctly.

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:02:09 GMT

the material the can is mad of is a copper stamping and is chrome plated. there is defenitly more range of ajustment inthe fender style bridge.

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:26 GMT

I'm not getting a tune-o-matic, but I just thought it was cool. I like how you can adjust the action individually for each string on a fender-esque bridge anyways.

The saddles on the Variax are coated. My D string saddle has a really small chip in it and inside is a copper-looking material. I suppose it's to make it blend in with the bridge.

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:12:09 GMT

yeah not as many as you may think though.and more difficult than the graphtech to put in. plus as i recall that tom bridge from baggs is alot ore than the graphtechs. then add to that a bigsby tremelo. or god forbid a lyre or a floyd rose which are more than the bigsby. well its im thinking a 300 dollar situation and it involves drilling for the tom bridge and tail piece at the least for the bigsby well its alignment and a few screws the lyre or maestro which is the same is also alignment and 4 screws and getting that cover on it is a pain in the neck ... i put one on my sg. and if you gothe floyd rose route... well that involves routing.

in short this is most likely in the v1 versions they went with the hard tail fender type bridge to begin with eventually offering a tremelo on the 6 and 700.

btw the variax saddle is based on the newer cast strat saddles. and are nothing at all like the old stamped strat saddles which i prefer.. but the ones in the variax are unique to lr baggs necescity to hold there pickup.

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:05:19 GMT

Right, right. Yeah, all old Variaxes use Strat saddles. I've seen some people install tune-o-matic bridges and piezos on these forums though, pretty cool.

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:44:19 GMT

btw.. if you decide to do this down the road you need to get the ones for import strat. thats what works on the variax. otherwise your saddles will have the wrong offset.

Re: How Many Have Had Piezo Elements in Variax 300-700 Fail for No Apparent Reason?

support@line6.com — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:40:42 GMT

i couldnt tell you on the variax as mine was a hard tail. what i hear from everyone on this site after having installed them.. id say it all equated to massive improvement.

if you look around onthis site youl find alot of stuff on that subject

http://line6.com/search/?cx=018225845393761871946%3Apgopyvt_eve&cof=FORID%3A10%3BNB%3A1&ie=UTF-8&q=graph&sa.x=0&sa.y=0http://

should be enough stuff on this page to tell you something about what people think