Hi,

I own one of the first Variax (a 500 built in 2003) and it's a first hand model that I've bought brand new (it was almost twice the price of a Variax 600 nowadays). I often play it on stage for seven years.

Since the beginning, I struggle (in vain) with the "plink" issue, which is especially noticeable on my Variax. I've in fact renounced to use the electric models, playing only the semi-hollow, acoustic and reso clones. What a pity to be forced to have several of my guitars on stage, therefore!

Now, I see that Line6 has found a way to cure the "plink" problem, as it's explained is this QUOTE ABOUT THE TYLER VARIAX:

First-gen Variax® players helped us identify some of the features  they wanted to see in the bridges of James Tyler Variax guitars. The big  ones we looked into were eliminating clang-tone and maximizing  reliability.

What is clang-tone? Clang-tone, or wolf tone, is a sound inherent in a  vibrating string. A string vibrates in three modes: Torsional,  Longitudinal, and Transverse. Torsional vibration does not produce a  sound wave – it is the string just twisting like a drive shaft in a car.  Longitudinal vibration is what the magnetic pickups on a guitar are  “hearing” and reproducing. Transverse vibration is a wave going up and  down the string as it is stretches and relaxes longitudinally. Magnetic  pickups do not reproduce Transverse vibration, but it is the type of  vibration that a piezo pickup “hears,” and it produces the clang. Some  describe its sound as a “ping” or “plink.” It is there even on acoustic  guitars.

Numerous times Lloyd and his crew met with a Line 6 team that  included Line 6 co-founder and chief technology officer, Michel Doidic.  We showed Lloyd and his people what we were up against and they took the  bull by the horns to help us tackle it. They did a great job. Between  Lloyd and Michel’s work on the clang-tone issue, and some slick DSP  algorithms by our engineering and sound design guys, clang-tone has been  essentially eliminated. (Big kudos to Lloyd and Michel for spearheading  this.)

Could you, dear Line6 team write a "flash memory" 3.11 able to diminish this trouble for us, first gen Variax users?

Thx in advance,

FF, European customer

Footnote: an adding able to emulate the CABLE CAPACITANCE FACTOR would also be welcome - unless it enhances the "plink" issue, of course.