usernametaken wrote:

 

When you're putting together clips of the JTV for the web site, I have some requests:

 

-Please provide plenty of examples of just the guitar models without accompaniment. You can provide tracks with other instruments, but I'm concerned with how the models themselves sound, not how they sound in songs I don't care about. If you want to show how they fit in the mix that's fine, but each model should have its own clip where the tone is not covered up by other instruments.

 

-Please don't slather the model demos in effects and distortion. Again, I want to hear the models, not the amp or effects. An acoustic guitar awash in reverb and delay only reduces the ability to discern how the model itself sounds, and makes it appear like someone wants to cover up the original sound with effects. And if you're going to do clip with a pod set to 'insane distortion mud patch #3', please have either a good part of the clip clean or provide another clip of it just clean.

 

When I make my decision on buying, I'm going to be purchasing it over the internet. That means either I'm going to need to decide based on the clips you provide or some bad youtube video made by a guy with a cheap camera pointing at his guitar instead of his amp. Please provide enough good examples so I don't have to rely on that guy.

Whatever Line 6/Rich Renken videos you might get - I can promise you that I will be doing a series of my own once I get the model 59 I'm waiting for. I plan to do side by side comparisons with my current model 700 electric using the same patches and just A/B them so everyone can hear the improvements (including myself) that the new DSP has given the L6 programmers the power to resample all of the original 25 guitars.

I will also be doing other demo type videos showing what I've done using the Workbench software to modify or even create new guitars that physically do not exist as I've done already with Workbench and my 700's.

If you want an idea of how my demo videos sound, please check out the following link on YouTube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLc1FToEkwk

This is me explaining in detail both the parts of the song as well as how the Variax Electric model 700 works performing the beginning section of this song by HEART called "Love Alive" off the 1977 "Little Queen" studio album.  I'm specifically demoing the unaltered Variax modelled 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars directly into my recording console.

The video also explains itself.  Over the past year, I've read many things about what people think about the Variax acoustic modeled sounds.  I happen to think that those models I've chosen to use sound amazingly accurate to the body styles they are emulating.  The audio is crystal clear taken direct off my camera sitting in front of one of my studio monitors.  This was my first attempt at doing an instructional/demo video of this kind.  I've gotten better at my presentations since then, but I know I can continue to improve to make my presentations more smooth like I do in master classes I run.  Something about sitting infront of a video camera makes me freeze up a bit.

You asked for sounds without distortion and this one could not be more accurate to how the guitar itself sounds without any help from amps, microphones, etc.  It's simply direct into my console with the EQ disengaged and all the sounds you hear are only the sound being produced by the Variax 700.  I had only done a smal bit of tweaking within the Workbench program to get the sounds you will hear in the video.

Please (anyone) let me know if you've found this type of video helpful in it's overall presentation and any critiques that are not nasty are very welcomed to help me continue to improve my presentation techniques.

Thanks,

Neal

usernametaken wrote:

 

When you're putting together clips of the JTV for the web site, I have some requests:

 

-Please provide plenty of examples of just the guitar models without accompaniment. You can provide tracks with other instruments, but I'm concerned with how the models themselves sound, not how they sound in songs I don't care about. If you want to show how they fit in the mix that's fine, but each model should have its own clip where the tone is not covered up by other instruments.

 

-Please don't slather the model demos in effects and distortion. Again, I want to hear the models, not the amp or effects. An acoustic guitar awash in reverb and delay only reduces the ability to discern how the model itself sounds, and makes it appear like someone wants to cover up the original sound with effects. And if you're going to do clip with a pod set to 'insane distortion mud patch #3', please have either a good part of the clip clean or provide another clip of it just clean.

 

When I make my decision on buying, I'm going to be purchasing it over the internet. That means either I'm going to need to decide based on the clips you provide or some bad youtube video made by a guy with a cheap camera pointing at his guitar instead of his amp. Please provide enough good examples so I don't have to rely on that guy.

Can't wait for you to hear the sound samples. Your post gave me the idea to run through every model including the real pickups all the way through just runing into a Deluxe miked up to get the most natural sound of a deluxe. Set the amp to a tone that works across the board and didn't touch it. So you can literally hear each model. Then we did some fun clips with effects into the Deluxe, a Plexi and an AC-30 and compared the same model coming from the 69 and 59 to show how each sounds.

http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/guitars/electric/6-string-solid-body/james-tyler-variax-jtv-69us-274926/review

Is this one a duplicate of what was posted?  I couldn't find it.

Thanks.

Actually, this video is one of the best I've heard.  It has a lot of examples.  I thought the modeled tele didn't sound as tele-ish as the "real" one he used but I like the modeled les pauls better.  The baritone example was fun as well and I can clearly hear the updated ricky 12 string sounds as well as the acoustic sounds phenominal.

In fact, listening to the acoustic models while typing this it clearly sounds as if an acoustic guitar were being played straight into a mic.

Overall, I think the models sounds gorgeous.  Variax in baritone?  Awesome.  Liked it much better than standard tuning.  Really am getting too excited about this guitar.  Hopefully, the korean models sound as good as US models.

I posted a fun clip of a buddy of mine using a 69 to track. He solos up some 6120 tracks and talks about the gggrrrrrr factor. It can be seen at www.tylervariax.com. Also, we will posting some more fun clips and then our sound samples there very soon. Keep an ear out.