Hi to all here !

I got me a second hand variax 300 and while it was working ok for some days then the volume seemed to shut off suddenly sometimes .. once a half an hour or less maybe , now I think is even worse and the second string A gets this nusty digital dostortion sound along with its sound. Only this specific string. I tried eveything I guess ... I opnened the bridge to clean as much as I could. I don'rt know if it is a cold joint on pcb but I did not lay my hands on it.

Maybe if I had a schematics in case something goes wrong that might help.

Regarding the shut off though is a different thing. When I unplug and immediately plug in again the cord, then everything is back to normal ! Just a quick out and in solves it for some good minutes of playing ( from guitar's side).

The string problem was not occuring always and I had some ggod hours and in the beginning days of trouble free playing (except for the shut off ) but now the string problem seems permanent. When I raise the string beyong normal A tuning then it somehow solves the distortion thing so I guess it has to do with tension thing too.

Any help would be greatly appreciated !!

With special regards,

Dimitrios

Thessaloniki

Greece