Skip navigation
Up to Discussions in Variax Guitars User's Group
1495 Views 4 Replies Latest reply: Aug 31, 2010 5:44 PM by rusty2disney RSS
rusty2disney Just Startin'
rusty2disney
2 posts since
Dec 5, 2008
Currently Being Moderated

Aug 24, 2010 6:45 PM

Please help with confused Variax and PodXTLive

I have programmed my pod to call up a specific guitar model for each patch. This past Saturday, I was getting a horrible "flickering" sound. I discovered that the Variax was rapidly (like 240 bpm) alternating between the guitar model I programmed into the patch and the one that my selector knob was on. Has anyone experienced this and can you please help? My guitar is a Variax 300 and I'm connecting with the Line6 VDI cable.

Tags: 300, problems, podxt, line_6_variax
  • klgraves Just Startin'
    klgraves
    44 posts since
    Dec 27, 2008
    Currently Being Moderated
    Aug 24, 2010 9:05 PM (in response to rusty2disney)
    Re: Please help with confused Variax and PodXTLive

    Rusty,

     

      I experienced something that sounds like this.  After a bunch of experiments, the problem I had was a dirty model selector.  I cleaned it with some contact cleaner a few times and haven't had the problem since (it took 2 or 3 cleanings, as the problem came back in between one of them).

     

       One experiment is to rotate the model selector and pickup selector controls when this happens and make sure the are cleanly 'set' and see if the problem disappears....

    • davidjdriver Just Startin'
      davidjdriver
      34 posts since
      Jan 4, 2009
      Currently Being Moderated
      Aug 26, 2010 5:30 AM (in response to klgraves)
      Re: Please help with confused Variax and PodXTLive

      I have the same problem. What did you use to clean the controls? Did you have to take the pick guard off of can it be done from above? thanks!

      • klgraves Just Startin'
        klgraves
        44 posts since
        Dec 27, 2008
        Currently Being Moderated
        Aug 26, 2010 7:49 AM (in response to davidjdriver)
        Re: Please help with confused Variax and PodXTLive

        To put all the cards on the table, I'm very new to guitars (1 1/2 years) so, I am far from an expert.  But, fwiw, I used deoxit and just shot it in both from the top, and from the inside (ie, took the back panel off, and tried my best to aim it up inside the pot). Then rotated the pot a bunch of times, then let it dry, and then repeated. I tried to be very careful not to get the dexoit on the circuit boards (although I'm not sure that would be the end of the world).

         

        There are some knowledgable guys here.... axm and others gave me some good advice.  I think the stock answer from Line6 would be to take it to a service center, but I felt this was something that fell in the category or routine maintenance (like changing strings)....

        • rusty2disney Just Startin'
          rusty2disney
          2 posts since
          Dec 5, 2008
          Currently Being Moderated
          Aug 31, 2010 5:44 PM (in response to klgraves)
          Re: Please help with confused Variax and PodXTLive

          Thank you KLGraves. After reading your post, I merely rotated the knob CW & CCW about 20 times and it seemed to have done the trick. Since I programmed all of my POD patches to reference specific Variax models, I probably hadn't rotated that knob in about a month. The contacts probably corroded enough to cause problems. Thanks again!

More Like This

  • Retrieving data ...

Bookmarked By (0)