Mar 8, 2011 9:27 PM
Can't locate Advanced Guide for JTV Variax
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May 11, 2012 8:45 AM by
LarryLion 
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Yeah, I don't think we need a guide that is too much more advanced. Line 6 just needs to add some more pages to this current guide with a few more details, including some more information about using Variax Workbench, how tunings are stored, and information about presets which can change those in the guitar from other devices like the Pod HD500, etc. There is certainly more information that can be imparted and so this guide should be expanded. With a majority of people still waiting to receive their guitar, now would would be a good time for Line 6 to devote some resources to making this guide even more useful.
It would be also interesting to have some more information in the guide about the history of the Variax, and the creation of the emulations too, drawing our attention to certain details that we could notice if we listened (like Rich was pointing out in a video in regards to the authentic sustain/cutoff of notes in certain emulations). Basically, it would be nice to have a manual that feeds that fancy of all of us Variax enthusiasts who want to gooble up every bit of information we can about our new toy.
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You know what is interesting...
I had only ever looked at the JTV User Manual, but just tonight I wanted a link to the Variax manuals to send to a friend who I have urged to try out another friend's Variax. I saw all the different Variax manuals and decided to download the Variax 600 user manual, because I just bought one.
Even in the older Variax manuals there is more information... right down to the blurbs about the guitar history, including bigger images of the guitars. I suppose the new layout in the JTV manual makes it easier to quickly refer to which guitar is being modeled in each pickup position, but I kind of like having the bigger guitar images and additional information (which has been edited out for the JTV manual).
Since the manual is in PDF format anyway, it would be really nice if they would put colour photos of the guitar which are modeled, which I know they have since I have seen those images in other Line 6 brochures. It would be great to have even MORE historical information about each guitar and a colour image of the guitar with any other interesting tidbits like who the guitar actually belonged to that they used to for the emulations, and the string guages/types which were on those guitars, etc.
The old Variax manuals also have a care and maintenance section, which seems useful, and an introductory section which introduces the technology.
Honestly, I will say again, in an age were the documentation is electronic, they shouldn't be editing out information but should rather be building the ULTIMATE VARIAX MANUAL with colour images, assorted reference charts (including some suggestions of additional alternate tunings not actually included on the guitar), information about working with other Line 6 devices, Workbench tips and tricks, and anything else that might be of interest to a Variax guitar owner. I also think it would be cool to have a list of famous songs that use each of the guitar models, and a section about using particular amp emulations and EQ to get certain tones out of particular guitar emulations.
Fortunately, in this electronic age, the still have the opportunity to create this ULTIMATE VARIAX MANUAL and make it available for all users at anytime. I hope they will do so.
Come on Line 6! Let's make this manual juicy!!
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