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The JTV's for $879 are "Scratch & Dent" but for $899 you can get a new one. I just picked one up. Been wanting one of those for a long time. Thanks for the Heads Up!!

Yep. Saw the new ones for $899. Thought I'd put the lower price to draw folks in lol. $20 isn't big enough difference to buy used though, I agree.

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Will I get everything I need with this to connect to computer and use the Workbench software??

 

 

Yes. The JTVs come with the Workbench interface and a short VDI cable to go from the Variax to the interface.

 

One thing, though, if you already have the HD500 or 500X (or another POD with a VDI interface) you'll want to pick up the longer VDI cable with neutrik connectors on both ends if you want to use the the JTV with the POD a lot. The short cable may be alright at home if you're not moving, but even then it's not a good long term solution.

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Yes. The JTVs come with the Workbench interface and a short VDI cable to go from the Variax to the interface.

 

One thing, though, if you already have the HD500 or 500X (or another POD with a VDI interface) you'll want to pick up the longer VDI cable with neutrik connectors on both ends if you want to use the the JTV with the POD a lot. The short cable may be alright at home if you're not moving, but even then it's not a good long term solution.

Thanks, yes I have 2 of the long VDI cables because I already have a 700 Trem and a 600 as well. Where can I get spare batteries??

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Well just got my JTV-69 and can't connect Workbench. I have installed Minkey, Installed all of the drivers and software as per Monket intructions but it says my firmware is 1.03. I thought it was at 2.0?? When I run the Workbench HD it is not recognising the guitar. But Monkey says it is connected. I am using the uncluded USB interface. Need help fast guys . . . . . I've downloaded the 2.0 firmware file but can't figure out how to load it.  Running Windows 7

 

Here is a screenshot:

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Well my guitar is connected using the supplied Cat5 cable but the interface is showing 1 green light snd 1 red light. What could be wrong?? Maybe I don't have the Variax drivers installed. I thought Monkey would do that. Should I download the drivers and install them manually??

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Monkey do that. First of all, your battery of the guitar must be charged. Second, the volume knob, more than 0 (put on max to be sure) and finally, connect a normal guitar cable to the guitar ( the 1/4 guitar cable ) while you do the update of the firmware. Same way is to use the workbench HD. 

 

Please, let me know if it worked.

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Bingo!!! Thanks so much. Didn't know I had to have a guitar cable plugged in. That did it. Looks like I was already at 2.0 Firmware and Workbench HD is now connected. Everything working Properly. Thank you so much for your quick response. :)  Leaving tomorrow morning for a short tour and so wanted to bring this thing out with me.

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Welcome to the JTV Glenn! :)

Thank you. I have the old version 700 Trem and a 600 but I gotta say, this James Tyler Variax is way way better. Even if you just use it for the regular guitar portion, it's a fine playing instrument and the pickups sound really good too. I got it from Sweetwater but after close inspection, I realized it needed a setup when I got it. The trem was not at the right angle and it needed to be intonated but after I did that it's perfect now and all is good. I am going to have to do some fret work though, mainly to make it "feel" better on the edge of the fingerboard but that is not a major issue. It's just a personal preference. I like my instruments to have that "broken in" feel. I'll be using this Thursday night with the Corpus Christi Symphony. I'll be in concert with them and I'll be using the 12 string and 6 string models for this show. I am running the JTV-69 into the POD HD. Not using any amps in the HD just using it as an interface between the guitar and the PA. I am using the Studio EQ to warm things up a bit and just a slight bit of room reverb. That's it . . . then straight into the PA. Thanks for the help guys. :)

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Update!!  Used the Variax for a concert with the Corpus Christi Symphony last night and it worked and Sounded great. Everyone was Blown away. That's with No tweaking, just right out of the box, loaded up my models into the custom slots and away we go. Awesome Stuff!!

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Absolutely Yes. and even photos from the tour with me using the JTV-69. There are some descent videos of the JTV-69 out there but IMHO there are only 3 or 4 really good ones and 2 of them are by Line6 (which are really slick) but the other ones, while they are good, I think the audio is lacking. I will be doing a complete review of the instrument and even maybe a comparison between the JTV-69 and the old 700 Trem. I'll even get into the software editor which nobody has really tackled yet so that will be fun. I really appreciate the quick help I got here. I mean it was litterally, get the guitar, hook it to my computer, load my custom models and do the gig. I guess I put alot of faith into that guitar that it wouldn't let me down andf it didn't. It really came through. Now just wait till I get in there and start tweaking it LOL.

 

 

Here ya go, didn't take this long to surface LOL

 

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Wish I had jumped on that Sweetwater deal. :( I saw one pop up on Amazon for 199 but now it is gone too. I dumped my HD500x a while back because I couldn't find a good simulated solution for convincing Marshall tones but now I want a POD for all of the other tones that I miss out on. :(

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