Many guitarists, especially acoustic guitarists, play in tunings other than the familiar EADGBE. Rather than deal with the hassles of retuning during a performance or transporting multiple guitars, wouldn’t it be great to have a guitar that could retune itself automatically? We thought so, too, so we included this function on the Variax Acoustic.
Of course, this magic is performed on the output signal only. The physical strings are unchanged…and you’re still responsible for being in tune. For the most pleasant experience, you’ll want to have your amplified signal loud enough to drown out the sound of the physical strings. You should keep in mind that the retuning is relative to the actual strings. If you tune the actual strings of the Variax Acoustic to something besides EADGBE, and apply one of the tuning presets, you're going to get some unexpected, though not necessarily unmusical, results.
We made it easy to get to some of the most commonly used alternate tunings. First, enter the Alternate Tuning Set-Up mode with a quick double press on the model select knob. The LED will flash red-green-red-green to let you know you are in this mode. With the bottom (COMPRESSOR) slider all the way down, choose the tuning you want with the top (MIC) slider.
