Variax Guitars / Bass / Workbench

703 topics in this forum

1. Dreaded Blown Diode on Variax 700 (2003)

   By MrDRC, August 30, 2021
   • 10 replies
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   • MrDRC
   • September 21, 2021

2. E string keeps breaking on my 600 now

   By clay-man, February 18, 2015
   • 3 replies
   • 1k views
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   • clay-man
   • February 19, 2015

3. Early warning symptoms of bad piezo?

   By soundog, November 8, 2016
   • 18 replies
   • 4.2k views
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   • soundog
   • November 24, 2016

4. Enabling a tremelo (sic) or whammy effect on non trem Variax

   By eenymason, February 14, 2015   

   • jtv59 variax 300 500 tremelo
   • pod hd
   • 0 replies
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   • eenymason
   • February 14, 2015

5. Excited about my new Variax Bass! Picture!

   By ChristianArnold, June 9, 2014
   • 5 replies
   • 1.4k views
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   • TheRealZap
   • June 11, 2014

6. External Battery for the Variax 300/500/700

   By dgnyberg, November 21, 2020
   • 5 replies
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   • psarkissian
   • June 7, 2023

7. Factory Bundle

   By arislaf, November 7, 2013
   • 6 replies
   • 3.4k views
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   • Wrangler-
   • February 14, 2021

8. Factory repair of used Variax instrument...?

   By Lamont32, October 12, 2014   

   • used guitars
   • repair of
   • 4 replies
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   • cruisinon2
   • October 13, 2014

9. Failed Variax Repair

   By boloulu, April 27, 2014
   • 15 replies
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   • amx05462
   • May 2, 2014

10. Fbv Express Mkii For Variax / Workbench?

    By cybervertigo, May 22, 2013
    • 4 replies
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    • cybervertigo
    • June 15, 2013

11. Fender Widerange Humbucker tone

    By eenymason, October 18, 2017   

    • widerange
    • wie range humbucker tone
    • 4 replies
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    • eenymason
    • December 10, 2017

12. Firehawk as workbench interface?

    By jmast6662, June 15, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • psarkissian
    • June 15, 2020

13. Firmware 1.9 or 2.0

    By beatleman, February 19, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • psarkissian
    • February 22, 2019

14. First gen acoustic/electric tone blend?

    By magillver, March 11, 2023
    • 4 replies
    • 438 views
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    • psarkissian
    • March 13, 2023

15. Footswitch XPS AB - Noise thru XLR

    By frankap, May 9, 2015   

    • variax
    • xps ab
    • (and 8 more)

      Tagged with:

      • variax
      • xps ab
      • footswitch
      • noise
      • ab switch
      • xlr
      • variax 500
      • variax 600
      • variax 700
      • variax 300
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • frankap
    • May 9, 2015

16. For A While, My G String Warbles In Alt Tunings?

    By clay-man, January 12, 2014
    • 2 replies
    • 984 views
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    • clay-man
    • January 13, 2014

17. For sale USB Interface variax 600 piezos

    By isdirg1, September 21, 2021
    • 14 replies
    • 2k views
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    • soundog
    • November 30, 2022

18. Found Bad Patch On Variax 700

    By zerod, September 8, 2013   

    • variax
    • variax700
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • variax
      • variax700
      • piezo
      • faulty
      • patch
    • 3 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • Line6Hugo
    • September 9, 2013

19. Fret/wound String Noise Solution?

    By clay-man, June 10, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • clay-man
    • June 10, 2013

20. Fs: Variax 700 Acoustic

    By chuskey, May 9, 2013   

    • variax
    • acoustic
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • variax
      • acoustic
      • 700
      • for sale
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • TheRealZap
    • September 25, 2013

21. Future Variax basses?

    By taowin, May 7, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 959 views
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    • Ed_Saxman
    • May 13, 2017

22. G10

    By Zafira04, October 3, 2016
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Zafira04
    • October 14, 2016

23. Getting WorkBench to work!

    By Jam_Sandwich, June 27, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 745 views
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    • Jam_Sandwich
    • June 27, 2017

24. Ghost Installation Step-By-Step Variax 500

    By leesteel, March 30, 2015   

    • variax 500 ghost modification
    • 26 replies
    • 15.2k views
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    • parfausto
    • December 25, 2021

25. Ghost piezo retrofit into Variax 700 Acoustic?

    By StanPenn1, July 27, 2022
    • 2 replies
    • 545 views
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    • StanPenn1
    • July 27, 2022

26. Ghost saddles for 705?

    By arislaf, December 6, 2016   

    • bass
    • ghost
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • bass
      • ghost
      • bass ghost
      • variax bass ghost
    • 10 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • arislaf
    • May 13, 2017

27. Gk3 Graphtech Ghost Lr Baggs Teliax / Rackvax Shootout.

    By RogerGLewis, November 12, 2013   

    • teliax 300 transplant
    • rackvax 600 transplant
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
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    • RogerGLewis
    • November 12, 2013

28. Good News & Bad News (follow Up To "dead Piezo Users" And Quick Review Of X-inserts)

    By clay-man, May 9, 2013
    • 15 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • clay-man
    • June 14, 2013

29. Graphtech Black Tusq For 700

    By arislaf, December 15, 2013   

    • nut
    • black tusc
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • nut
      • black tusc
      • graphtech
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • arislaf
    • December 17, 2013

30. Graphtech Ghost piezo bleed in alternate tuning remedy (almost)

    By eenymason, September 2, 2015   

    • graphtech ghost piezo bleed
    • alternate tuning
    • 15 replies
    • 4.3k views
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    • psarkissian
    • February 19, 2019

31. Graphtech pickups

    By johnpicton, August 12, 2014
    • 5 replies
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    • johnpicton
    • August 16, 2014

32. Gretsch Jet Variax

    By tim1953, January 28, 2014
    • 8 replies
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    • eenymason
    • January 29, 2014

33. Hard case for Variax Acoustic 700?

    By circu5, April 20, 2021
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    • circu5
    • April 20, 2021

34. HD500X + Variax Acoustic + Workbench = Fail

    By lloydperry, August 27, 2015   

    • hd500x
    • workbench
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • hd500x
      • workbench
      • variax
      • acoustic
    • 3 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • phil_m
    • August 27, 2015

35. Helix & Variax Acoustic 700 & MIDI information

    By d1stewart, February 15, 2023
    • 1 reply
    • 488 views
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    • d1stewart
    • April 7, 2023

36. Helix 2.30 firmware not doing model changes properly

    By Teerexness, December 7, 2017   

    • older variax helix
    • 1 reply
    • 792 views
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    • silverhead
    • December 7, 2017

37. Helix and Variax BASS

    By Avynet, March 20, 2020
    • 0 replies
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    • Avynet
    • March 20, 2020

38. Hello all - and a question

    By BananaYogi, February 12, 2019
    • 9 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • soundog
    • February 18, 2019

39. Help debugging Variax 600

    By mkoslowski, June 28, 2014   

    • 600
    • variax 600
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • 600
      • variax 600
      • flash memory
      • workbench
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
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    • mkoslowski
    • June 28, 2014

40. Help with a seemingly bricked Variax 500

    By barsiem, June 17, 2023
    • 6 replies
    • 460 views
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    • psarkissian
    • October 9, 2023

41. Help With Wireless Variax Please?

    By orangekeeper2, May 22, 2013   

    • wireless
    • variax
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wireless
      • variax
      • pod
      • xbee
    • 2 replies
    • 7.1k views
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    • orangekeeper2
    • May 3, 2014

42. Help!

    By neilwork, June 13, 2013
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
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    • clay-man
    • June 15, 2013

43. Help! Variax bass flashing red LED.

    By bhammon, December 1, 2017   

    • variax 705
    • 3 replies
    • 895 views
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    • psarkissian
    • December 4, 2017

44. Hipshot tuners?

    By sornord, November 13, 2023
    • 1 reply
    • 317 views
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    • psarkissian
    • November 13, 2023

45. Hopes For Variax Bass

    By arislaf, May 29, 2015
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • TheRealZap
    • May 30, 2015

46. How Do The Piezos Ground?

    By clay-man, January 7, 2014
    • 13 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • clay-man
    • June 21, 2014

47. How does the Variax 300 work with either POD 500 or 500X?

    By Newf, February 21, 2023   

    • variax 300
    • pod 500
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • variax 300
      • pod 500
      • pod 500x
    • 4 replies
    • 499 views
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    • Newf
    • February 21, 2023

48. How Far Do The Variax 500/700 Guitars Go With Workbench?

    By dtray187, December 23, 2013
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
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    • silverhead
    • December 23, 2013

49. How I Installed Active EMG Pickups in a Variax JTV-89F

    By dartveiga, April 4, 2016   

    • active
    • pickup
    • (and 6 more)

      Tagged with:

      • active
      • pickup
      • humbucker
      • pu
      • variax
      • jtv
      • 89f
      • install
    • 0 replies
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    • dartveiga
    • April 4, 2016

50. How Much Of An Improvement Would Graphtech Ghost Saddles Actually Make?

    By GilmourD, May 16, 2013
    • 5 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • clay-man
    • May 17, 2013