James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD

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1. Cloning a Variax JTV

   By jon_bondy, August 22, 2024   

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   • jtv89
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   • psarkissian
   • March 10, 2025

2. Did You Manage To Install 2.0 On Your Jtv Without Any Issue Of Any Kind ?

   By Inerzia, April 8, 2014   

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   • workbench hd
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   • edstar1960
   • April 21, 2014

3. Jtv-59 vs Jtv 89f

   By capdoogie, July 24, 2015
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   • capdoogie
   • July 25, 2015

4. The JTV Spank models do not suck

   By JTSC777, December 7, 2016
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   • ricstudioc
   • March 4, 2017

5. Patch Change Pop Popping Noise Threads

   By ColonelForbin, January 21, 2014
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   • edstar1960
   • May 2, 2014

6. Variax Battery Charging

   By tmunge01, October 6, 2017   

   • variax jtv battery charging
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   • tmunge01
   • October 15, 2017

7. Tremolo set screw JTV-69

   By frstrat, August 19, 2015
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   • gtrman100
   • June 24, 2021

8. Virtual Capo Problems

   By cw0401, May 25, 2013
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   • cw0401
   • May 26, 2013

9. Anyone Tried Switching From 10's To 11's When Upgrading From 1.9 To 2.0?

   By lectricfrets, November 22, 2013   

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   • paulsky
   • December 16, 2013

10. JTV-59P G-String Not Staying in Tune.

    By kawititnow, September 4, 2014
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    • clay-man
    • September 6, 2014

11. Brand New JTV-89F; When using modelling everything sounds like synths and out of tune

    By Ireland175, December 3, 2016
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    • snhirsch
    • December 20, 2016

12. Another Drink Of The Kool-aid On It's Way....

    By smrybacki, October 4, 2013   

    • variax pod hd500
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    • ur2funky
    • October 4, 2013

13. New Vdi Cable Arrived Impressed

    By sinistralx, January 14, 2014   

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    • variax cable
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    • jakeman19
    • January 17, 2014

14. Do the types of strings matter?

    By jhschmitt, August 23, 2014   

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    • jhschmitt
    • August 24, 2014

15. Burning electronics smell coming from my Variax

    By HonestOpinion, May 3, 2016   

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    • clay-man
    • May 7, 2016

16. New high gain models for JTV-69 & JTV-69s

    By jeffy006, May 17, 2015
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    • clay-man
    • May 26, 2015

17. Variax switches guitar models while playing without touching any knobs.

    By brain4000, August 7, 2017
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    • psarkissian
    • October 2, 2017

18. JTV 69 goes out of tune with 9 gauge strings

    By grandinq, June 7, 2014
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    • jandrio
    • June 11, 2014

19. Which Gotoh Locking Tuners fit JTV59/Direct Replacement

    By jasonk931, January 6, 2015
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    • ozbadman
    • February 19, 2015

20. losing my patience - update jtv

    By diggerbarnz, November 14, 2016
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    • psarkissian
    • November 16, 2016

21. Jtv69 Pickup Heights

    By dbaudrate, November 28, 2013
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    • stevekc
    • November 28, 2013

22. internal spring for JTV-69 trem arm?

    By rarnett47, April 18, 2018
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    • psarkissian
    • April 18, 2018

23. Anyone using 09s or 08s on their JTV?

    By XCrossroadsX2000, February 14, 2015   

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    • psarkissian
    • February 17, 2015

24. Is flashing 100% safe or is it possible to make the Variax a "brick" (power outage e.g.)?

    By peewee678, February 19, 2015
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    • platia
    • July 21, 2015

25. Fishman Triple Play on Variax

    By enricocervi, March 1, 2017
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    • Leftzilla
    • November 28, 2018

26. Buy a new Variax guitar and/or get Gr-55 guitar synth

    By PeterPan8, October 30, 2016   

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    • PeterPan8
    • October 30, 2016

27. What String Gauge Shipped On Jtv69s

    By doublescale1, October 1, 2013
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    • phil_m
    • October 1, 2013

28. Probably the best Variax-Workbench idea I have heard

    By Smashcraaft, July 5, 2017   

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    • brue58ski
    • July 5, 2017

29. Intonation

    By arislaf, March 20, 2014   

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    • arislaf
    • March 20, 2014

30. Why is this part so hard to come by in Europe?

    By miurajef, June 16, 2017   

    • jtv-89 input jack assembly
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    • miurajef
    • August 11, 2017

31. JT Variax set-up

    By ansilatoms, February 19, 2016   

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    • cruisinon2
    • February 19, 2016

32. New Ernie Ball Paradigm Strings,10-46 or 10-52?

    By podman01, April 27, 2017
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    • trinitypc
    • May 11, 2017

33. Switching to Variax from dual mag/piezo setup

    By srl01, December 7, 2019
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    • srl01
    • December 15, 2019

34. JTV Firmware Update

    By the29band, June 16, 2017
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    • manix1979
    • July 24, 2017

35. 2.0 Semi Hollow Tones?

    By fr0sty, August 28, 2013
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    • toasterdude
    • September 7, 2013

36. JTV battery

    By enricocervi, June 6, 2016
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    • jparis51
    • June 23, 2017

37. Problem With Jtv/hd500 Controlling Parameters Via Volume/tone Knobs

    By chuskey, December 1, 2013   

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    • chuskey
    • December 2, 2013

38. JTV Updates

    By AshleySmith08, March 26, 2016
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    • Beagle1
    • March 31, 2016

39. jtv59 firmware update

    By jculling, February 21, 2023
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    • codamedia
    • February 27, 2023

40. Dumb Tuning Question JTV69S

    By vsukpadman, February 20, 2018
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    • vsukpadman
    • February 21, 2018

41. Jtv 69 Alt Tunings On Jtv 89f

    By ezaz, October 5, 2013   

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    • ezaz
    • October 6, 2013

42. Replacement Bodies

    By jcosta_sr, July 22, 2014
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    • jcosta_sr
    • July 28, 2014

43. 21 Used Jtv 89's At Musicians Friend

    By hzpyzs, December 2, 2013
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    • chalky65
    • December 6, 2013

44. Have You Noticed Changes On Pickup Selector Switch And Model Selector?

    By guilhordas, May 1, 2014   

    • pickup selector switch
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    • anonyrat
    • May 3, 2014

45. JTV 69 Mods

    By streamlinepro, January 9, 2018
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    • brue58ski
    • January 12, 2018

46. Need some help getting decent acoustic sounds from JTV-59

    By BoogerBruce, December 10, 2022
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    • silverhead
    • September 7, 2023

47. Cost of Repair?

    By banjogil, November 12, 2017
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    • banjogil
    • November 13, 2017

48. Jazzmaster patch for Variax JTV-69

    By Verbouge, July 25, 2021
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    • brue58ski
    • July 27, 2021

49. Switched to JTV - Beginner questions for Mag-configuration

    By Smashcraaft, December 7, 2016   

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    • 9 replies
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    • Smashcraaft
    • December 13, 2016

50. Questions about JTV-89F pickups/volume pot/etc

    By magnoliafan, September 13, 2018
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    • psarkissian
    • September 14, 2018