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@psarkissian Do you know anything about the issue I am having switching to an acoustic patch on the Helix? Wondering if it is more of a compatibility issue with the Variax 600? Sometimes the modeling is not activated. If I select the patch a few times it activates the modeling. Just wondering if when I buy a newer Line 6 guitar if it will eliminate that issue? I will change out the strings and look everything over well today to include cleaning the piezos and looked at pin alignment on the VDI connection.

I would love to hear how you did it or see a picture of a fix.

I will look at this and see, but if I switch models on the guitar it is fine... only switching to a patch on the Helix is when the modeling sometimes doesn't work. As far as the peizo pickups are concerned.. What about putting a little dielectric grease on each one? Do you think that would keep moisture from humid conditions from shorting out the pickups? Would it have a diverse affect on the pickups? I wish Line 6 or someone that has experienced this problem would reply. And again... does the problem with moisture/condensation exist with the shuriken models or variax standard? current production models.

Thank you! I had not heard about cleaning them, but I have tried rotating in the past before I ultimately had to replace them all. As far as the modeling is concerned I am talking about a preset patch that I have programmed to switch to an acoustic guitar via the patch. So I am not flipping any switches, etc for that patch. Sometimes I will use some alternate tunings and that always works fine within that patch. It's just switching to the patch that the guitar's modeling isn't activated via the patch. Once I hit the bank button and select that patch again 2-3 times it corrects itself and activates the modeling. There are several forum posts about condensation of the piezos being an issue. I know a few people were saying they had that issue with JTV 89s? I am wondering if the Variax Standard or the Shuriken are having the same issues of if they designed them differently?

So the last 2 outside gigs I played with my Helix and Line 6 Variax 600 I had two different strings either stop working completely due to humidity/condensation. At times they would sound be at about 1/4 % volume compared to the other strings and sound broken up. I used a hair dryer on stage tonight to try to fix the issue and had to ultimately just skip the strings that were not working.. Lead fills.. and work around it. My questions are as follows; Is this fixable on the Line 6 Variax 600? (I have already replaced all of the piezo pickups a few years ago) Do the brand new Line 6 guitars on the market eliminate this issue?? I love the modeling and use it a lot. One other question that came to mind was the issues with switching from one patch to another patch with an acoustic sound. The variax 600 sometimes does not model like it's supposed to unless I switch patch 2-3 times or so. Then you hear the true acoustic modeling start working. Is this an issue with the newer Variax guitars? I really want that issue fixed. I have reached out to Line 6 on facebook a couple of times, but no response to this question.