psarkissian

Carefully pull off the Model knob, then press on the shaft to engage the Models.

:) Be careful. Too many things, little things, that can go wrong and lead to bigger problems.

Anytime. that's what I'm here for.

It's a Limited Edition Variax Standard. Nice color, feels good, nice guitar. http://shop.line6.com/variax-standard-limited-edition-amethyst.html Already played one,... nice.

Yes, that solder point supposed to be like that. Don't mess with it.

How odd. Early revision board programmed as an 89F,.... v1.70 Alt Tune works v1.71 Alt Tune works Newer revision board programmed as an 89F,.... v1.70 Alt Tune does not work Newer revision board programmed as something else, like a JTV-69,... v1.70 Alt Tune works Since the 89F came out during a later Firmware revision, and its earliest Firmware version would be a later one. That might explain why v1.71 worked, it's a later version program. If this were a newer board and a v2.00+, in another JTV, it would be considered a bug. But an early version Firmware in a later version guitar,... not the case. With a Variax Standard being the way it is, Firmware won't roll back beyond 2.00 program. Apparently, the 89F was not meant to be rolled back that far. Thanks.

Hmmm,... I'll have to try that out on a main board tomorrow. That's odd.

Yes. You will have to pull a lot of stuff out to fish the cable thru. I know what's involved, I work on these all day long. Not something to be done by an end user. Have an authorized tech do it.

"Reaching out to psarkissian. Any reason you can think of as to why JTV FW 1.70 and 2.21 allow alt tuning to work while 1.71 does not? Thanks!"--- How odd, v1.71 has never been a problem that way. I've never had that problem with it.

I'll have them reach out to you thru your account. They're across the hall from me. We'll get it sorted out.

No cheap alternatives. Log a support ticket in your account.

http://www.ebay.com/...a-/261197047245 The "Wh" is different. That may affect the charge/discharge rate during usage. That may result in problems down the road. Stick to the specified factory part, it's the best bet.

Downloads page, "Variax Workbench", and not the HD version. http://line6.com/software/ ... follow the prompts.

I have way too many horror stories (first and second hand) to be getting into here, relating to way too many bogus and dangerous Chinese fake electronic products. Batteries, IC chips, a host of different components and such, going back to the 1990's. The list is long. And even more articles about this in electronics engineering journals. Cheap price = cheap product. Caveat emptor,... buyer beware. In the meantime, stick with the specified factory components, it's the safe bet.

Stick with the factory spec stuff. Generic charge and drain rate product don't work. That's why there are so many news reports of Li-Ion products blowing up and catching fire. Using cheap mis-matched crap. Mis-matched cheap junk that doesn't work worth a damn. Use the correct part number from reliable sources and not those fly-by-night nimrods. If I find a fried battery compartment or charger when one comes in for servicing, I'll know why, have seen this in a host of products at different places I've worked. Generic substitutes and you're looking for problems,... maybe too deep for even me to bail you all out of. (did I just do a dangling participle?) Cheap really is cheap. Stick with specs.

The mod's,... no. But I've serviced her 69 and did some follow-up tweaks to it. Very nice guitar. Same with Oz Noy's 3 pick-up 89F, customize by Touch Singleton of Singleton Guitars. Touch does great work. Did some follow-up tweaks to the electronics in that one too.

Custom patch using Workbench (not the HD one) would be the way to do it. No new patches for the older ones.

Log a support ticket.

It's all about impedance matching when it comes to amp Heads. All our amp heads should have something about that in their user manuals. Also there should be something about this in the Knowledge Base I prepared some time back.

Just make certain the impedance of the amp outputs and speaker inputs are matched, 8-Ohm to 8-Ohm, 16-Ohm to 16-Ohm, which ever they are.

Exaggeration is hardly a comparison. Besides, I don't know what else to call it. Semi-custom is the closest I could come up with. Having done both, those are the terms my colleagues and I have come up over the last few eons, short of creating a new terminology out of whole cloth. i get your point, just wish there was better terminology. It's not like the US builds are full-on production line produced, like the Koren ones, and yet not custom-custom like Singleton or Romero guitars. Somewhere in between. The US builds are a different version of the product, and made on-demand in smaller quantities by Tyler's people, as needed, just like Tyler's other guitars here in LA.

Workbench or Workbench HD?

And I agree. However the US builds are not entirely production, as they are more of a build-on-demand. So they are not going to have a lot of stock on hand for the US builds, like they do for the Korean builds. It's almost semi-custom in that way.

Yes, MIDI MCC. Some use it.

I wouldn't know that. You'll need to check with the authorized service center in your area, as price will differ between each country.