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Probably just not turning the alto up enough. Kind of large for bedroom practice. With the effects I use I'm not sure whether the earphones are producing stereo.

I play through the house PA at church, direct, no amps. Unfortunately I donated my good "cans" to the sound team. At home I generally use an Alto powered speaker TS112. Even "mp3 player" style ear buds sound better -- not sure if that's stereo or just isolation from bedroom acoustics.

For some reason I tend to think of the Rickenbacker 12 string ( chime ) as acoustic even though it isn't. I"ve been running that one through a combination of Vox AC30 and AC15 amps. I also tweaked the parallel strings in Workbench. I use a parametric EQ on just about everything with some reduction of mid-range frequencies in a narrow band. It removes some slight harshness in the acoustics, but also seems to remove a bit of the "live" feel -- hard to put into words. Some tend to view headphones as a viable monitoring solution for tweaking patch/JTV settings, but if you play live in a band I wonder if that is really true. Sure it sounds rich and you can feed your mp3 into the pod for easy "play along," but I wonder if it doesn't make things sound better or at least different than they really will in a band mix.

I'll try it but odd that I don't hear the hum with the EQs off, without ever touching the HUM setting. I may also try unplugging the 1/4 inch cable from pod to speaker while monitoring with earphones, just in case there is some kind of ground loop going on, but again, doesn't do it with the EQs off.

A lot of this depends on whether you're playing in a band or just at home for fun. In a band, generally, reverbs and other "swirly" things like chorus can't be heard much and may help bury you in the mix. I run into this with guitarists in my church who are so used to dialing in a sweet tone in the bedroom. They want tons of bass and too much distortion, which doesn't work so well when competing with drums, keys, etc etc.

Anyone noticed this? I usually test patches at decent volume through my Alto powered speaker, but today I tried plugging earphones into the POD (500x ) and noticed when I switched on either a parametric, Studio or Mid-focus eq I was getting a slight hum. Tried moving them around in the patch and it didn't seem to matter. It isn't really noticeable through my speaker. I always have a noise gate first in my patches but moving that before or after the offending EQ effect made no difference. The patch originally had just a jazz rivet amp, but other amps had the same result from the EQs no matter how low the gain. Guitar was a jtv59

Organizing isn't extremely easy in HDEdit. If I drag a tone from disk to a setlist I always place it on an empty "new tone" first, otherwise it overwrites another tone I want to keep. On the other hand, I can drag tones from down low in the setlist, up towards the top and it gracefully inserts it. There also seems to be some "oddness" when I save a patch to disk with a different name, or just rename it on disk and then use it. I have to be very careful that when I drag it back into a setlist that I'm actually editing the patch I think is highlighted ( despite numerous clicks to make sure what I'm editing is the one I'm looking at ). Could be operator error but it happens fairly often.

My new 59 arrived two weeks ago with the black, single-pouch bag. I immediately bought a hard-shell case and don't plan to use the gig bag.

Gotcha. I'll probably keep testing with the Jazz Rivet amp ( Roland Jazz Chorus ) versus no amp in my 500x. The other factor of course is how it sounds in a band mix and other than playing along with mp3s at home, there's only one way to test that.

Actually, no amp means no cabinet. What did you mean by "One of the available imported acoustic IRs also helps." ?

I'll try no amp with a cabinet and mic in my 500x. I suspect for the Rick/Chime 12 string you would want an amp though.

I'm just starting out with my jtv59 and for 12-string acoustics and the Chime 12s I'm lowering the low E and A octave string volumes, not the original Low E and A -- in other words in workbench I lower the "parallel" string volumes ( these are the higher notes which Workbench calls parallel strings ). Those have been reduced to about 30%. I'm also lowering the octave/parallel volume on the high E. A little of the Dimension ( chorus ) effect in the POD patch helps, but dial the mix down. What I'm not clear on is the detuning where you set your octave/parallel string to be something other than an exact octave ( +12 ) up. I've been trying -2 cents and it seems ok. For any acoustic I'm keeping the drive on the amp low since we don't usually want any distortion. For this amps like the AC30 and Jazz Rivet ( in the POD vintage pack ) seem clean enough. Some of the Fender amps should work too as long as you keep the drive low. The jazz rivet ( Roland Jazz Chorus ) 2x12 speaker cabinet also seems to handle clean sounds well but I"m sure there are others.

Yeah I won't be filing on anything. The thing with 6th string fret buzz in the middle of the neck is both relief ( truss rod ) and raising the bridge could fix it, but one method has to be preferred so that's where you need enough info/knowledge to choose. If I had to choose it would probably be optimizing those strings for rhythm chording over solo/picking. I don't beat the strings and don't need absolute lowest action, but like many of us did learn on an acoustic.

Where's my penicillin :-) The only thing not quite right is 6th string buzz along the 3rd to 8th fret area. I know some of this is ok, and it's mainly noticed on 12 string models, so in workbench I turned the parallel string volume for the 6th string way down. But, assuming the nut was ok from the factory I'm always undecided about whether it's truss rod or raising one side of the bridge. I backed off the truss rod 1/8 turn earlier since the neck seemed ruler-straight. That helped a little. Then I raised the 6th string side of the bridge, like 1/8 turn. The thinking on the tools was to follow a good setup page because there is an order to do these things. Don't have intonation problems and I haven't touched the pickup height. I suppose another option is try to pick the fat strings with a lighter touch, compensating with volume/gain, but that would be some really old habits to break.

I want to pickup a few more basic tools. I'm guessing that, besides reading here, Les Paul instructional sites might be the closest for a JTV59? I already have a String Action Ruler Gauge and Understring Radius Gauges,Set of 9, for bridge saddle adjustments. Also need feeler gauges. These cover a wide range: Blade inches: 0.0015, 0.002, 0.0025, 0.003, 0.004, 0.005, 0.006, 0.007, 0.008, 0.009, 0.010, 0.011, 0.012, 0.013, 0.014, 0.015, 0.016, 0.017, 0.018, 0.019, 0.020, 0.021, 0.022, 0.023, 0.024, 0.025. Blades metric: 0.038, 0.051, 0.063, 0.076, 0.102, 0.127, 0.152, 0.178, 0.203, 0.229, 0.254, 0.279, 0.305, 0.330, 0.356 ,0.381, 0.406, 0.432, 0.457, 0.483, 0.508, 0.533, 0.559, 0.584, 0.610, 0.635. Guitar Neck Straight Edge (Notched) Luthiers Tool

After viewing how others did this, I now use this order: NoiseGate>Compressor>Overdrive or Distortion>Parametric EQ>Amp>Mixer>Delay>Reverb>Volume Pedal The overdrive and parametric EQ are usually assigned to a footswitch so they both come on together. See Peter Hanmer's videos 2 and 3 on the 500x on how to use parametric EQ to tame ugly overdrive frequencies http://www.peterhanmer.co.za/line6.htm The volume pedal effect is assigned to Expression 1 and set to control volume -- usually going from 70% to 100%

Thanks, I have workbench installed already. The title of that Vguitar forum is : VGuitar Forums > Line-6 Variax > Tyler Variax WorkBench HD Patch Exchange I'm just looking for an authentic ( as in George Harrison, McGuinn, ( Tom Petty? ) ) Rick 12 string sound for rhythm. Out of the box that isn't quite what I'm hearing with the JTV59. I think some have mentioned that the "octave up" parallel strings on the high E and B aren't audible.

I joined the forum at VguitarForums to access some of the JTV workbench files. Still nothing of that kind on CustomTone. I've only had my JTV59 2 weeks and just about to play with Workbench. Does anyone have whd files or tips on getting the Chime 12 string ( rick 12 ) sounding better? I see where you can adjust Pitch, Cents and Mix in the Parallel Pitch section.

So the Ricki 12 model on your 59 was close to the real deal out of the box? I should add I'm running VDI to POD500x and probably using a fairly plain vanilla AC30 patch with a little reverb and delay. If there is workbench or other tweaks that can improve the Rick 12 sound I'm all ears. The acoustic 6 and 12 string models seem very nice. The only somewhat odd configuration I have now is using the fxloop ( footswitch controlled on/off ) first in each patch to send a 1/4 inch cable out and back to a vocal-harmony pedal.

The VDI connection to POD is awesome but I haven't had a chance to try it on a stage yet. What has been your experience where there could be cell phones or odd lighting around?

1/8 turn did the trick it seems. Fret buzz on the 6th string is either gone, or good enough. No modeling issues. Loving the variations this offers over my 74 strat. Neck thickness isn't even noticed. A quick "grab" makes me think the two guitars weigh about the same. If I need to adjust bridge height in the future, I'll loosen strings on that side and only adjust the two larger screws on the top of the bridge. Haven't even played with Workbench yet -- not seeing the need so far. Only the Rick electric 12 string isn't quite where I'd like it to be. Thanks for all the input.

Makes sense. I'd guess the nearest to me is in Seattle.

Thanks for that. Some post in here mentioned loosening that small allen on the back of the bridge, before the height screw would move. Thanks for correcting that idea. The Dunlop strap lock screws were the same length as the originals ( originals wouldn't work ). The new screws were the same thickness as the originals, or possibly a very, very small bit thicker. In any event they went in fine with a little soap and tightened up good.

Well, assuming this is very similar to a Les Paul, as far as the mag pickups: "Gibson’s engineers recommend a 1.6-millimeter distance between the strings and the pickups for the bridge pickup, and 2.4 millimeters for the neck pickup. In the 1950s, it was 1.6-millimeters for both pickups, which may have reflected the lower-output, unpotted standard of the day. However, if your guitar sounds too muddy, add some distance on the bass side. If it’s too bright, do the same on the treble. And adjust to your own sonic desires." Still haven't heard any suggestions on the allen wrench to allow bridge height adjustments.

Five allen wrenches came with this brand new guitar, but the smallest doesn't seem to go into the small screw on the back of the bridge ( which enables you to adjust the larger screw to raise/lower bridge height ). I'm getting a bit of fret buzz on the 5th an 6th strings around frets 5-7. I did loosen the truss rod just a touch. In other news the Dunlop strap locks were a breeze to install. Any guidelines on pickup distance from strings?