
Unorthodoxic
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Unorthodoxic started following Helix/HX Firmware 2.80 and Helix Native 1.80
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I really like the pickups, plenty of tones to be had. I reversed the neck pickup (as shown in the picture), gives a nice single coil sound that just was possible with the stock pickups coil split. I find the pickups much more vintage sounding than the stock pickups, but it can still do metal/djent stuff with the bridge as a humbucker. Check out some reviews of the P-Rails on youtube, see if you like the sounds on offer.
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Changing Bridge Pickup in JTV 89F
Unorthodoxic replied to schontone's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
No issues for me, everything working fine. My wiring will be a little different to yours as I used the triple shot mounts so only had a hot and ground wire to solder to the pickup selector PCB, but that circuit diagram plus a Seymour Duncan wiring diagram should be enough to get you there. -
Changing Bridge Pickup in JTV 89F
Unorthodoxic replied to schontone's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
I've got some information in a thread I made about installing some P-Rails and Triple Shots that may be of use to you here: http://line6.com/support/topic/17493-installing-p-rails-triple-shots-on-a-jtv89f-anyone-else-tried-this/ Here's also the wiring schematic for the JTV89f: Hope that helps. -
Modified JTV-69
Unorthodoxic replied to a2dconverterguy's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
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Going to be installing some Seymour Duncan P-Rails and the triple shot mounts to match in a week or so, just waiting on everything to get delivered. My current plan is to solder the neck ground to W1 and the hot to W4&5 on the switch board, and for the bridge, ground to W10 and hot to W6&7. I'd love to hear from someone who's tried this before just to make sure I'm heading in the right direction.
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What happened to Variax?
Unorthodoxic replied to guitar4u's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
Thanks Dave, I'll get around to testing them out soon :) -
What happened to Variax?
Unorthodoxic replied to guitar4u's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
Would you be willing to share your presets Dave? I'd love to hear them. See I love the playability of the JTV89f, but prefer the sound of the JTV69 mags. So it would be great to try it out. -
JTV 89F tuning
Unorthodoxic replied to pierquiroule's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
Recent 89F owner here and it seems to keep great tuning. -
JTV-69 Headstock String Tension Trees
Unorthodoxic replied to gdgonzal1's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
lol some people on this internet :) -
JTV-69 Headstock String Tension Trees
Unorthodoxic replied to gdgonzal1's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
Thanks for the links. Forgive my ignorance, but in the 1st and 3rd videos, could the same effect not also be obtained by using a floyd rose? See I've only just got a JTV-89f after having a JTV-69 for 6 months (currently in repair) and I'm finding I can do a lot more with the floyd rose than I could with the 69 trem. That said however I'm still very much a novice guitar player, and I'm certainly not well versed enough in tremolo usage to really make a judgment. -
JTV-69 Headstock String Tension Trees
Unorthodoxic replied to gdgonzal1's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
Do you any examples of the advanced playing techniques? I'm interested in seeing what can be achieved with a 69 trem that you cannot on a floyd rose. Regarding the strings ringing out on the headstock, I used some velcro strips that really seem to do the trick. Sounds much better with the strings dampened at the headstock.