Tboneous

Thanx for the reply! You are all over this forum with in depth advice and tips. When I didn't hear from you, I got worried!

Aside from the pretty colors, does the FBV 3 offer more functionality over the MKII Shortboard? And does anyone know where you can get a more robust road worthy CAT 5 cable to hook the pedal board to the FH1500? The cable that is shipped with the MKII is total garbage.

I love this type of question! It gives every one of us guitar geeks an opp to talk about our guitars! To me, there is a fundamental flaw in the question. One doesn't necessarily purchase one guitar with the expressed purpose of replacing another guitar. That's why one poster in this thread has 20 guitars. Each one is unique. Even if they are made by the same manufacturer and are the same model. One doesn't purchase a Swiss Army knife to replace their other knives. One shouldn't purchase a Variax with the hopes that it will sound exactly like your Les Paul so that you can now retire your Les Paul. It's just a guitar that has the options that it has and does what it does. And given all that it is capable of doing, it doesn't do what my Roman Pearlcaster does. The question should be "is the Variax a good guitar?" I'd say yes it is. And in concert with my POD HD500 or my FH1500 it becomes a great guitar. I spend absolutely ZERO time wondering whether the Variax Les Paul sounds like a Gibson Lea Paul. I try to focus only on sculpting a tone that is going to convey the emotion of the song I'm playing. Sometimes the Variax delivers exactly what I need. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes the Roman delivers, sometimes it doesn't. My favorite guitar is the one that gives me what I need at any given moment. Bottom line...I'm not replacing anything because I have a Variax. It's just another tool in the toolbox.

Wow! Even those who simply mention the G70 drop out!

How much more functionality does the FBV 3 give you over the FBv Shortboqrd MKII? Is it worth purchasing?

Here is another Line 6 sighting in Napa California!

The Variax + FH1500 = Oooo-la-la! I swapped out the PU's in my Variax, so I can't true report on how they sound. The models, however, sound better than they ever did through my DT-HD500. The app makes assigning Variax models to presets really easy. The sliders the app uses for tuning the Variax is brilliant! You can strum your guitar, and slide the tuners while the chord is ringing. Get your tuning by ear, press save, voila! Done deal. I find that if I am struggling to get an a amp tone to soften, I'll play with rolling off the treble on the amp and increasing the presence or increasing the treble and rolling off the presence or you can roll off the Variax tone just a bit and it makes a big difference. Another thing that I find very helpful in sculpting tones is YouTube. I try to find video review/profile of the amps inside of FH1500. I will only use those videos that demo the amps using direct input into a DAW or mixer. I will not use a video where there is just a mic in the room. You want the best possible sound quality you can get. It will sound great through the FH and you can really dial in the FH tone. If they use a tele in the video, then use a Tele model on the Variax. My Variax is like a new instrument in the FH. Very quick and easy to use. Well done!

Maybe dropout issues are reserved for the G70 unit. Have you read the night mare dropout stories over there?

Not where you plug it in it ain't!

That was my thought as well. When I read "it gets in the way" I'm thinking in the way of you being able to use your bar. Though, I can dig not wanting to hear my bar banging into the plastic casing. It wouldn't be an issue for me cause I don't like a loose term arm. I don't like it wiggling around when I move and hitting my guitar cable.

The Gibson SG Derek Trucks Signature model? Is this different than any other SG? I'll try not to step on those names you just dropped! ;0)Just poking fun at ya! But seriously folks..... No problems with drop outs? Do you have any other devices competing on the 2.4 ghz frequency? (Routers, cell phones etc) I'm worried about 2.4ghz interference. It seems to plague the G 70.

In the way of what? Where does your bar normally sit when you play? It doesn't look in the way to me from your pics.

One more time....Do you experience any dropouts with your G70? That seems to be an often reported problem.

Have you downloaded Pod HD edit?

Wrong forum. Try posting in the Pod Forum. You might get a better response.

http://line6.com/speakers/

This is the Dream Rig forum. For those of us who have a Variax, DT50 or L-Series speaker and a Pod HD 500(x). You might get a better response in the Pod HD specific forum.

Problems with dropouts with your G70?

Still really appreciating the Firehawk 1500. I'm going through the process of creating usable patches of my favorite amps. I try to find youtube videos of the actual amps that are mic'd and played through a DAW/mixer, instead of a mic in a room. That way I get the best recording possible to emulate. The videos sound great through FH and I can get a really close a/b of the actual amp tone and the FH tone. I'm sure all of this will change when I move from the bedroom to the rehearsal studio and change again from the rehearsal studio to the stage. I certainly plan to take advantage of the direct out on this thing and that might make all the difference in the wold to getting that close to perfect all around mix. It should work out in theory! Less an unanticipated bug shows up and renders my new toy useless! Speaking of bugs.... I have not experienced any bugs so far. I turn it on, plug in the Variax and I am off and running. The firmware update available at this point talks about fixing "various bugs". What does that mean? Can we name thes bugs? I'm totally afraid to update jack squat, cause my sheet is working purty darn good right now and I don't want no firmware upgrade screwing that up. Is this "update necessary if I am happy with what I got?

Cool! Please keep us posted! I so want to believe in Line 6! I do believe in Line 6, but damn! Why is this forum filled with so many ugly stories of disappointment and "iffy" performance? Errrr!

Well?

That sounds fine and well. Until you play a stage that does have a router near the stage. Or the router next door is close enough to cause an issue or there is one of those mega routers around, or, or, or.....There are very few places on earth that don't have a router nearby. So what we have is this bomb a$$ wireless gizmo that costs roughly $400. But be careful, because if it comes in close proximity to this other gizmo that EVERYBODY has, it ain't gonna work too well? Oh hells yeah! Sign me up!

....so are we to disable the routers of the places we play? That seems ridiculous. If routers are the issue, then this is an issue that ALL wireless units would suffer from and that ain't the case.

Went to my local guitar shop today and played through a heavily discounted Marshall JCM 800 Lead Series limited edition anniversary model amp. Completely and totally UNDERWHELMED! Even at a discount, not worth it at a all! More importantly, the shop had Relay G 70's on sale! Like a blow out sale! I had a grand in my pocket that was burning a hole in it and given what I have read here, there is no way in hell I would purchase this thing! Is any one having success with these Relays? Not the "firmware update" circus Line 6 can put one through. But, straight out of the box, no hassle, works perfectly as advertised kind of success?

Was given a Firehawk 1500 as a gift and....WOW! I wouldn't have purchased one myself. Now that I have one I can say that I'm very impressed! Free can sometimes have that effect! Normally the factory presets in any gizmo are completely useless! There are quite a lot of usable presets in this thing. I might use a different reverb here or a different delay there, But usable straight out of the box for the most part. It's the splitting of the fx where you REALLY notice the quality! Well done Line 6!