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I was able to get mine working again. Basically this is what I needed to do.. 1:Remove the battery. Wait a few seconds. Replace. 2:Hang a 1/4" Cord from the output jack. 3:Turn on (push the tuning knob, guitar should light up) 3:Plug in USB adapter/cord. At this point there should be green lights at both ends of the "converter" thing. 4:At this point it is ready to try again. 5: With everything now working, I made sure to backup the originals in the HD workbench. When I re-started it was available to do the update a 2nd time, and all the sounds came back in. Fired up the monkey, updated and I was good to go. It was also during this period that I discovered the guitars native sound was.. Really kinda nice! Hope this helps.

Indeed, in fact they made many fine instruments using some wood and a bit of cat gut. Boldly moving forward, cause we can't find reverse!

In other words, they want to sell me their proprietary(excuse the language) pod too. There are lots of ways to record the guitar.. well 2 actually. Analog or digital. Digital output is proprietary, and not available to computers without additional hardware. Got it. That leaves analog. And yes I can work with that. It remains disappointing. I have been disappointed before. I probably will again. And over all, it is still a nice Axe. And I agree there was good reason to design it that way. To sell more accessories(interfaces/pods). I just wonder how many fewer guitars it sells as a result .. Do not underestimate the power of the geek side ;) Anyway.. all solved here. Generic usb to 1/4" adapter, some nameless software, and I am good to go. Threw out the software that came with the cable too. It is just a shame that the digital output is locked in the name of proprietary. The adage remains : “You can't solve a problem with the same mind that created it.†― Albert Einstein B)

This is a bit disappointing. Not disappointing enough to wish to return my purchase but disappointing never the less. With all the capabilities they build into these guitars, a digital audio out (non-proprietary as proprietary is a dirty word) is not included? I suddenly feel... left handed ;)

Thank you for the reply Digital. I think I left some confusion, and as a result I have more confusion. What I have is a shiny new model 59 Variax, with a 1/4" plug, and a fancy RJ-45 connector. Also a cable that goes to an included RJ-45 to USB adapter, and USB to the computer. The RJ-45 Jack I was eyeing is a network card, with a spare port, not a modem port.(which would most likely be an RJ-4 or RJ-6, but in any case.. I will presume the no still means no.) I do not know what board you speak of that might possibly have 2 USB ports on it, So I am guessing "I do not have it". Which if I am correct in my guesses, question 2 answer=no, And perhaps a clarified question #1 remaining? The digital cable, I can record .wav files to my PC on it, is that correct? If so what program can I capture them with? Is that in the workbench?(Win7) I also notice no audio (or digital audio) device showing up that are not directed to onboard audio jacks. In other words.. no line 6 audio(analog nor digital) devices. Edit: just googled m20d and no I DEFINATELY do not have that nor anything similar(ux1 etc)

This is near a question I have but on a much more basic level from a Line 6 um... well I have not done much of anything YET... Well 2 part. 1 The digital cable, I can record .wav files to my PC on it, is that correct? If so what program can I capture them with? Is that in the workbench?(Win7) 2: Instead of using the USB, is it possible to plug in directly to a RJ-45 port on the computer? And yes "silly rabbit..." replies that contain useful information to a novice would be appreciated!

Well.. not sure what happened. But I took the battery out for a while, put it back in, and when I plugged it back together everything worked. For a while all I had was the default guitar (which honestly does not sound bad on the model 59 through a marshall) . The 2.0 did crash on the driver update, followed by a computer crash.. re-installed okay now. I think I just picked really bad timing to get the guitar. a week either direction might have saved me a panic attack. As a fan of versatility.. I like it.

My variax update crashed. lost all variable guitar settings, and reflash has not helped. Now it shows no connection through USB port. Suggestions?