gregormathews

My Variax 300 was shutting off after 15-45 seconds on batteries and wall plugin power pack. I sent it in to Line 6 in California and one of the Head Techs there said he played it & left it plugged in for over an hour with no problems. They sent it back to me - I plugged in a fresh 9v battery, plugged it into my Bugera amp - it played fine for about a minute - then nothing. I tried the wall power pack - again same results. I unplugged the cord from the guitar - plugged back in - worked for about 15 seconds - again nothing. Unplugged/Re-plugged the battery in - tried an entire new pack of batteries - tried the same procedures again 5 times and would not come on at all. The wall plugin powerpack operates my JTV69 just fine - used it at a 3 hour gig. Befor the Tech sent the guitar back to me, I ask the him exactly how he set the guitar up - he said popped in a battery - plugged the guitar into the amp - it played fine - left it on for an hour - played it again - no problems. Said he used a 9v battery - and a battery pack of AA's that equaled 9v and it worked just fine. He said it also worked fine off the wall plugin powerpack. I ask him what kind of battery pack - he said one they had there that Line 6 does not sell any longer - so I went to Radio Shack and got a 6 pack AA holder - guitar does not work. The only thing I didn't ask him was EXACTLY what brand/style of guitar cord, and brand/model of batteries he used - still doesn't explain why it won't work on a proven-functioning wall plugin Line 6 powerpack. Do any of you Variax owners have any ideas? Thanks Gregor