TheWolf2103

Hi Wicker_man, I had my L2t with Thomann in May for the fan replacement & received it back beginning of June - the fan replacement has fixed the fan rattle ... I did point out both problems (fan rattle & sizzling noise) to the customer service and assume they probably have replaced something in the amp section as well as the sizzling noise was gone on return of the unit. They didn't mention anything regarding this on the return receipt, but as this problem was gone as well I haven't bothered asking for details. Definitively get the fan replacement (I heard it is a problem on some L3t's as well) & mention the sizzling noise - it may be a amp section (pre or power) problem as well which needs replacing ... Cheers, Wolf

Hi, You bought an amp with 'Armin's toolkit' installed - more info see following link: http://www.soundside.de/shop/VettaToolkit2.5.htm I have a combo & also took the plunge end of last year & installed the toolkit & have to say it gives you plenty of more options with regards to really great sound cab simulations - I replaced 60 - 70% of my patches and really liking it ... Here is what the website says: Upgrade your Vetta's sound options dramatically! Get a full-out aggressive, punchy, awesome clean, sweet crunchy, smooth Vetta. 27 totally new sound improved CAB models Display all the real amp & other model names on the Vetta display Your name will be shown on the system display (Thief protection) This version includes all Vetta upgrades/addons in one convenient and easy to install package. Double of triple your sound options for only 5% of the Vetta price ! Get the CompleteVettaToolkit2.5 for only $69.99! All the Best, Wolf

Hi all, My L2t had the dreaded fan rattle issue ... I had it repaired through Thomann & their authorized Line 6 repair centre (Beats+ Bytes) ... it arrived yesterday ... had a chance to test it last night & voila - the rattle is GONE ... very happy customer :D :D Well done Line 6!!! Cheers, Wolf

Hi all, My L2t had the dreaded fan rattle issue ... I had it repaired through Thomann & their authorized Line 6 repair centre (Beats+ Bytes) ... it arrived yesterday ... had a chance to test it last night & voila - the rattle is GONE ... very happy customer :D :D Well done Line 6!!! Cheers, Wolf

... same here: I received a notice from Thomann last Friday that they have sent back my L2t after fan replacement :D ... Very much looking forward to a 'rattle-free' performance :) Wolf

Hi, I'm using my Vetta II combo with my JTV-69 & JTV-59 (previously V700) since end of 2011 for all larger venue gigs & recording & a JTV/HD500X/L2t (or straight into PA) combo for the 'small cutlery' gigs ... Most of the time I'm playing in a Latin-Jazz duo using acoustic patches on all the Bossa Nova tunes. Although I can dial in very natural sounding acoustic patches with the HD500X/L2t combo, for the acoustic sounds my Vetta still sounds a tick more natural to my ears :) You can indeed save JTV models with each of the Vetta patches, but it doesn't allow you to save JTV tunings with Vetta patches ... these you have 'manually' post-dial on the JTV ... Hope that helps :) Cheers, Wolf

Hi dboomer, Haven't tried to play back recorded music through the L2t, but have connected my JTV-69 direct through the mixer channel with unfortunately the exact same result - the sizzling/crackling noise in the decay phase ... will try the recorded music later & will report back ... Wolf

Hi guys, I bought a L2t about a good 1 month ago which I use with my Pod HD500X for my 'small cutlery' gigs ... unfortunately, the L2t suffers from the same 'fan rattle' as being discussed in the forum over the last weeks ... I did already replace a first L2t with the same problem, only to find the same problem with the replacement .... I already did talk to the helpful UK support team & am waiting patiently for the solution. But, this is not necessarily why I'm posting now: Over the last few days I detected an additional, equally annoying problem with my L2t ... it developed (maybe it was there already previously - less prominent though) - a 'sizzling/crackling' noise from the speaker (not the horn?) on guitar chords ringing out. I appended a short mp3-file (the quality is not the best - recorded through my phone) to demonstrate what I'm experiencing ... Does anyone have/had the same problem before? To me it doesn't sound like the speaker is blown otherwise it get a clear attack to start with - it is only noticeable on the decay or ringin out of the chords ... Any suggestions are greatly welcome? Thanks guys. Wolf 2014-05-02_08-14.mp3

Hi funkykitten, You experience the exact same problem I'm having ever since I moved to v2.0 (which I apart from this annoying oddity overall prefer to v1.9) ... I just copied & pasted the comments I made back in October last year in another thread on that topic: That's interesting ... I'm experiencing something very similar to what you describe there - again ever since switching to 2.0 (never experienced that with 1.9) ... But I would describe it as a 'static load' noise ... I'm using a mixture of fingerpicking & plectrum & it happens using both methods. No consistently though (hence my description of 'static load' noise), i.e. every couple of notes picked or plugged using mainly the Jazzbox position 3 I can hear a noise as if a string touches the top of the pole-piece of a pickup (think of pressing the low E string of a Strat against the pole-piece of the neck pickup amplified) ... not as pronounced, but certainly enough to annoy! It seems to be mainly the Jazzbox & Semi models (haven't found it in any other models). Unfortunate as the Jazzbox 3 is one of my mail patches to use :o( Anyone experiencing something similar? Line 6, something you are aware of? Cheers, Wolf

Hi, I'm using Elixier nanoweb 011 - 049 on my JTV59 & JTV69 and all of my other guitars (Strat, Tele) & found these strings to be the most balanced (right amount of roundness, right amount of brightness) & long living solution I ever tried ... I have other 'coated' & 'non-coated' strings, but none gives me the same result ... ... and yes, different string brands (even of the same gauge) made a noticeable difference in sound & feel on both JTV's & 'conventional' guitars :) ... Cheers, Wolf

+1 :) Wolf

... my Vetta II combo. Honestly, with a: - free configurable FX loop for my external looper (Boomerang III) & - VDI connection for my JTV's - HD models of the HD500X & some of the great sounding Vetta II models (with 'Armin's' cabs ;) ....) --- this would be the first time in the last 10 years (the time I'm exclusively using my Vetta II combo - apart from my HD500X which I use for the 'small cutlery' gigs, like restaurants/bars etc) there I would really consider changing amps ... None of the existing Line 6 solutions - I tried most of them - so far could convince me so far to change, mostly because of the compactness, one unit, consistently great sounding gigging/recording device - a couple of the reasons why I was never really fuzzed about Axe Fx etc - haven't tried a KPA yet though ... From what I heard so far (Anderton's video etc) this unit sounds great & has the potential - once the above mentioned features are integrated!! - to be a serious contender to the all DSP amp market (IMHO!) ... Well, Line 6 - food for thought ... maybe ... :) Cheers, Wolf

Thanks for your replies guys, I finally took the plunge & have ordered the toolkit from soundside.de about 2 weeks back & have to say after playing with the different cab options I swapped about a good 70% of my cabs with the Armin cabs ... not all of the cabs (there are 27 in addition to the L6 cabs) are useable for my patches, but the 5 or 6 I chose (so far) sound definitively more open, 'thicker', rounded/organic & balanced through the speakers & headphones on my Vetta II combo. I'm using my VII combo for a good 8 years & so far was happy with most of the sounds I'm getting from the unit & was just curious to try the toolkit after stumbling several times in the last years across this Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyd8fClzHxM ... and I have to say I'm liking these additional cabs a lot ... though I'm using comparable (to my ears) 'cab sounds' to the one's I was using in my patches beforehand, all patches with these 'Armin equivalents' sounds more 'rounded' & open (can't think of better words for it) ... don't know what Armin based 'his' cabs on, but they 'make sense' to me & are a nice addition to the existing cab options. Having the 'real' names for amps, cabs & wha's showing on the display is a nice option, but certainly not essential for me. Wolf

Hi, Does any of you remaining Vetta users have/had/having experience with 'Armins mod'? Would you care to share your views, experience, advice etc.? Thanks in advance & A Merry Christmas to you :) Wolf

Many thanks again guys - much appreciated :) Wolf

Thanks silverhead, Followed your instructions & - bingo - I brought it back to 'virgin state' life :) ... yes, thankfully I had the backup of the patches from earlier tonight, reloaded fine, re-calibrated the pedal & created a latest backup :) Thanks a lot. Wolf

Hi all, I appear to have a dead HD500X after a timed-out connection & unsuccessful transmission of the HD500X bundle to the HD500X Edit software ... I followed the on-screen message to power-cycle the HD500X after the time-out & now the HD500X doesn't start up any more, i.e. the 'Line6' splash window comes up & the start-up process doesn't go any further than that ... the 'Line 6' splash window seems to 'cycle' on & off & nothing else... Did anyone experienced that before & can help? Is there a safe-mode to 'reload' the system data? It seems to me that the time-out maybe erased part of the system data? Any help is very much appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Wolf

I always used Elixir nanowebs on all my Variaxes (previous > V700 & current > JTV-59/JTV-69) ... I never had the issue on any of my previous & current Variaxes ... more importantly: it definitely wasn't there in 1.9, it seemed to show up only now with HD 2.0 - I definitively would have noticed if it would have been there before!! I don't think it is the 'piezo quack' issue - I don't hear that anymore ... it sounds more like a 'static load' discharge (?) & appears randomly while finger picking or/and with a pick ... Oh, and I don't tend to rest my palm on the strings while playing & I'm playing with a fairly light touch ... Again, - and this is very important - this wasn't there before the latest HD 2.0 update on both on my JTV's. Shame, as I definitely prefer 2.0 to 1.9 ...

That's interesting ... I'm experiencing something very similar to what you describe there - again ever since switching to 2.0 (never experienced that with 1.9) ... But I would describe it as a 'static load' noise ... I'm using a mixture of fingerpicking & plectrum & it happens using both methods. No consistently though (hence my description of 'static load' noise), i.e. every couple of notes picked or plugged using mainly the Jazzbox position 3 I can hear a noise as if a string touches the top of the pole-piece of a pickup (think of pressing the low E string of a Strat against the pole-piece of the neck pickup amplified) ... not as pronounced, but certainly enough to annoy! It seems to be mainly the Jazzbox & Semi models (haven't found it in any other models). Unfortunate as the Jazzbox 3 is one of my mail patches to use :o( Anyone experiencing something similar? Line 6, something you are aware of? Cheers, Wolf

Awesome ... thank you very much :)

Same here ... though I (so far) never seemed to have experienced the 'Spank pos. 2 & 4' problem ... after several 'MIDI timeouts' using the USB device, I decided to update my JTV's (59 & 69) using my trusty old Vetta's VDI & low and behold, I never had a 'MIDI time-out thereafter ... don't know, if that contributes to the problems some of users of having? Cheers, Wolf

Hi, I have a JTV-59 & JTV-69 & it is - in a positive sense of course - bizarre, but I (so far) never experienced the 'Spank bug' ... The only trouble I had a lot of 'MIDI time-outs' while trying to update with the Workbench USB device. I solved this with updating my JTV's via my trusty old Vetta II combo - the updates run consistently without a fail - I used the 'double update' procedure as described in the 'JTV 2.0 Try This ...' - thread ... I compared the Spank pos 2 & 4 after the update with the 'working Strat 2 & 4' files & found them to sound similar, i.e. the expected 'quack' is in the house :) The only other gripe I have is that the USB device MIDI connection appears to be very flaky - I had & have a lot of instances there I can't get a connection from the JTV to the USB device (blinking red LED on the JTV side of the USB device - yes, I'm using the 1/4" jack to connect to the Vetta to listen back). Oh yes & one of my favourite presets - Jazzbox 3 - has a noticeably lower volume on the low E string on both of my JTV's (which of course can be adjusted in workbench) - has anyone experienced this as well? Other than that, version 2 is a definitive keeper for me - all of the the presets have significant more depth, response & detail :) Thank you Line 6! Cheers, Wolf

Wow ... looks awesome :)

I personally do prefer & almost exclusively use the D-28 models (occasionally the O-18 model) to the the J-200 hands-down ... Matter of taste, style and playing-style (Jazz, Blues & Latin - picking in my case ...) ... I'm using & again prefer s/w version 1.9 to any of the previous versions - v1.9 sounds the most realistic to my ears ... My 2 pence. Cheers, Wolf

Hi thorneven, Have a look at this link: http://line6.com/data/6/0a060b316ac34f05936acfd73/application/pdf/Vetta%20II%20Manual%20Addendum%20V2.5%20-%20English%20(%20Rev%20A%20).pdf Variax Wireless (W/L) And finally for all of the industrious Vetta /Variax users in the house,we’ve added a special mode for interfacing the Variax to the Vetta wirelessly. You’ll need three things to make this work: 1. Audio Wireless to get Audio out of the Variax and into the analog input of the Vetta. 2. A MIDI wireless to get MIDI data from the Vetta to the Variax 3. Instructions / Schematics available at the Line 6 Vetta Update FAW for building the special cables required to interface this special Vetta – MIDI – Variax connection. Hope that helps :) I do use a Vetta II combo with my JTV, but haven't used this feature yet :) Cheers, Wolf