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I opened a support ticket and this was the reply. Compatibility for Mac OS X, Windows 7, Mac OS Lion, Mac OS Mountain Lion, Windows 8, Mac OS Mavericks, Mac OS Yosemite

Drat! Thanks for the info.

Anyone know if that's possible? I'm away from my computer to try for myself. Curious if anyone here knows or not. thanks

I wouldn't keep the guitar if it weren't for the modeling (jtv-69). It plays ok, but nothing stellar.

I normally use 9's and they seem a bit better with the alt tunings than 10's.

I would fiddle with the models in the work bench and see if you can tweak them to your liking. If that doesn't work, the reload the old 1.8. Some folks don't like the 2.x firmware and from you description of those tones. you are one of them.

Just curious. It's been quite some time since anything new/updated had been offered.

Love the flame!

Good news for jtv owners, I suspect. Hopefully there will be future firmware updates.

I agree. fwiw, I just contacted an authorized l6 repair center "near" me about the possibility of the guitar's setup creating ghost notes and warble. He never heard of it.

Thanks, can you post setup specs for the jtv-69?

Is there an authorized repair center in MN that you would recommend? I would like to see if they can clear up the ghost notes/warble issue I have.

I'd be all for that, as long as l6 could pull it off. Many here may think they sound cheesy, but there is a huge commercial application for them. Listen to 75% of any commercial you hear on tv these days. It's Ukes, glockenspiels and hand claps. They pay the bills!

The banjo and sitar models are standouts for me. I have noticed that the modeled guitars, in general, sound better through amp farm than my actual amps. I wonder if they relied on line 6 amp modeling when developing the varaix, or if actual amps were used too?

Plus I'm not sure why anything behind the nut would affect fretted notes.

I think it may be physical also. I can almost convince myself I hear the oddity, ever so slightly, when the guitar isn't plugged in. I may be fooling myself though :)

Bummer, my strings were already wound very minimally...

I agree with the OP for the most part and second what katiekerry said. When playing my amps live, the variax tones by and large ho hum. Not all, but most. Same with the alt tuning, but that is slightly worse for me than ho hum. My main reason for buying the variax was to recording. That that regard, it's much more usable for me. The only time I use the variax is for recording. When playing for pleasure, my other magnetic pickup guitars always get chosen.

Danke

Just curious. Anyone know for sure?

That has been my experience also. I found that switch from 9's to 10's made the problem noticeable on both the E and A strings. I plan on trying 8's to see what that does. I would also add that in addition to the initial attack ghost note, I can also hear a pulsing over the main note as the string rings out. Different turnings exhibit a different speed to the pulse. edit to add I see you mention the same thing with the "waves".

I assume the 69 is the second? In any case, it sounds a hair brighter to me than the first one.

They still can sound good :) The rhythm guitars are a custom one I did with the neutral body with the 89 bridge pickup. The lead and center panned guitar is the lester bridge. Tuning was drop d. https://soundcloud.com/project-dome/wrectum-killedem

I was fiddling with my 69 last night and was switching between position 4 on the spank model (v2.1) as well as the mag pickups. I find it hard to believe (although some clearly do) anyone would prefer the spank model over the mag pickups. The spank model has almost none of the standard quack (played clean) that I and most people expect from strat pickups.

There are no local retailers that carry variax. I have thought about ordering a second one from the online retailer I purchased mine from just to see if that guitar sounds the same. I also have problems with warble. Wouldn't be fair to the retailer though....