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Thank you both. Yes @cruisinon2 you are right about what I was hoping to do. I guess I'll have to wait until they invent and release a "Variax Double"...

@cruisinon2 Huge thanks, that is very clear. Ok so it seems the closest I can get is using mags for electric sounds and Variax model for the acoustic sound, both running through VDI cable. Appreciate the guidance!

Thank you both - ok, so differing views out of the gate. @jakeman19 yes my intention is to use the VDI cable and then map the signal to two different models and signal paths in external processor, so I think that works. Do you happen to know if Workbench HD can do this or if I need a POD/Helix? @cruisinon2 I know you can only select one model on the guitar, but it seems like the multi-model approach would be doable with a floorboard processor via VDI as jakeman19 noted. Are we missing something? At least this post (https://line6.com/support/topic/608-variax-mags/) seems to indicate that you can run two guitars simultaneously if one is using mags and one is using the variax (piezo) pickup. I'm trying to run two but both driven by the piezo (so one of those channels needs to "ignore" the model setting on the Variax guitar itself)

Hello everyone - first time poster here and potential new joiner to the world of Variax. I play mostly in a small church band often doubling as electric and (faux-)acoustic and up until now, my typical rig has been either a Les Paul with separate piezo (Fishman) output, or an Acousticaster with a minihumbucker; in both cases sending each of the mag and piezo signals to different FX chains (mags to an MS-100BT with overdrive / amp sim /delay ; piezo into an MS-60B clean with some reverb) and then both blended to the PA. Even on the acousticaster the piezo is hardly the world's best acoustic sound but in a church of <100 people and mostly playing alongside only a piano, it's been Good Enough So Far. Could I get some advice on the most cost-effective combination of current-model Variax guitar (Standard or JTV?) and processing (Helix? Helix LT? POD HD? Or just the Workbench HD software?) that would allow me to do essentially the same thing here - dual signal chains for a clean acoustic sound and an overdriven electric tone, blended together - while taking advantage of the Variax modeling capabilities. I have heard that you can map the magnetic pickups on the Variax for the electric tone and the modeling pickup for the acoustic, but would really rather use the modeling pickup to drive both signal chains, one with an acoustic model and one with an electric (and all the subsequent processing), so I can choose guitar models and use tuning changes for both electric and acoustic. Have been trawling through the forums in detail but struggled a bit, as here and there I read comments like "only the JTV can do dual tone and you need a POD HD500" and think I have the answer! ...and then see that the post is from say 2014 and probably way out of date. Very much appreciate some advice.