I've had a skim through the forum and I can't see the answers to my questions so thought i'd ask, apologies if these have been asked elsewhere.
1) Can I us multiple tunings at once?
I cover guitar and bass duties at the moment in my band and currently run 2 different route things on my helix with one pitchshifted down an octave. Can I have 2 different tunings from the variax? If not does the data cable carry both the variax AND magnetic signals which I could then split off? Basically what's the easiest way of getting a bass tone and guitar tone at the same time.
2) Can I use thicker strings?
I've seen someone mention about not using string gauges over 11's. My preference is to run 13's in drop c on a standard guitar and I'd like to keep the same feel as I don't like thin strings. I was going to have the guitar set up to drop c with 13's on. Would this be a problem? Anyone done it?