alex1fly

Copied this from another forum so dang does the formatting look weird. Sorry about that! Considering a Variax guitar and have some questions! I'm trying to get my head around: Newer gen vs older gen - what's the difference? How can you tell if a given axe is older or newer? Different models - why? Just to get more buyers? The Strat model is supposedly made by Yamaha, any way to confirm what models the other Variaxs are based on? Pickups - Do the pickups work with the modeling or is it separate? For example for the Shuriken (single bridge HB) to pull off a neck pickup type of tone is it using the modeling rather than the pickup? Battery - used all the time or only when the modeling is being used? Thanks!

Okay, thanks!!

Been playing 21 years and am looking to upgrade my FX and amp modeling. The Helix floor is high in the running. I'm brainstorming my "best case scenario" setup for live performance and want to see if the community thinks this is doable. Guitar, bass guitar, and vocals all run into the Helix. Guitar gets dual amp blocks and a couple of internal footswitchable FX. Bass gets it's own amp and a couple of internal footswitchable FX. Vocals gets it's own set of blocks and a couple of internal footswitchable FX. All of the FX for the three instruments available on the board simultaneously so that I can cue guitar FX, bass FX, and vocal FX without having to switch modes or anything... still learning the lingo, but hopefully you all get the idea. Mono output is fine, this all just goes to a looper and then to a PA system currently. I guess alternatively I could run these multiple instruments into a mixer and then the main mixer out into the Helix, and then switch presets as I switch instruments.