robertallen

Well I just got the JTV 89F in the mail today, and I did get the plink. Upgrading firmware won’t help? Am I SOL? I don’t feel like boxing this up and returning it yet.

I was in the middle of practice and a worship set at my church playing Acoustic. I'm running a JTV-59 with a POD HD500X on an Acoustic patch. For whatever reason, the guitar started switching patches on me. I keep having to click my Acoustic patch again and again to keep it on the guitar tone that I want on my JTV-59. Anyone know why this is? Only running the Variax through the HD500X using the 25' Variax cable.

Both my 89 and 59 are. I just got the 59 yesterday. The only thing is the string volumes but they aren't as bad as the 89-F was.

I'm going to keep it and just use the pickups on it, minus the Variax portion of the guitar. Despite the problems it still is the best playing guitar I've ever bought. The neck is perfect. It sounds pretty good just with their built in pickups.

That's fair. I'm sort of okay about the volumes...the only thing that bothers me is the noise gate or something. When the strings are lower volume, it seems like they dont' sustain as much on my HD500X. (I'm plugged in via the Variax Cable). I checked to make sure there was no gate on the amp model. (On a side note, I remember this being a problem back when I had a Variax 700 with a POD X3 Live).

So, I got fed up with the inconsistent string volumes and plinky plonk ness of the JTV-89 and bought a JTV-59. The good news (so far) is the plinky plonk seems to not be on this guitar, the bad news is every string has inconsistent string volumes. I don't understand it. Why is it this way?

So after searching, I noticed I'm having the same problem as this thread from 3 years ago: http://line6.com/support/topic/6764-do-you-have-the-same-problem-with-6th-string/ I am starting to think I have a bad piezo too.

That was part of the reason why I think I got a bad guitar. It's like they put the JTV59 knob on this. I'm severly unhappy right now, but I'm stuck with it.

I took my guitar to the Line 6 "authorized" dealer, and they didn't seem like they knew how to fix it. I might just take it all the way down to Sweetwater, even though I didn't buy it from them. That or, can I just find a box and mail Line 6 the guitar directly?

Okay thank you all. I'll take it in then. Still an amazing guitar. I used distortion without the modeling and it sounded amazing.

Is there any alternative than putting 10's on the guitar to fix this issue? I really enjoy playing with 9's, and they are easier to play with my fingers. I can bend them very easily and they just feel great to me.

Thank you all. I will try these things out. I believe it does have a tremolo bridge, yes. I'm using Elixir 009 strings.

Hi all, I purchased a JTV-89 in August, and sadly I hadn't had a chance to really get to play with it until this month due to work and other commitments. So I'm shooting myself in the foot by not QC'ing it when it got here. The strings vary quite differently in volume. I managed to adjust them in the Workbench (however for some reason I couldn't adjust them globally, maybe I'm missing something in the software), but the D string had to be lowered by 70%, which seems like a lot. Also the sound on some models seems to be pretty "scratchy" (using an HD500X), maybe I just need more work on my tones. Another minor issue, and I'm wondering if anyone else noticed this, but the DADGAD alt-tuning on the knob is not DADGAD, it's DADGBE. Is there a way to fix that one particular tuning without using up a Custom knob preset? I'm wondering if I got a dud. I guess not, cause I'm still using it live, however I want to love this guitar and never need to use another guitar ever again.

The wierd thing is I used both cables tonight and everything was perfectly fine at home. Could it have been a power issue on the stage, maybe not enough power going to the HD500X even though the 500X was lit up fine? As far as the questions jandrio posted... It began while I was on the acoustic patches...it was switching between different acoustic guitars. Later on, when I was on my electric guitar sets, I don't remember if it was switching guitars, but the audio was cutting out on it a lot. Unfortunately I didn't have a backup guitar...but I will test that next week in the same venue and let you know. I did 2 XLR's out directly into the PA system. That last question you posed is interesting. I'm just plugging directly into a cheap power strip into a power outlet. Should I invest in one of these voltage regulators then? I did re-install all the firmware as well, so maybe that helped as well.

Hi all, I was in the middle of a performance today, and I had some problem happen with my guitar. On my acoustic setting it started changing acoustic guitars on me...then the audio started cutting out. I unplugged the HD500X and plugged it back in thinking it would reset the issue. I was still getting the problem, as well as the audio just cutting in and out a bit on all the channels. Thinking it might be a bad cable I decided to try an Ethernet cable, that didn't solve the problem. I got home this evening after the performance and tried the bad cable as well as a spare Variax cable, and the problem wasn't happening, though I'm going to keep testing over the next few days.. Does anyone happen to know the issue? I'm going to try and reinstall latest firmware on both the HD500X and Variax, just in case...but just curious if anyone else had this problem and how they addressed it. Robert

Thank you guys so very much. These links sure helped a great deal. It's been taking me a long time to find guitar tones that satisfy me, but I am confident I'll get there eventually. Pick the right guitar (Variax) + the FX/Amp/Mic, etc... on the HD500X...it's like alchemy. Love it! Proud to be back as a Line 6 player, and I'll never leave again.

I have struggled all day trying to get my acoustic to sound so good, and not so "hollow". Does anyone know of a good patch that sounds like this? Around the 1:25 mark. I've looked on Customtone but there aren't any acoustic models for HD500X. Or am I able to use older models on the HD500X (X3, HD500 regular), etc...?

Thank you so much. I'm not very technical when it comes to such things.

Hi all, I just got my JTV-59 today, still waiting for the battery to charge so I can have some fun over my new HD500 as well. I used to have a Variax 700 with Elxiir Super Light strings. I remember I could bend very easily on the Variax 700, but not so much the JTV-59. Is it just the string gauge, or do I need to adjust something on the guitar to get an easier bend? Thanks in advance, I'm so glad to be back as a Line 6 customer. It's been a long time. Robert