Hey_Joe

Maybe the HD ProX is on the way. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PodHDPro just thought I'd pass it on

an aha moment

ozbadman - Your explanation helps me understand the Tone Shaping document a bit better. Does stacking actually mean putting one pick on top of the other as with the Strat example in the guide? Is a humbucker considered a stacked pickup (in series)? Does a combination of neck and middle pickup also mean stacked? Maybe I'm getting hung up on the term - "stacked". In the past I had downloaded a bunch of old Variax custom models from the Andy Z's Institute of Noise and auditioned them and also tried to understand the changes in volume and tone pots but never knew why guys were doing what they were doing, in some cases to mimic a guitar they had but felt they understood why they were making the changes - I didn't. There were quite a few with 2 single coils on top of each other for a hotter pickup. And that's where a lower value for the volume pot comes in - correct?

Thanks guys! I had downloaded that info back in 2006 when I had my 300 and 600 1st gen vaxes. But I guess I'm just really dense. Because it's still confusing to me. I'll re-read it a few more times and see if I get it. I thought I could get a better explanation as to what those Workbench values resemble and why I want to use them. Remember - I did ask for an IDIOTS GUIDE and I confess - - I am an IDIOT when it comes to this stuff. If anyone can break it down a little further I would appreciate it...if not, I guess I'll stumble through by trial and error. I'm so at a loss of what is given to us in WB as well as the guide you guys graciously gave a link to I don't know what questions to ask to further explain my ability to comprehend this stuff.

Would any of you guys who really understand all the electronics part of the way electric guitars work; Resistance and Taper (for the Volume Control), or Resistance and Capacitance (for the Tone Control) put together a brief summation of the parameter controls in WB Sort of a WB electronics Guide for Dummies for some of us who just never in all our years of playing learned about this stuff. If I needed or wanted changes I always paid for a tech to do the work for me and accepted their discretion as to what and why to do things to the pots when replacing pups. (been playing since I was 8 and ashamed to say at age 60 I know nothing about this stuff). I know of course I can try changing things in WB myself and use my ears to discover the difference in settings but I am asking for information as to what to expect by changing these parameters. Of course I can look these things up the on the web. Links to further detailed info would be nice to be included in answer to this but I'm just looking for something brief that describes minor differences in the values we are given and what the symbols mean. It seems the Workbench HD Pilots Guide PDF assumes we know this stuff already by not including any more info than is written. I can see that many of you understand this stuff based on; leewit6 in this thread http://line6.com/support/topic/2147-cap-values/?do=findComment&comment=13405 speaks of the Tele models are .22, not .047, Strat models are .047, not .22. The Gretsch models are off correct specs too. I think there are some others not quite on as well. ReverendLove in this thread http://line6.com/support/topic/2014-now-available-variax-hd-upgrade-and-workbench-hd-software/page-15?do=findComment&comment=13193 speaks of changing the tone pot to 470k and the cap to 22n and set the pot to 8.5. for the workaround on the Strat 2/4 issue. stevekc gave some great resources on the Cap. Values thread but to one who is not up on this stuff the material in the links make my head spin. Thanks in advance

Here's a video I saw over on the VGuitar forum ( http://www.vguitarforums.com ) awhile back. I think it shows off examples of a guitarist (and bass player) using the GR-55 for real keyboard or horn parts in an ensemble situation. http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=8174.0 There are many more videos of groups on the gig and in the basemant but you have to search the videos which are primarily tutorials.