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Awww - thanks so much my friend. Helpful as always!

Hey my friend. How are things? How hard is it to fit these in place of the existing ones?

Thanks Silverhead. Yeah a dry recording would be great, I only have access to the V1 sounds (old variax model) so this is really a "is the upgrade to V2 (via a JTV purchase) worth it " Was hoping someone with a JTV and V2 might be able to oblige...

Could anyone record me a snippet of them playing the solo from "get back" with the epiphone casino setting on V2.0 HD sounds? Just want to see if it sounds better than the older V1 version. Thanks :-)

Thanks for your reply. I'll see if I can recreate one of the Rick parts with my 300 to compare. I've attached a clip of me playing (badly) a bit of the getback solo with the "semi - position 4" (DI'd - no amp modelling) , to emulate the casino. Does anyone fancy playing this on an HD model so I can compare? Semi position 4 variax 300.mp3

Has anyone done / got a comparison of electric sounds (DI'd / clean) between the old 300 series and the newer HD? I have a 300 and I'm a bit disappointed with the Rickenbackers (chime) and the Epiphone Casino (semi). I have read that the HD sounds on electric are a bit better but can't find any examples. I've found a few on you tube of the lesters and strat but they're all caked in distortion / FX.. Just curious if anyone has anything or could knock me up something quickly.....

Cbrillow - you're a very helpful fella! :-)

I love deoxit. I use D5 for switches and connections and F5 for pots and faders. My guitar tech used to use servisol in pots and faders.....they went proper scratchy after a while. I found that F5 restored them a little after this. The lube in it I guess.... I do find with pots with nice physical resistance (lots of grease in them??) F5 does make them spin a bit too easily. That might be good for some people I guess but I used it on a few things (mixers, controllers etc) and was a bit disappointed :-( Anywho, got my alcohol, compressed air and D5 ready for the Variax. Let's see what happens.

Why? What happens? Is that the same with alcohol?

Ok thanks :-)

I can't actually see a procedure. Am I missing something? There's your article on how to clean pots but nothing about the piezos. I see your list of the ingredients but I can't see anywhere that tells me how to actually use them on the piezos. Which part of the piezo do I clean with the alcohol? All of it that is visible? And do I generally spray the compressed air all around the bridge getting underneath etc?

Thanks. :-) Where did you post the method. I can't see it.....:-(

Do you have to remove the piezos to clean them? Can you Just clean the visible bit when you take the strings off? Iso alcohol and a cotton bud? Just plugged in my 300 electric and found that the G string was cutting out. Tapped the bridge a few times and it seems to have come back.....

Ah ok. Sorry. I misunderstood

Please do come back here with your results. I'd be very interested. I'll do the same :-)