POD's variax tone lock resets when switching pickups

[xavierb]

Hi,

 

I want to use my variax tone knob to control various settings from the HD500x, unfortunately the "tone lock" (which is supposed to keep the tone set to a fixed level at all times) "resets" when switching pickups on the variax:

1. in HD500x edit, set the "Local control" to "tone lock"
2. Set the tone knob to control (for example) the chorus mix
3. Lower tone knob to 0% on the variax -> no change in tone, but chorus mix drops, as expected... so far so good :)
4. Now... Change the pickup (using the selector) on the variax... sounds as if the "real" tone control has been rolled down to 0!

I expect the guitar's tone (in "tone lock" mode) to remain the same regardless of what I do to the tone knob.

BTW, the same problem happens in "Vol + Tone lock" mode.

 

My setup:

• POD HD 500X Flash Memory v1.32
• Variax JTV-89F firmware v2.10

Would be great if this was fixed in the upcoming v2.6 :)

[xavierb]

Bummer... Still happening under firmware 2.61, any update on fixing this?

[cruisinon2]

Bummer... Still happening under firmware 2.61, any update on fixing this?

 

2.62 firmware is the most recent update...no idea if it will make any difference, but it's worth a shot.

[jandrio]

change the pickup using a new patch instead of using the selector...

[xavierb]

Yep 2.62 still does it... I know I can change the patch to change the pickup, but that's not what I want to do (I switch pickups quite a bit while playing) and it's a also big "waste" of patches IMO.

 

Let's hope someone from Line 6 sees this and gets it fixed, and that Helix doesn't have the same problem.