rsleonard Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Saw this guitar at NAMM and was truly impressed. Ordered immediately, and was told it was shipping late March delivery...then pushed to "delivered first week of April," then that they would "receive April 8" and then finally on April 10..."The ETA has been pushed back once again on the Variax Standard. Line 6 has not provided an updated date at this point, but I still have my eyes on it for you." Is this, in the terms of Silicon Valley, "vapor ware?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Definitely not vapor ware... Just taking them awhile to get them built and shipped. Didn't you know that NAMM means "Not available... Maybe May..."? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianArnold Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Saw this guitar at NAMM and was truly impressed. Ordered immediately, and was told it was shipping late March delivery...then pushed to "delivered first week of April," then that they would "receive April 8" and then finally on April 10..."The ETA has been pushed back once again on the Variax Standard. Line 6 has not provided an updated date at this point, but I still have my eyes on it for you." Is this, in the terms of Silicon Valley, "vapor ware?" I used to work at Guitar Center and I had my old coworker call Line 6 today to figure out the same problem with my Firehawk. The story he was told is that there was a strike at the shipping dock, so the items couldn't actually be received into the states. But it got figured out and I should have it by the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelForbin Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 ahhh, port strikes. that can be brutal for lead times, especially if it's coming through the west coast ports.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 They had a long strike. I was out there two weekends ago and there were ships lined up outside of LA. They were back in business but they have a huge backlog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 No worries...couple extra weeks of rotting in a container on a cargo ship is good for guitars..."Try the new pretzel neck Variax!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneep Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Has anyone received a variax standard yet? Are they stuck out at sea or the factory waiting for enough orders? Months without news makes for a long wait. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricok987 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Got mine on Thursday. Was surprised how similar it was to my Yamaha Pacifica 212 in size and shape. A few minor differences in the headstock, pickups, pickguard, and that's pretty much it. Plays pretty nice, and without battery installed pretty lightweight. I'm currently reading the manual and trying to figure out how best to use it with my new firehawk effects unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Glad to hear they are finally surfacing. Let us know how it plays and sounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelForbin Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 sweet! good to hear, looking forward to playing one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricok987 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 I'll tell you what: with the variax standard + firehawk you get an almost insurmountable amount of guitar sound possiblilities-I mean it's almost overwhelming! I am going through my custom patches to see which guitar sim is best suited for each butI am still trying to figure out how to control the variax with the firehawk app. I think my next step is to map out on paper what kind of sounds I need, and then build them into the user patches on the firehawk. I think I may even use several of my own patches clean, overdrive, acoustic multiple times in different banks in order to be able to play certain songs with multiple patch changes with as little effort as possible. I created one O. D. patch that sounds great with just about every electric guitar simulation on the variax. I also need to practice playing and editing the app on the fly. I also am working on integrating my voicelive play gtx into my variax rig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneep Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Thanks for the update. Great news that they are arriving. Looking forward to your patch posts and how you integrate voicelive. All thats is interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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