RogerH Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Just wonder if anyone uses a Variax without any other Line6 gear, and if so, why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snhirsch Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I use my JTV-69 with a Fender Mustang III.v2 modeling amp. Why? Because my HD500 does not do a good job of emulating a tube amplifier in terms of how it reacts to the volume control and pick attack. There doesn't seem to be a good middle ground between glassy clean and highly overdriven. The HD500 is very much a "one trick pony". Any one patch can be dialed to provide crystally rhythm or crunchy edge-of-breakup chording or punch-between-the-eyes overdrive. What I have never been able to do is get a setting that lets me do all of those in a single patch by working off the volume control and my picking. The Fender, while not perfect by any means, is just more "organic" in the way it responds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandrio Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 ...Because my HD500 does not do a good job of emulating a tube amplifier in terms of how it reacts to the volume control and pick attack.... true! i'm working on it on part 3 of helix+jtv vs hd500+jtv comparison... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snhirsch Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Can I have a link to parts 1 and 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandrio Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) part 1 based on the famous "01A Son Of Plexi" factory preset + spank-5 model (quick on the fly comparison)part 2 is under construction (focused on a-riff-by-riff comparison).part 2a uploaded (focused on variax mags-riff-by-riff-comparison)part 3 is also under construction (focused on guitar-volume-knob+pick-attack-sensitivity comparison). Edited July 2, 2015 by jandrio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snhirsch Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Yup. Thanks. I had seen that and didn't put two and two together and realize it was your post. The HD500 exhibits its native "icepick through the ears" overdrive in a vain attempt at emulating a Marshall Plexi. Even if it can be EQ'ed to sound more like the Helix it will likely do so only at one setting of the guitar volume knob. An HD500/500X has its place, but being a universal tool for classic rock / R&B players is not one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerH Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Volume controll and pick attack is important to me also. I just got a variax and wondering if I should buy a HD500x just for the variax controll option, or just stay with my lovely tube amps. And now we have the Helix comming up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay-man Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Just wonder if anyone uses a Variax without any other Line6 gear, and if so, why? I play through a VOX sometimes without the POD HD. I'd played into software a lot of times with my older Variax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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