klangmaler Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Just found this: http://www.guitarworld.com/gear-news-electrics/namm-2017-line-6-unveils-limited-edition-variax-shuriken-guitar/30540 I know, not a JTV... ;) EDIT: In case you haven't heard of it: Helix FW 2.20 will deliver Variax Workbench HD Support! http://line6.com/support/topic/25218-preview%E2%80%94helix-fw-220-the-get-low-update/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specracer986 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Looks nice, but I'm not their demographic. Alternate tuning for me means Eb! That's when I'm feeling kind of wild. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I remember those guitars being discussed around here a while back...I think the artist himself even posted a few times, if memory serves. Seems to have been in the pipeline for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palico Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I like the fact they are actually doing a "signature" guitar finally. But not my speed. Not bad looking though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Brown Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I'm hoping the 'advanced HD' they are talking about is what we already have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoe5 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Yeah, I was wondering if they announced any Variax HD updates with the Stevic model coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eenymason Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I WAS wondering exactly what'd happened when this project disappeared from the radar for a while - Stevic was obviously told to remove references to it from the 12ft Ninja FaceBook page last year..... :ph34r: Great to see Stevic's innovation taken on board by the good folk at Yamaha/Line 6. I'd hope that it might be the first of many custom designs, as I agree with Stevic's opinion, that, Line 6 has tried, but not succeeded in creating any models that I like visually. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and not too many would necessarily agree with my opinion on JTV looks, which is fine. I'll out myself as a bit of a traditionalist, (looks wise, thus I own two Strat, and one Tele vaxplants), but I gotta say Shuriken gets my two thumbs up. I gather from comments on the forums, a lot of variax users are down on the Yamaha Pacifica based Standard, but I'd choose that any day, over the JTVs if I were to "upgrade". The 59 is the best looking, probably due to it's actually being a lot closer to the original Les Paul look, than the 69 to the Strat, and I've never liked the 80's pointy guitars - waaay to pointy! :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tboneous Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Line 6 seems to be all about high gain chugga chugga detuned to Q flat players. How's bout something for those who like nothing better than a cranked up Bassman and a tube screamer? Hows bout a Tele configured guitar or maybe even a semi hollow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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