twystedriffs Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I know they made a variax bass. Is it discontinued? Do the old models work with helix? I know my 500 does to a point.. Trying to talk my bass player into a helix, would be cool to have the tunings available! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 The Variax bass came out when the first Variax guitar came out. It never caught on. They dumped it and never produced another one. I have one. When it first came out they said it was going to be able to work with Variax Workbench. I believe that would have included the ability to create different tunings. That never materialized. (I have one and that still sticks in my craw a little). I haven't hooked mine up to my Helix yet but it's my understanding that it will provide power and deliver sound. Nothing else let alone the ability to create tunings. So ya gotta find one used if you want to go that way but still no tunings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kronda Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Variax Bass works with Helix via VDI and can be powered by it as well. There is no Workbench for Variax Bass so that's not an issue. In other words Helix provides full support for Variax Bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 But no tuning capability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozbadman Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Can you select the models from the HELIX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocco_Crocco Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 But no tuning capability. brueski, can you alter the tunings via a knob on the bass like the JTVs have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdre9096 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 brueski, can you alter the tunings via a knob on the bass like the JTVs have? I'm afraid not. I also have a variax bass and use it with the Helix. It's a pretty amazing piece of gear! I use it almost exclusively in the studio. It's a shame there is no proper variax integration short of the being able to power up the bass. It would be awesome to see integration implemented in a future update. I also wonder if they have any plans to create a new variax bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twystedriffs Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Thanks for the info yall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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