dalix22 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 The electronics in my out of warranty JTV59 are dead. Has anyone gone thru the process of getting a Variax guitar repaired in Canada? Are parts available? It probably needs a new main board, something I could easily install myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarkyller Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 5 hours ago, dalix22 said: The electronics in my out of warranty JTV59 are dead. Has anyone gone thru the process of getting a Variax guitar repaired in Canada? Are parts available? It probably needs a new main board, something I could easily install myself. AHHH ! My favorite subject ! HOWEVER .......I'm no longer allowed to discuss the facts in public. Just a little heads up tho'.............even if you put the mainboard in yourself.....it still has to go in to get it programmed. The new mainboard is blank as I understand it. At least yer not in Australia. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymphonicDischord Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I would suggest talking with someone at our local Long & McQuade. Yorkville is the distributor for L6 in Canada and they should be able to point you in the right direction or at least lay out your options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 @dalix22,... don't try to repair it yourself, let Yorkville or Long & McQuade do it. They have experience with this and will have access to me for further queries, if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalix22 Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Thank you all for your comments. Unfortunately the tech at my local Long and McQuade told me he doesn't handle this type of repairs and referred me to a local electronics repair shop. In the meantime, the good folks at Yorkville responded to my inquiry and gave me the part number for the board and instructed me to order it via L&M, which I did today. Psarkissian, is the board a direct drop in or does it need some kind of initialization that only a Line 6 tech can do? If it's a drop in, I can easily do it as I have 30+ years experience maintaining and sometimes repairing scientific instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, dalix22 said: .... Unfortunately the tech at my local Long and McQuade told me he doesn't handle this type of repairs and referred me to a local electronics repair shop. ... That tech is misinformed. All requests to L&M for Line 6 repairs should be accepted by L&M and referred to their owner, Yorkville, for repair. L&M is the repair intake/outlet location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 What silverhead said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarkyller Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 On 7/24/2018 at 12:53 PM, dalix22 said: is the board a direct drop in or does it need some kind of initialization that only a Line 6 tech can do? Simple Question. Just thought that I'd try to tell you why it didn't work after you put it in. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 "... is the board a direct drop in or does it need some kind of initialization that only a Line 6 tech can do?"--- That also assumes that the board is the source of your problem. If it's correctly programmed for the guitar that it's going into it's a drop-in. These boards are not interchangeable. You can't just take any board from any JTV and put it into another JTV. A 59 won't work in a 69 or 89 series. The hardware is the same, the program isn't. Needs to be properly troubleshooted by an authorized service tech who know the product. This is not our grandfather's arch-top Gibson guitar with passive electronics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalix22 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 I'm back in business! I got the board yesterday. It was a simple drop-in. Everything is functional again.Very happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Board for a 59? Have the blue layer of models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalix22 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Written on the package was "50-02-0320-1 JTV-59 V2.22 Tested PB5". Sorry, I don't understand your second question "blue layer of models?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 When you engage the switch on the Alt Tune, the Model LED goes blue and a 2nd layer of models comes up, acoustic and electric 12-strings are among the models. Looks like you got the correct board. And that should be "Tested PBS",... PBS being my initials. Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalix22 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Yes, I can access all the models and alt tunings no problem. Workbench HD also correctly identifies the guitar as JTV-59 and all my Helix presets work as expected meaning switching guitar model, volume, tone, etc. as I move from one preset to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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