toobhed Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I set the Variax tone control to change amp gain and channel volume. It is a great way to clean up the sound and rolling up the gain to full shred is a sweet effect that the volume knob alone can't quite do. However, the tone knob's effect on the guitar is a little wonky. I have it set to 10 and tone knob locked so that it should not affect the "tone" of the guitar. This is sort of true. But if I change pickups, the tone knob has an effect on the guitar tone as well as changing the parameters I set. So if I rolled off the tone knob intending to only change parameters, then switch pickups, the tone of the guitar gets muddy as if I rolled off the tone. I have to put the knob to full, switch pickups back and fourth and then the tone knob only affects the parameters. Not a very good real-world use. Am I missing something? Here are the settings I use. Global: Variax Settings Lester-1 Global Variax Model Don't Force Guitar Variax Volume Knob 10.0 Global Variax Tone Knob Tone Knob Global Variax Lock Control Don't Force Global Variax Tuning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codamedia Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 What Variax model are you using? 1st Gen (300, 500, 600, 700), or 2nd Gen (JTV, Standard, etc...) I'm interested in hearing any responses... I once attempted this with my 1st gen 300 and HD500 and I encountered the same problem you are seeing. I'd be interesting in knowing if this is a 1st gen limitation, a problem that effects all Variax guitars, or if there is a work around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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