IndyPilot Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Hey everyone. A few months ago I picked up a SR250 second hand. While I'm loving it, I have a couple questions. 1. To power on the Variax controls, I have to press the Variax knob on the guitar quite hard. I've played other Variax guitars before and I don't ever remember having to press this hard. Sometime I have to press and hold for quite a while. If it doesnt turn on, I have to release and try again. Could there be something wrong with knob? 2. I did my first string change on it. I think were D'Addario 10-46s (thats what comes stock, right?). I swapped them out for Silnky 10-46s. After swapping, I noticed my tracking, particularly above the 10th fret, sounds pretty bad. I don't really have a great way of describing it other than it sounds quite metallic, "warbly", and just a bit like a low bit rate MP3. It's especially bad with distortion. The guitar is tuned to E standard but I mostly play in D standard or D standard with drop C. 3. Since I mostly play in D standard, I was thinking of switching to 11-52 strings. Would heavier string help tracking at all? If I do want to play in E standard, does the Variax handle transposing up pretty well? Any thoughts on those issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1) "Could there be something wrong with knob? "--- Possible. There is a knob fix. If it's loose underneath, it will have to come to me for servicing, log a support ticket for that. 2) Slinky tension has never really made for good contact tension on the piezos, and go out of tune too easily. 3) 11-46 (or 48) is okay, 50 is about the limit, I would wave you off of 52's on Variax in General. Always have the set-up checked and adjusted a couple days after a string gauge change, as the tension will change and alter the set-up. Set-ups on a Variax has to be spot-on to avoid frequency artifacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieCrain Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hi there, can you confirm the factory standard string gauge for Shuriken? Feels like 10-46? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Yes. D'Addario XL-110's 10-46 are the factory set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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