arislaf Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Johnyay or anybody else, how can I put the electronics of the Variax 300 to a hollowbody? Requires drilling and wood cutting or can I transfer them by ungluing the glue from the body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekc Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 This is just a link to the typical procedure http://www.exit45.com/VaxII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 This is just a link to the typical procedure http://www.exit45.com/VaxII Wow...I will forever remain mystified at the patience required to pull off something like that, and I had front row seats for a custom build that I had done for me years ago...saw it in various stages along the way, so I get what's involved, but when you lay it all out in pics like that it's crazy. Hats off to anybody who can do that! I get cranky when the cable box doesn't respond to the remote fast enough... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radatats Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 amazing job, what a very talented individual... super impressed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay-man Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Does Warmoth still make Variax bodies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arislaf Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 The deal is that I own a HB30 from washburn, and today I bought a second hand variax 300, looking to transfer these to there...Possible? And if yes, how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 The 300 guts are different than the ones shown in the above build. That was based on an original 500. That build was done many years ago if I recall correctly. You used to be able to get routing templates to do the 500 transplants and Warmouth did make a Variax body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radatats Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 The deal is that I own a HB30 from washburn, and today I bought a second hand variax 300, looking to transfer these to there...Possible? And if yes, how? yep, here's the link to his White Falcon, looks like it would be a similar awesome project... :) http://line6.com/support/topic/2496-yo-johnnyayyy-bigsby-questions/?p=16052 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyayyy Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Johnyay or anybody else, how can I put the electronics of the Variax 300 to a hollowbody? Requires drilling and wood cutting or can I transfer them by ungluing the glue from the body? Well lollipooooooooop... most of the info on Variax transplants seems to have disappeared from the web over the years, once upon a time there was a site that showed a hollowbody conversion step by step as it was being done. For my White Falcon copy I cut a hole in the back of the body, I put all the V300 electronics into a small project box from Radio Shack, then I made a rear cover plate for the guitar and screwed the box to the cover plate. I cannot access the switching or the knobs as they are sealed in the box, all tone selection is done by VDI/HD500. I could have easily put the knobs on the body but I didn't want anyone to know it was a Variax, the only giveaway visually is the jackplate. It was an easy conversion and took only about a day of work start to finish, wouldn't take much longer if I had installed the pots and the switch normally. For the bridge I used a GraphTech Tune-O-Matic. I don't know how to open the body and reglue it to avoid cutting the hole in the back of the body, a luthier could probably tell you that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekc Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 www.vettaville.com Varaix 300 Internal pics http://www.vettaville.com/variax.htm http://www.vettaville.com/variax300pics1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arislaf Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thank you guys! a lot of usefull information found here! thank's a lot for your time! and the advices ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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