parismatt Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I posted a comment yesterday, absolutely convinced that it was a software problem and not the acoustic sound of the guitar I was hearing. I've since listened on some proper headphones and am not so sure... a rehearsal this week will hopefully make this clearer. My JTV-59 is so much louder acoustically than my old 700 and I'm beginning to believe this may really be the source! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabiddiabetic Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 My Variax 600 is now absolutely useless for alt tunings. It would be nice if L6 would chime in other then saying bring it to a service center. My alt tunings have worked for years and I just recently made some changes in Workbench (updated version on win7 machine) and poof it's all messed up. Even if I drop just the low E to D, all the other strings are playing two notes. Sabotage? To bad because this thing sounds great with the Ghost saddles I put on a few years ago. Hopefully help is on it's way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 There is no NEW workbench for the 600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabiddiabetic Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I was previously using version 1.58 or something like that on an XP machine . So not sure if 1.75 on win7 had anything to do with it? just going through what was done differently then before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 1.75 has been out for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabiddiabetic Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Thanks for steering me in the right direction Charlie. Ground wires on two of the saddles found their way loose. All is good. Sorry L6 I need a Snickers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Glad you solved it. I had grounding problems on my 500 with the original piezos. I also upgraded to the Ghost saddles. It was difficult to connect all of the ground wires but the results were worth the effort. No more grounding problems. I wish that Line6 would do that on the newer Variax designs. It's still the single wire relying on the case for ground. This works for a while but it's easy to have a bad ground which causes all sorts of problems like the one you had. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay-man Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Glad you solved it. I had grounding problems on my 500 with the original piezos. I also upgraded to the Ghost saddles. It was difficult to connect all of the ground wires but the results were worth the effort. No more grounding problems. I wish that Line6 would do that on the newer Variax designs. It's still the single wire relying on the case for ground. This works for a while but it's easy to have a bad ground which causes all sorts of problems like the one you had. You could solder the ground wires to 1 wire then lead it to the place where the ground is. I agree about using the case again for ground. Bad design which will ultimately cause grime and oil to disconnect the ground when enough gets in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabiddiabetic Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 You could solder the ground wires to 1 wire then lead it to the place where the ground is. I agree about using the case again for ground. Bad design which will ultimately cause grime and oil to disconnect the ground when enough gets in there. That's exactly what I did when I fixed the problem, much easier then getting all the ghost saddle ground wires to ground point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collingtech Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 hey guys where i get the 3.00 flash memory firmware? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 first you build a delorean.... then you find 1.2 jiggawatts.... mash the gas and hit 88mph. if i had to field a guess for 3.0, you might try 2017 hey guys where i get the 3.00 flash memory firmware? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collingtech Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 well thats demoting , actually my variax had bricked so im evaluating options , i could do a reflash , i had the tools but the .vxf apears to be proprietary from line 6 i cannot open in my flash programer , i need a hex file format or similar , pretty lollipop situation actually, guess start looking for a reflah service in some line6 service center (will cost an arm?) after searching for a new board whit no sucess what more i can do?? yep the delorean thing wont work , the flux capacitor is broken actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 sorry dude i was trying to be funny and thought this was the pod group where 2.6 just came out. what variax do you have? well thats demoting , actually my variax had bricked so im evaluating options , i could do a reflash , i had the tools but the .vxf apears to be proprietary from line 6 i cannot open in my flash programer , i need a hex file format or similar , pretty lollipop situation actually, guess start looking for a reflah service in some line6 service center (will cost an arm?) after searching for a new board whit no sucess what more i can do?? yep the delorean thing wont work , the flux capacitor is broken actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collingtech Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 variax 700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 have you tried doing the flash from another computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collingtech Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 yep (3 separate computers same result) , after 20 minutes a error display when triyng to update( error code 8000900C MIDI device timed out) , as i read in forums, i just brick the thing (http://line6.com/supportarchivenew/thread/86238/) same beatyfull history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 i'd suggest opening a support ticket, and maybe calling them (M-F 9-5PST) they can probably walk you through some options. http://line6.com/company/contact/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segomil Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 It's the same for My variax JTV69 & much more ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDJFAqsnueo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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