tommyhash Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Hello yesterday I noticed that the magnetic bridge pickup on my Line 6 Variax Standard stopped working with sound or even noise whatsoever. I own the one that has Stratocaster pickup configuration and the selected 5th position of the selected switch gets me no sound at all. When engaged in the other positions I get sound, the fourth position obviously getting signal from the middle pickup. The modeling and tuning are working normally, thank goodness so it sounds like it might be a pickup problem or wiring with the magnetic pickups. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. I bought it last December and it’s still under warranty so if worse comes to worse I’ll take it to a certified Line 6 repair shop. Kind of sounds like it’s something simple, even if the pickup is bad, I might have a new Duncan or Dimarzio put in, but that’s a story for another day. Thanks in advance everybody. TH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 This could also be an issue with the 5-way selector switch rather than the pickup. There are two sets of pickups on the Variax Standard: the magnetic pickups and the piezo pickups used for the modeling. Have you tested to see if the models recognize the 5-way selector position? If neither the mag nor piezo pickups recognize the 5-way position then it is more likely a switch issue. If the modeling recognizes the position then it is likely a mag pickup wiring issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 What silverhead said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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