Use tone switch but keep same Model of Guitar?

[brywool]

Hi,

I've got the JTV59 model. I'm wanting to dial in a Casino. I'm using the Semi 2 patch  in WorkBench HD. Seems to sound pretty good.

However, I'd like to make it so that when I use the pickup selector switch, I get a Neck or Bridge pickup sound. So top postion neck, middle is both, down is bridge. However, when i flip the switch, it changes models of guitar on me.

 

Is there a way to keep it from changing the model of guitar but let me dial it in so I can make the pickup switches?

[mdmayfield]

Look at how the built-in models are done. For the LP, for instance, there are 3 models:

 

Lester-1: Model with the bridge pickup turned on, saved to the "treble" switch position on the "Lester" bank

Lester-3: Model with both pickups turned on, saved to the middle switch position

Lester-5: Model with the neck pickup turned on, saved to the "rhythm" switch position

 

So you need to make a separate setting for each pickup combination, and save each of those to your desired switch position in a given bank.

 

Edit: maybe I misunderstood. In Workbench HD you can save a copy of the model you're currently working on into a different switch/bank slot. Look in the Help menu in the Workbench program - it shows how to do this.

[brywool]

yeah, somehow I missed the pickup selector switch portion of the software. I have to basically, pick one of those, save it, go to the next switch position, pick the guitar, save it, same with the last position. Duh. Sorry about that!

 

EDIT- However, I'm noticing the same deal here...

 

1) If I set it up for a Casino with my pickup switch on my guitar in the up position 

2) I hit "Upload to Variax".

3) When I move the pickup switch, it doesn't go to that which I just saved. It goes to other models in the Semi group of guitars.

 

Anybody have an idea of where I'm missing the boat?

[edstar1960]

When you move the pickup selector switch it will change to the model at that pickup selector position in the model bank that is physically dialled in by the model selector knob on the guitar.    You have to upload all the positions you want to the bank you want first and then dial in that bank physically on the guitar with the guitar model knob.

[brywool]

Thanks Edstar1960, so it sounds like I'm doing it backwards?

I was flipping the pickup switch where I wanted it, dialing up the right guitar and then hitting "Upload to Variax". Is that not the right way?

[edstar1960]

If you already have the bank you want to work with dialled in on the guitar - in other words the MODEL knob pointing at the bank you want to update - then when you move the pickup selector it will move through the models in that bank - and if you are connected to Workbench HD at the same time, then Workbench HD will reflect what you have physically selected on the guitar BUT be sure to give it a few seconds to catch up and settle before making changes on the screen.  Once you have made the changes on the screen, then you can hit "upload to Variax" and it will then send that change to the Variax - again it may take a second or two.   Once all your changes are in place then simply moving the pickup selector should get you what you need BUT if you find you are jumping into a different model bank then it could be a problem with your Variax OR it could be a problem with your connection to Workbench HD - so to isolate that problem try using the Variax directly into an amp and see if moving the pickup selector gives you the models you expect, then try the same again while connected to Workbench HD.  They should perform the same but if they don't then one or other is broken and you probably need to contact Line 6 support for assistance.

 

Hope that clarifies things for you.

[brywool]

I THINK that helps. I usually adjust things either with the Workbench software or using my HD500.

I will give this a try thanks.