All user reviews for the Line 6 Variax 500

Guitar modeling model 500 black
no microphones since this is a piezo sensor which senses the vibrations of the strings.
1 volume
Tonalitbr 1 /> 1 5-way switch
1 rotary knob

The handle is round but not very thick.
the guitar is well balanced
the access to acute is very correct
a respectable weight

Course extreme versatility
plugs into a pod pro sound palette is huge

Acoustic presets are allucinants and sitar sounds great.
all the simulations provide a really interesting sound fan,
12 strings are really realistic and ...

2 weeks now and for recording the top c.
I imagine that the possibility to live go from a 12-string has a strong body and has an acoustic lowering a simple selector, will involve more than one.
I'm really bluff by this guitar, and even if the finish is basic sounds are really excellent

One of my friends had it and it did not fit my style of game then I did some tests on a pod x3 HD500 then and there I knew. I had a dd guitars but no score with so many possibilities.

No need to go over the different simulatio's what interested me the most is being able to change tunings on the fly, parasites have only very little noise and lug a minimum of material with a panel of experimentations maximum sonic.

It's done. Only complaint, holding agreement not top and average look. I had the 600 blue hands, it is already much more modern. But good. I was delighted by the sounds. And to separate the two electric and acoustic channels via the footswitch is just cannon. Acoustic sound just bluffed a pack of friends. The blind test I even managed to have a sound engineer, who thought that the guitar had just emulated a small chorus to round the sound while I played on a preset sound martin.

If it were to do again, I let myself be tempted by the new series. Or I can be me take the Variax 600 blue. Such beauty can not resist me for long, unless the contrary is ca ...

Here in his magnificent International Garage Studio headquarters, Kevin Mattson continues to create inevitable fame and riches as a singer/songwriter/guitarist/philosopher (whose wife has a real job). I'm a guitarist in general and 12-string specialist in particular. Just turned 50. Yikes.

I stumbled onto a closeout of the Variax 500 at Music123.com, for a little under $500.

I've got several 12-strings left after giving my seldom-used sixes to my kids over the years. But lately I wished I had access to a few good electric and acoustic sixes.

The demo at Line6.com made me curious so I took a chance.


It's ramarkable what the Variax can do. Good to excellent electronic models of 28 separate instruments are available with a turn of an on-board knob and a flick of the "pickup" selector switch. (See below for technical details.)

The variety of instruments is well chosen, including Strats, Telecastors, Pauls, thin- and big-body electrics, and a range of resonator and wooden acoustics--including banjo and sitar.

The sounds rate mostly very good, with a couple excellents and a couple "nice try's."

The acoustic 6-string guitars all sound very good or even excellent, in the sense that they sound like real Martins and Gibsons which have high quality piezo pickups installed. And of course, the Variax 500 is built like a hard-body electric. So you have to get used to the odd sensation of playing an "electric" and hearing a big body acoustic sound.

I'm mainly an acoustic and jazz player, so I can't judge the rock guitars properly. To my ears, the rock axes all sounded authentic through my practice amp. But please note, the Variax's modeling is strictly the sound of the dry guitar. Amp effects (distortion, etc) have to be produced the way you would with the regular version of these guitars.

The set-up was poor. Action and intonation were way off, but easily fixed with included hex-wrenches--if you know what you are doing.

I could do with out the tacky white pearl pickguard.

No tremolo bar. The replacement model (Variax 600) has one.

The 12s are the weakest of the models. The sounds of the string pairs are purposely de-tuned to add to the jangle sound, which non-12 players think is expected. But Line6 over did the de-tuning, so the the 12s sound cartoonish. Also, the electronics can't seem to handle the 12 sounds when you strum. But arpeggios are OK. Fortunately I own plenty of real 12s.

There are no coil pickups on the Variax. Rather there are piezos for each string under each adjustable saddle element. So the "pickup" selector does three things. For some guitar models it mimics a pickup selector. It also can switch between models.

The volume and tone control act as they should, except for the acoustic guitars. For them, Line6 uses the tone control to model varying mic placements. It's a very useful control in those cases.

The basswood body is nicely contoured with a bolt-on maple neck with medium frets. I like the feel of the neck, except the frets are a bit high--I'll have them dressed when I get a chance. The tuners seem solid. The guitar is balanced nicely.

It comes with a well-made power supply/A-B foot switch. The A-B switch box allows you to choose between a standard 1/4 inch output, or an XLR out. The XLR is preferred for the acoustic guitar models. The Variax can be powered from the switch box, or six AA batteries in the guitar will give you 10 hours or so of play time directly into any amp.

The Variax 500 is remarkable value. Several of its 28 built-in instrument sounds would be worth the price alone.

It's great fun to play. It's a godsend for gigs where you want a variety of fretted instrument sounds.

If you can find this model, and you don't need a tremolo bar, it's worth more then every penny.

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I paid £699 for this online.

I love the different guitars, especially the Gibons Les Paul and the Gibson acoustics. I love having a range of guitars from resenators to les pauls to telecasters. Another one that might interest people is the strat! You can make your own custom bank of guitars, and the pickups are built into the guitar, so you don't get any buzz from computers, etc.

It's so good I can't complain about it :s

Amazing construction, won't brake,even the battery holder(optional, you can use a power pack) is made out of metal, and is fantastic.

Amazing guitar, brilliant for guitarists who want to record, and don't have those 28 guitars to use. Also brilliant for live work, I've used it many a time, and i've had one problem, where it was fixed overnight, and sent back.

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I bought my Variax on eBay about 6 months ago. It cost $600.00, plus $15.00 for shipping.

The Variax sounds just like the guitars it models, period.
I had a chance to plug it into the same rigs as a Les Paul Studio and a Fender Paisley Telecaster. It sounded identical in both cases.
The banjo, and sitar is so real that it is freaky!
I love being able to switch from instrument to instrument without switching guitars. I am a Keyboard player in a band and I often play acoustic, 12 string and banjo. Having all of those instruments really adds a lot of diversity to our band!
It comes with a A/B switch so you can switch between running direct into a PA with a balanced line system or an amp with an unbalanced line. You can power it with batteries or power it from the A/B switch.

The guitar itself is a inexpensive guitar. It is like a $375.00 (list price) Korean guitar. It sets up nice, but I am surprised that this guitar is like that. It is like having a 500 horsepower engine in a Pacer. It will run good and win races, but won't get you many dates!

It has good tuners, and a solid feel. The finish is OK... but for the price of this guitar, it should be much nicer. If you treat it right, it will last a long time, I would think.
Essentially it is like getting a $1500 computer in a $50 box. If the guitar had regular pickups, it would sell for $250 brand new.

The Line6 Variax is a great piece. It is well worth the price to have all of those guitars at your disposal. The sound is unbelievable. Definately worth the price of admission!

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from piedog.com 475 pounds in the uk, free delivery

many of the guitars sound great and it will be very useful for recording purposes. all the guitars sound like you're playing through a compressed.


some of the guitar sounds are rather synthetic sounding especially the twelve string guitars. playing the same note rapidly in succession sounds different to a real guitar. muting a string while rapidly doing hammer-ons and pull-offs sounds wrong. there seems to be a slight delay in the sound coming out after hitting the strings but this is less noticable the higher pitched the note is. some chords sound different, perhaps on a real guitar the different pitches on different strings affect each other.


it feels very solid.

it's very good but i wouldn't use it exclusively.

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I needed a versatile guitar, as I'm home-recording a Cd with different styles of music. I bought the guitar from The Netherlands, Online in Germany for 676.00 including gig-bag and delivery.

All these great guitar sounds into one guitar. I can't compare them off course sound with the real ones, but they nearly all sounds pretty realistic to me. I bought a nice looking Sunburst version, because I own already an acoustic Sunburst Gibson J100Xtra, they look like 'father and son' to me! Unike some others, I have no complaints about the feel of the neck or it's workmanship.

Straight out of the box, I hade to work on the angle of the neck and the position of one of the saddles. When I play the guitar sitting with it on my lap, I'm not to keen on it's balance. It's quite heavy, because of all it's electronics I think. I find the Banjo and the Sitar sounds not very convincing. It's a pity you can't Transpose with this guitar like it's acoustic version!

It all looks pretty good to me, especial if you realize what you all get for a very decent price!

There is an upgrade connection on the guitar, I wonder what will be on offer in the future and if you can choose from the upgrades on offer!

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Special Price from The Guitar Center: $ 499.00

Terrific electric and acoustic models, nice resonators, sitar, banjo models

Lousy neck. Very uncomfortable with lousy fret job.

Replaced the neck with a Warmouth Tele neck. Tele and Strat necks can easily replace the Variax neck.

Quality is very good...with the exception of the cheap import neck.

On a scale of 1-5, I would rate this a 5 ( once the ncek was replaced). A great tool for live or recording. Most of the modeled instruments are surprisingly good!

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About to buy one through Sweetwater.com. Demoed the unit at Guitar Center for a total of three hours across several visits.

The impressive versatility of the sounds you can get - it's amazing. Unlike a few reviewers, I found the guitar quite comfortable in my hands and I'm no novice to guitar - more than a quarter century of playing here and the Variax felt exactly like what it is - a good middle of the road between the "baseball bat necks" of some vintage gear and the slimmer Paul necks that are more popular these days. Well balanced instrument also.

The acoustic twelve string sounds don't quite nail it yet. However, consider the complexities of that task - how CAN you model the octave strings so that they sound louder when played with an upstroke of the pick rather than a downstroke?

Well constructed instrument and I've owned some great gear - an original 1st year Jackson Rhoads (serial #1308), a LP Custom, amany, many a strat, Godins, etc. The Variax sits in that company well.

I find the black 500 VERY appealing visually but then again, a guitar is about tone to me, not eye candy. This thing sounds better than my old Paul and buzzless strats - wondferful!

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I test-run this guitar at 30th Street Guitars in Manhattan. It was on sale for $999; I didn't buy it.

Lots and lots of tonal variations. And I didn't even hook the guitar up to a stompbox. Imagine the possibilities. All the sounds are already built into the guitar -- no special amp, foot controller etc. necessary.

The pickup selection is very confusing because on some settings the selector flicks between traditional "neck" and "bridge" sounds, but on other settings the selector changes the instrument model completely. I would've preferred an extra control for instrument changes and left the pickup selector as a normal rhythm/treble switch. The guitar itself doesn't feel like a player -- a little stiff. And the body shape is horrible to the eye; you won't catch me playing one live.

Good, although as I mentioned, I don't like the guitar from an aesthetic point of view.

This guitar would be tremendously useful as a recording and songwriting tool because of the number of textures you can get. It won't replace the other instruments you have in your arsenal; the modelling technology isn't acute enough to make genuine Strat, Les Paul, and sitar sounds, and I'd never try to do a 12-string acoustic guitar part on it. However, the quality of the sounds is still high enough that you will be able to get some unusual tones that you can't get anywhere else.

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I purchased this unit from Musician's Friend for $999. Having previously owned a Line 6 AX212 and a POD, I was very interested in seeing how they would put togehter the world's first modelling guitar. My hope was that the guitar would be the only one I would need on a gig.

The guitar I haev is a very nice example of Tobacco Sunburst. There are no finish flaws and the neck pocket is tight with no noticeable gaps.
The neck is sort of a cross between a Les Paul and a Strat. This is OK for me since I play both of those and this seems to be right smack in the middle of that road.
Now to the modelling aspects: I am playing this through a few different amps. The acoustic models absolutely shine when palyed through an SWR CA Blonde. I think I could use the Blonde, the guitar and a mic and play any coffee house gig. The six sting models (especialy the Gibson J200) are absolutely stunning. The 12 strings models a bit less so, but they will definitely sit well in a mix. The Dobros are also very good.
The electrics are fantastic as well. The Strat model with just the bridge P/U played through a TS9 into a Duoverb is SRV tone all the way. I have also played this through a Fender Reverb Deluxe with excellent results.
The Ric 12 is Tom Petty/Byrds all the way as well - try American Girl or Mr. Tambourine Man.


My least favorite model is the Coral Sitar. It probably sounds just like a Coral Sitar, but I probably won't use it much if at all. I would've rather had a mandolin model.
I also thought the guitar should have come with strap locks. It did not and I had to modify some screws to get the Schaller strap locks to fit into the oversized holes from the original strap buttons.

I think I already covered this, but it s a very good quality guitar. It is no PRS or high end Les Paul, but the workmanship appears to be well done and the finish is flawless. One thing - the neck has a satin finish, not heavy lacquer like most Pauls and Strats.

I will rate this 4.5 and perhaps give it a 5 if an upgrade includes a mandolin and slightly better 12 string models.
I would buy this guitar again, and I have not been sleeping much since it was delivered!

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I bought a new Variax Medium Music in Rouen in 2008.
From the beginning, I had lost her, but then very few and very short, to the point that if I brought the guitar, the dealer would have had every chance not to find fault. And it was also really not a problem.
But then, it has grown in recent weeks and now the standard case is the intermittent (or more sound at all) after 10 minutes.
I contacted the dealer and Line 6 who take refuge in one and the other behind the warranty expired.
I am very disappointed that the story and end up with one hand dealer "local" that I bought a lot of material for years "in confidence" and "let me go" to the first seed, and the other a manufacturer who has proposed an interesting concept which I concurred, but ultimately sees its product as "disposable."
Modeling, I find it fun and convenient.
But at the cost of an instrument every 4 years, niet!
And when I read reviews of the latest models, I see that the reliability is really not the primary concern of Line 6 ...

This is the first guitar Line6 and uses the same principle as the POD, ie, modeling, and this time some twenty different guitars all the more famous than the other, this is done through a piezo sensor installed in the bridge that captures all the nuances of playing guitar and transcribed in the software (see https://fr.audiofanzine.com/apprendre/mailing_forums/?page=3&idtopic=15851&idsearch=0).
Then we choose the model with a third knob
, In addition to the tone and volume.
The list of guitars is very long and extends from the Strato Dean Martin through the Gibson and even the National Tricone (Knofler is going to be happy) and it is here https://www.line6.com/ Variax / en / collection.html.
In terms of the violin, she m'inpire confidence afterwards because the first time, it seemed a little light, but it was his side a little "new" and propre.Maintenant after a few days to grind, I 'm very comfortable on it and the handle is shaped well enough not to lose in execution speed compared to my Ibanez, nothing to do with the handle of a Les Paul such as I have read some part.
No vibrato at the bridge on the other hand, too bad, but all models do not agree with Floyd satrianien.

Its use is unfathomable as I feel that I will take ten years to make the tour.Chaque day I discovered tens of different sounds by adjusting the volume or tone.
I think this is the ultimate guitar for guitar studio and we will see more flowering, in my opinion, the Variax in professional studios so its use facilitates the work of recording and even talk mixage.Je not where the acoustic tone knob changes here to change the sound as it did for placement in front of the microphone amplifier (technique of the "AIR" on the POD).
The guitar is well balanced and light enough, the neck is fast (what a joy to play a Les Paul or a Gibson J-200 as easily) and the lack of microphones greatly facilitates the finger-picking game.
The knobs are offset under the bridge which prevents too much teasing when we embarked on a frenzied rhythm.
Finally, it's a good vacuum with an incisive attack and good sustain which assures the quality of manufacture.

THE SOUND IS FANTASTIC! Do I need to be clearer?
Everything is beautifully transcribed: grain, vibrato, dynamics on the types of plectrum and fingers, attack and sustain, the humbuckers as single coils, all is well felt.
You can buy it eyes closed.
Put the model example Dean Martin D-28 in a tube preamp directly connected to the console, close your eyes and you will be stuck!
Obviously, this guitar suits all styles since all the sounds of the guitar are beautifully reproduced (with some exceptions Of course, much I quibble) and the usefulness of this POD is even more striking in order to marry easily the types of guitar the different types of amplifier.
My favorite model is ... I know ... every day I find a much different it rich.

This is the first time when I buy music equipment, I feel for Scamming the seller, as, wanting to buy clothes at La Redoute, I received incorrectly everything that had in catalogue.Croyez me this guitar will not stay at that price (1100 euros) and when more and more pros will use it (which is always ready to "reassure" the amateur lamda always keen on "brands "), Line6 will raise its prices to bring it to its true value (is it" Mr. Gibson ").

This is THE FIRST modlisation guitar. It is made in Korea, it uses wood equivalents of those guitars under license or some kind Epiphone Squier, gave an ide of the quality of violin making. A round mat, 22 frets, no pickups apparent, everything is in the bridge (but not a piezo). Rglagles worthy of a telecaster: one volume, one Tone. The five positions slecteur reminds one of a stratum, it seems of good quality.
The mcaniques oil bath are also reliable. Brief on the CHARACTERISTICS al the equivalent of a guitar 500 euros, the electronic diffrence prs has nothing to do: two jacks, one for a jack Stereo (yes you read that right!) and the other hidden by a plastic cap to allow the APRS Line6 updates. Moreover, the troisime knob to select the custom presets are two areas likely to store two new sounds.

First contact, the stick is fine. If the design of the guitar lovers will frmir gibson beautiful violin, one feels trs comfortable as a good standard fender.
In fact the guitar lacks personality but no default Submitted significant, it is lgre, easy to play, the finish is perfect. The sound as it surprises. One would expect a lag well as a MIDI guitar but is not a MIDI guitar! The more difficult it is to ignore the lack of corrlation between the violin and its product. That produce sounds fender still happening, one of his Les Paul pais the limit, but that of an L-5 3 / 4 body fucks a bad, those of a more sound .. .

For a list of presets see the site, any Manir I think that those who consult this notice are wondering how the sound can be modlises Fidler on guitar. First I want to talk REALLY prciser that the sound quality should be good in all styles: blues, rock, rockabilly, funk, jazz, jazz-rock, pop, metal, country . This is not my case, so we test the guitar two, but one amp electric. Moreover, the comparison is meaningful only when the guitars well connate origin. I had a telecaster 90, a strat rdition 57, an epiphone 3 / 4 Cash Joe Pass, a Les Paul Studio, a Les Paul custom, some electro-acoustic number with a 12-string, but not enough to talk of his Gretsh, the Les Paul Jr., the Super 400 and other vintages.
Apart from the musicians or a journalist I do not specially be able to give my opinion on everything. Anyway, the sounds of tele seemed to me identical to those strat perfect on micro acute central considerably less compelling for both positions dernires central / serious. The sounds of Les Paul are really good, we find that if its fat CHARACTERISTICS, sounds jous with L5 Wes Montgomery's plans are quite convincing. The bluff me acoustic 12-string including (without killing the sound of fingers or play with a harmonizer). I have all felt the same as rendering the best silent mdium and acute than in the bass. I also think that the principle of modlisation acoustic shows some limitations when we go on an agreement, in fact, is now in gnral that the quality of violin playing in the most sustain and amplitude of continuous tone. As the violin in the Variax is probably not included in the production of sound, it lacks a little something. Fan I was considering to buy a slide dobro, as saying that given the quality of the presets I will not. For the rest I do not be habilis comment.
I have tried sr saturated rock sounds and your exact trs is good.

Difficult to get an objective opinion, I think all of dpend which Manir Whereas the guitars. Here there is no passion! The violin is not like there are more enjoyable to play guitar. For me, the gibson but they make me RVer cotent too expensive these days. Same for the fender, the look is timeless, the legends, the image we give of oneself with a tele natural wood finish or a white Stratocaster. briefly forget the look. Think in terms of sound and price. A 1150 euros, I think Line6 made every effort to draw attention without gouging the clientle, they provide an AB box, a bag, a manual consquent they promise new sounds. These are in addition to people who have proven themselves in the field with the POD.
For me, the Variax is not the ultimate guitar, but it is certainly the ultimate second guitar! As Premire take the guitar makes you vibrate you to explore the sound up more thirsty and in a form never tire. For the second guitar, the Variax opens all the possible fields for forays into other styles without breaking the bank with guitars mid-range and above register.
For me it is a palette of his supplmentaire with more than one guitarist rve, the ultimate studio guitar but no scne.

Violin made in Korea bodes well
no vibrato;

Channel enjoyable to play, good ergonomics
the lack of microphones can aback
Provided the 25 sounds are recurring on that please the 10 + (depending on the style of music you want to play)
use very simple
(What is this but a 2 nd exit to the guitar, seems to update it?)

Ideally suited to the application home studio especially with a pod or v amp
style with fender gibson with dual vox and rectify the second quarter
only the 12-string simulations are limits (too artificial pitch shifter type)

Use for 1 month
The quality / price is undeniable
I compare it a godin a6 type except that a 24 + sounds
1200euros for she is no problem
it's a great 2nd guitar (even though I only have the one)
they repel lovers steve vai and satriani (except 2nd guitar)
it will fill the multi instrumentalists, and other curious studioistes home technology
it's a guitar that is kept throughout his life
we buy him a girlfriend type "real" gibson fender or rickenbacker of eopque if finances permit

Super enjoyable to play ... Versatile Channel (thickness / width)
Tip: string mesh dish is the bomb!
The rglages are many ... I start all love ... But I often return to the Semi MODEL (middle position) and Chime neck position.

Channel trs enjoyable.
Balance between high and low trs balance,
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A bit boring the transformer ... I have not tried the batteries but it seems that has not last long (12-hour record).

Sounds great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I jou a Gibson and I play Always on my Telecaster (which I never give up ... In this regard, it is my mouth right now ...)

My style: Jazz / Bossa / alternative rock (pink floyd ...) and Folk (Simon & G, Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman ...) and many other styles!!

The sounds are infinite (of the crystalline (type telecaster) trs sounds fat (Gibson type).

The folk guitars (Martin .. I Always play an RV Martin) is impressive (especially connected directly to a table via XLR available on the pedals that came with the box) .

I prfere all sound except the 12-string with whom I have a little trouble (by setting the tone knob I manage to get a proper sound).

I use it for 15 days (and yes ... only).
I became an insomniac.
My profitability in my business it is felt

I prampli couple with a Mesa / Boogie (studio pramp 350 used) and then the!! It's a slaughter. The perfect combination of vintage sound and modeling lamp: I get a harmonic balance made me shudder.

The models are all the more ... Fidler I assure you. To have tried a Pod XT ... Well DSOL Line 6 has has nothing to do.

ACHTEZ LA! (Qd's rare I come this l. ..)

I will say nothing of the spcial CHARACTERISTICS. She has a beautiful face especially in sunburst, has changed the traditional Fender butts .... Book a gig-bag, which seems to the well being protected bte

The handle is quite enjoyable as the end. The rosewood fingerboard is quality honorable.Les frets are a little prominent: This is not a finished copy, but that is enough. She is super lgre which is not ngligeable when playing standing for hours ... The varnish qq parat FBRIL a little ...
The pots are nice, a strangely reminds those of Tl
A knob particulirement draws our attention ...

It gives me the size that is most important:

I still remember my FBRIL when I connect the instrument and operates the knob magic!
Warning: do multiple play the instrument like the original, if you close your eyes more, the illusion will be perfect

Position T-model:
It is the Tl mule. The Fidler is to go, it's impressive. We find the soft bass and treble foil. Each position (1,2,3,4 or 5) has its own personality.
Warning: the 4-position: unplayable because compltement tufts. Spcial favorite for the position 5 and 3!

Position Spank:
Our good old Start: Always the same, very very good copy. We find the cot incisive "original" by attacking the strings frankly. Position 4 is vintage, it was believed widely amricaine a 1300 euros.

Lester Position:
The inevitable Les Paul. It is believed, there is the dominant gibson: The fat and powerful sound. Line 6 amme pushed the deputy returning the power of humbuckers over single coil is actuated when the knob!
It's very good, I jou dj gibson on and I still do not see the diffrence in terms of sound ...

Special Position
Matrise I do not have enough instruments to be able to parler.Cependant I like the glitter of the cot in position firebird 2.A find the CHARACTERISTICS of Gibson.

Position R-billy
Wow!
position 1.3 and 5 mule a gretsch 6120. What a chest! This guitar has a very impressive personality. The sound is vintage, a little too powerful sometimes overwhelming ... but what charisma! Position 2 and 4 is Rock n 'Roll. Some riffs well arranged and we would really say in the 50's!
I like this feature because of the magic knob these days it is very rare to find sounds like it ...

Position Chime:
The Rickenbacker, I do not know ... I can not judge the relative similarity of original equipment, however the personality j'apprcie mule. There is a fairly simple guitar, powerful but again compltement Rock N 'Roll, ideal for the rhythms.

Semi Position:
The slap!
regarding the position of 1,3,5, we find a E335. I laugh but I'm not mistaken for Chuck Berry Johnny be good by scratching. Fidler to the cleat. we feel safe and well rsonances of the original. Specially mentioned for the position 3, which gnre foils pleasurable ...
Position 2 and 4: This is a piphone Casino. More felt that his partner in clean, it has a natural saturation when the volume knob is all lovely background. I think a c'tait ftiches guitars of John Lennon. Me too I adopted especially for rhythm parts.

Position Jazzbox
I do not know these guitars mules. So no big speeches.
Position 4 seems to me quite unplayable because the bass are invasive.
But atmosphre General for this function Jazzbox is involved, the focus is easy provided you have a game suited.

Acoustic Position
It is the function of which everyone speaks. I find it very very Russian. The three folks have their own personality is stirring the gibson, country western atmosphere is not far ...
On the ass for 12 strings, I baba, what an easy game made quite optimal.
It must function acoustic prciser that gnre Unlimited capacity allows for a knob to vary the brightness of the sound for each Gratt '. I like, I spend hours on tape MY sound!
Madam palm mute makes divinely on this machine that is the Variax.

Position Rso
Good trip!
Never j'achterai of Gratt 'type rsonators but the j'apprcie, like the sound is stunning. I will say that even this kind of play sue Gratt 'inspires an original game, you come out of the box but with a truly honorable quality!
Specially mention the banjo is that fun!
The sitar is haunting, oriental wish!

Custom functions allow the guitars want to arrange in the order you want

I use this Gratt 'for a month and I am a fan.
The modlisations are up to my sprances.
I am short height for a small budget like mine.
Take Whereas this guitar you will optimize the coupling with an amp consquence. The acoustic guitars sound better on an amp carrment electro than a conventional electric combo.
I had this guitar for 800 euros and I will not leave me too pasdonnez your review keulkeul7@caramail.com
Long Live Rock!

Not much to add on what has been said about the features. So I will summarize by:
- 28 modlisation guitars (Gibson, Start, Tele, Gretsch, acoustic, banjo ...). At € 700 the Variax, it's € 25 model scratches ...
- A volume, tone and selector type of guitar

It's really a shame not to find models like (-1 point):
- A Gibson SG
- A big well nag Ibanez

It comes with an instruction manual well done, a pedal / power to choose a jack or XLR out (to return to practice direct console) and the keys to adjust it.

Unlike many people, I like the neck of this guitar. Yet I have little fingers. Access to treble is good, ok shape. One can easily play standing or sitting.

To choose a sound, it's easy! Just pick the guitar with the selector!

The tone knob is a bit feeble for some models: the sound does not vary much between the min and max (ie the LP). (-1 Point)

The fact of not having a microphone in the strings is very handy I think!

Ze slap. Fabulous ... Ultimately, I care about whether it is the copy of the original but what it sounds good!
Start: very good
Tele: very good except for one position with a sound too muffled
And gibson les paul special: very good! large saturation in sight!
Gretsch: it smells good rock!
jazzbox: even if I play it, the sound is very nice and I was wondering if I'm not going to
Semi and other electrical I know if it's the original but I like!
Acoustic: not bad! Surprise! is not first class but it sounds good anyway
Reso: I liked Romeo and Juliet on the National
Banjo and cytar: I is not but it's fun

Gors positive note, there's no any sizzling as the electric pickups! When you record yourself, it's own!

The guitar responds well to different forms of play: palm mutting, harmonics ....

It's been two weeks that I have. I was quite reluctant at first but everything is gone after 1 or 2 hours!

His +:
- The incredible number of sounds
- The feeling of playing with a "real" guitar
- Ease of use
- No crackling when recording, even next to a PC screen
Its -:
- Lack an SG guitar and a big nag .......
- Tone knob does not have much influence on some scratch

Like I said earlier, to 700 € the Variax, it's € 25 Modeling ...

At that price, how to do better? Some would say it will never be worth a real Start, a real TV, a real Gretsch ... and he prefers to play with the original! Certainly ... But it's not the same budget. And even if today I afford to buy more guitars, I prefer to have my good and my custom Stratocaster Variax next. It's true that it's chic to play less of Elvis with a Variax, but it also takes up less space than have 28 guitars at home ...

A € 700, I do not see how to resist ... If: not having money

Bon ben first she is prettier one might think. A handle or too thick or too thin, which allows a very nice game. The violin is the mechanical quality and do not move, only problem for some, of course no vibrato!

You have a knob that selects the type of scraper (Telecaster, Stratocaster, Les Paul, half box, dobro, Rickenbacker), a volume knob and one of tona.
Besides you have a 5-way switch. For the Start, it corresponds to the usual five positions. Les Paul for example, you have three positions of a skyscraper and two others in a different scratch.
In addition you have a position on the knob "type of scraper" programs where you as a scratching position, another in 2, etc ... Very useful in concert!

The handle is very nice, it's a good gartte. The sound is killing precision and incredible realism. You close your eyes and you hear the Les Paul, stratum 2 position, and the same thing for electroacoustic guitar!

For violin against the scratches of my poor ... same set, the sleeve shows some falsehoods, and mechanical beaucuop disappointed me recently ... vazy I'll spend my time to connect the G string ("/> (" />

It is suitable for almost any style of music, but we would love to have a PRS PEIT or other metal guitars more ... Shame when you think "enough" to Line6 to model ...

The value for money is very good, plus it comes with a terrible cover!
This will scratch card!
It makes me laugh guys who tell the forums with the "it's a scratch in queer, etc ..."
Who do I invest in synthesizers, software, cards, bass, bat, amplifiers, speakers, and the list goes on, I can not afford to pay me a Gibson, a Start and a semi-hollow jazz. For € 600 I have 22 others, and not low end.

Made in Korea.
Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 21 frets, tune the same fender.
Basswood body.
LR BAGGS style fixed bridge with piezo telecaster incorporated into the bridges.
1 volume knob, 1 tone knob, a 5-way switch, a knob for selecting model guitar.

I put 7 because I find the handle a little thick for my mimine and the violin correctly.

As I said above, I trouvve the handle a bit thick, but nothing off-putting, either. It is still very playable. And it's a matter of taste.

28 models of electric guitars, acoustic, 6 strings, 12 strings, banjo, sitar, dobro. There's plenty to do. Depending on the model, the models have the color of the simulated models, but not quite the same flavor. Having been comparrer the Variax with a les paul and a Start, I find the best strat returned, it said the simulation is excellent paul (same for all remaining models). The acoustic sounds were grown with the latest update. Get Connected in a pod xt live via the Variax input planned for later in the decision to return an additional Flextone 2 + hp + breath = no direct selection by the pod model guitar that is well. Anything is possible with all this: the big sound that task to the pure clean sounds through the sounds of acoustic piezo typed too. Anyway I love this guitar madness, my JS and JEM to draw a face 10 feet long!

I've since its release, that is 2 years and a half. Well it is clear vousavez read this far if it's a massacre at his. The violin is good but I think transplant piezo in a standard vibrato. Go - you in a while for the rest if it interress someone. I owned a strat US, an Ibanez EX 370 model, I still have a jem 7v and customized JS 100, then mail I can no longer get this scratch. The price / quality ratio was already interesting when I bought it (1150E to 28 guitars), but when it became allucinant line6 prices fell by half next year (tanpis for me). When to take the same choice is YES but I would take when the Variax 700 or 600 to get the vibrato (to taste).

This is a guitar made in Korea with a handle twenty-two boxes. It operates on the principle of modeling is that it mimics clbres guitars. It comes with a power supply unit, connectors and instructions complte. One may regret the absence of rigid tui, especially for prcurseurs who pay this guitar a few years ago in 1300.

The handle is satisfactory, it glides well and can play the high notes without problem, but it requires a little adaptation METR. However, I feel that pousss notes are difficult, but it should be can I change the strings. The ergonomic benefits of a low weight trs. Overall, the violin is correct, even if it is not overwhelming. However, the warranty is short. But who can fault a rpar lctronique for a fair price?

Some imitations are convincing trs. I compared with a Les Paul Standard, an ES 335, it remains close trs, in which the strings DPIT n'taient not same. For acoustic modeling, it remains more Drout, because you have to anstraction that is played on a guitar lctrique. The feeling is really weird. The very first time I test this guitar playing, I found the acoustic sounds not great at all. But when I heard them playing with another guitarist (and therefore without the Variax hands), I found it much better.
Attention, the use of certain sounds dlicat remains: for rsonateurs, difficult to play on a guitar bottelneck whose action is low trs.
Nanmoins, lots of fun to see her change what happens on a particular piece.
Overall is great fun, especially when the possde Workbench, which allows the guitar of disagreement or a monster CRER (micro Gibson Fender box).
I plugged into a Fender modeling. Attention must be impractical to use an acoustic amp for the sounds ... Acoustic otherwise we lose everything.

I use this guitar for eight months. I find the report quality price plutt good, but he left it a little silent CHRE. I think it opens up huge persepctives (especially with the work bench and alternate tunings). It provides access sounds that would not otherwise be because the instruments are too expensive (Super 400: more than 12 000 euros) is too SPECIFICATIONS (Who wants to buy a Gibson banjo to play three times a year?. I regret that many people dnigrent this guitar without having tried, or simply taking part. I think part of the future of the guitar through l by the fact that we can dsaccoder virtually anything that nenlve pleasure that I use my Gibson, my Fender or my Martin ...

See the posts and records from the manufacturer .... While the violin is not a super top, but the whole bill is honorable and is very solid ... great, gigbag and packaging delivery: the guitar came without even being out of tune .....

As for the handle, it is nice if not easier to play than my fender strato us, good access to acute, well-balanced guitar, reminiscent of a little Telecasters.
As for sound modeled, they arrive on their own virtual and the selector knob type of guitar (TModel, spank, etc ...) and the pickup selector can switch from one to the other models and / or micro configs (if you have a single type of scraper emulated on a given position) ... easy to cry!
tt tite a note of the same: the acoustic emulations, the treble control knob becomes a "positioner" (distance variable) external microphone: it's as if you engage in tests of an acoustic sound approaching or moving away from the body microphone ...
In summary, ergonomic top

For sounds, well, it really tears .... course to play on a jumbo or a hollowbody provides physical sensations that are not found here .... but the main thing is to say the sound is really ...
except for the banjo or resonator little suitable to the style of cal I play, I use almost all models (with a slight preference for the t-model-pêchus Telecasters well, the central position spank-plus crystalline my fender deluxe Us! -, the Lesters and two 3-oh gibson sound with sustain for the big mega rock! - but I also really enjoy with the jazzy, semi, the rockbilly-which can do much more than the 50s-60s rock because they are emulations of legendary Gretsch Brian Setzer-played by even the sound is interesting, although I prefer the variax700acoustic-and twelve-string sound pretty good if you take the time to settle a bit. ..)
brief is not much to throw about the presets ...
I even now the workbench (virtual instrument making workshop that integrates in any position presets invented hybrid models with alternate tunings) in short my Variax 500 has become a real laboratory instrument making shop guitar by itself .... is created, it loads and after we play .... if lack of space, can be stored on computer ... or buying other Variax to board his favorite configs anywhere! lol
I would add that, seduced by line6, I ended up acquiring the Variax Acoustic 700 and Vetta II combo amp legendary: modeling already on top is scratch, but I do not even explain the modeling of amps, speakers and effects ......!!!! a killing ...
one final note: these VETTAI the Variax and communicate digitally (which allows for specific presets: for example such as model scratched with amp and effect settings such ...); this is compounded by the sounds typed (or group of songs known) can be integrated via the Vetta .....
short, it's almost too ... but who loves and wants to hack easily find the big sound or personal, can not be happier ... except a big fat lottery and store gutar amp and effects of your own!! !!

1 year of using the Variax
3 months for the workbench
1 month for the Variax Acoustic and VETTAI

The +: ergonomics, ease and price
le: it is not the coffee! it does not turn into the original model ... well then line6! Efforts must be made here of the same tt !!!!! LOL

Start my, my mouth on ovation make their stands! but I do not forget ... even though the lab model called my attention ...
I resign without pb ... for all the products mentioned above (and yet I have no action at line6! damage for that matter!)

take about 670euros for variax600 (replacement for the 500), a larger budget for a 700 (1150euros about vibrato ... but apparently is not great!), the workbench can be found on the net within 90euros and finally the VETTAI is trading at less than 1900euros ...
short, it is far from a budget gibson, gretsch, fender, marshall martins .... .... vox ...
to years Lumie same: the big pro is the scope of an average grant!

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339 euros in Germany acquired left-handed, I practice for a month.
It's really a great tool combined workbench.
User right price Lowden acoustic taylor she makes standards services on a noisy scne say. Also practicing the open tuning I found a simple rotation of a button with DADGAD, mandoloncelle agreement or otherwise. All this is carefully prparer Prior to but the fact really. In a situation of solo Obviously nothing beats a sound picked up by a vritable electro static.
When the electric sounds that are the top 335 and in particular the Telecaster.
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And unlike what might be described sometimes trs The handle is correct (just getting used to), the tuning is good.
I'll just get a game with a stronger pull.