You can tell staright away which is the real guitar sound as i feel the variax sounds/tones sound artificial compared to the the originals. There is no comparison to the Tele, Strat, Les Paul or general Acoustic sounds :)
tele crunch did sound better on variax must of had some thing screwed up the acoustic was easy to tell because its a simulated mic'ed acoustic on the variax so you say its horrible but I say thats what acoustic is suppose to sound like the piezo pickups in acoustic guitars butcher the sound compared to what you hear when you play un-pluged.
I only got two wrong, the strat crunch tone and the tele crunch tone...the les paul crunchy was pretty close too, and the acoustic was awful, but for an electric guitar, it was awesome.
The Les Pauls was pretty accurate. The sound of the variax sounded a but compresse and the acoustic was horrible but over all they were all pretty accurate.
The strat tones were a bit off, and the acoustic sim was pretty bad :p. But the rest were really accurate, and some the tele tones sounded better on the line 6 than the actual Telly!
I own 66 percent of this setup so I know how it sounds, but the one I was still really impressed by was the tele crunch; way better sound on the variax IMO. The clean Tele wasn't fair, since it was recorded differently ;)
Also wanted to use this opportunity to say that I really enjoyed this video and the dream set up video. Hope to possess the full 100 percent one day...
The only one I had a tough time with was "Les Paul Crunch" simply because there was so much gain. The rest of them just sounded like models. They're close, but you can still tell the difference if you know what you're listening for.
4/4 here too. I'm not really sure why line6 opted to voice the variax tones the way they did, to be honest. I'm pretty sure they could get the sound spot-on, but listening to the examples you guys played there was a pretty pronounced difference in all cases.
It's still completely incredible they're able to even come close, though - and they are! But I'd wait for a couple of iterations more before considering a variax. I've used a pod forever, and am thinking about a DT25 -made an impression ;)
I guessed them all correctly. The Line6 models just didn't have the natural elements that the non-modeled guitars had. Almost like the Line6 models were slightly compressed. The Line6 acoustic model just didn't have the bold sound of a full bodied acoustic.
i did okay, but to be honest i think i was subconciencely listening out for the tones i liked more than the actual tones of each guitar, but still its gooe
why is this going to be any more successful than the USA-Fender-strat-based VG strat? I love this sort of stuff, but I know I am in a minority. The VG has a much stronger brand for the guitar itself, but still failed, you guys sold your last ones off for second-hand prices
guessed all the electrics right, got the acoustic wrong, since you didn't say the real one was DI'd. - I looked for a mic'd tone
The LP sounds best, the strat weakest. These are similar to the Fender VG strat from 2007, definitely not a big step forward.
They all sound lacking in "air" and definition, hence me spotting them (with only one monitor - my other is off for repair). the LP crunch was the hardest to spot.
Good like the VG strat, to have extra tunings + real pickups, but what's new?
Spotted every single guitar but the LP crunch tone, and I'm not very good at this kind of stuff and that makes me kinda pissed cuse these guys make it seem like its impossible to spot, wich it's really not.
You could really hear a sonic difference on the strats/tele's compared to the Les Pauls, great axe no doubt but not really as subtle as I would of liked. The acoustic does kind of make it sound more "roomy" in the line 6 but that's not to its detriment, was a great demo :)
To even think about putting modeling software up against the real i think says something about the new Line 6 gear. I guessed most of them correctly. The top end detail was the give away for me, the real ones had those high "air" frequencies. but i failed on one of the tele models and couldn't tell the difference between the 'heavy les paul' sound at all. Pretty damn good i say! Plus for an 'in the mix acoustic' that'd definitely do the job.
I actually managed to guess which was the "real" guitar everyt time, but one of the things that gave it away was the slight increase of volume in the real guitar over the variax. With that said, the Tele and strat models were very similar, though I wasw not a fan of the les paul and i hated the acoustic sound.
to my ears the real guitars in all of them were more mid range slightly, the only 1 that fooled me was the acoustic, thought with it been more noisy and not as compressed it was the acoustic but it wasnt.
The Variax does a great job emulating all of the models demonstrated. But there was just something extra in the real guitars' tones and I could tell which was which, every time.
It's worth noting that all the sounds from the Variax (and in the above demo) are in the right direction. They aren't as sparkly or lively in general, and yes, real gear over simulations every time it's practical! But I still can't get away from hitting a button and going from acoustic to overdriven les paul... both going through my TC-Helicon Voicetone H1 harmony pedal too! No comparison on a covers gig!
I've only just come across this, but yeah - it was one of those, 'close but no cigar' things in a straight a-b test. I run a Variax 700 into a pod-X3 at live gigs with my wedding band - and yes, it's not perfect - but for me, that's not the point. I don't take an acoustic any more as the Variax sounds nicer, and I can match guitar to effects rig at the change of a patch... that's something not possible otherwise.
I got all of them correct apart from the strat clean tone. Interestingly I found the gibson, tele and acoustic very easy and they're the guitars that I have played far more extensively. Of all, I think the gibson modelling was easily the closest and the tele modelling was pretty rubbish.
Thing is, getting the sound modelled right is only half the job. What models still fail to achieve is the FEEL of the real thing. And unless you are quite a bread-and-butter strummer or riffer, that has a huge impact on the way a player actually plays. The real thing just responds more dynamically and 'truer', and helps me play better.... when the modellers start to get playing feel right, then they will finally have something i might be interested in!
i wouldn't necessarily want one, but i think that most people if hearing these in a recorded & mixed with full backing set up wouldn't be able to tell the difference, i never liked the line 6 amps, but the pod (both bass & guitar) has been a real asset to me for well over a decade recording wise, often to be able to get a great sound quickly for demo-ing or for putting down guide tracks, and even keeping sometimes (especially with so many angles to getting a decent sound the old fashioned way)
Tele clean sounds was easy to spot, the variax just lacked that overall bright 'Teleness' - crunch les paul sounds were harder but that's because the amp is colouring the sound - Acoustic - well piezo pick-ups sound terrible direct and the variax seemed to have more acoustic airiness too it - however if you had a mic on the acoustic as well - it would be a different story. very close but no cigar for me...
Fenders were extremely easy, could tell straight away. I think the variax lacked a lot of brightness in those. The Gibson was a little harder, as I have never owned one but I still go it right. On the acoustic I got it wrong, though not because they sounded similar... they actually sounded pretty different, but the real acoustic sounded duller, which was something I expected from the variax based on the previous comparisons.
As a long time fender owner I could hear those straight away, When it came to the Gibson and accoustic I was 50% right. What I have taken away from this challenge is reality is not what it seems, an impressive guitar indeed......will it ever become mainstream?..I dont know ....guitarists are a pretty conservative bunch
some of the cleaner sounds where easier to distinguish real from fake, but only because i could hear the two side by side... otherwise i wouldn't have had a clue, and they are unbelivably accurate.
I got all the Electrics right and the Acoustic guitar wrong.
The Electrics were just clearer on both clean and crunch (but the Tele crunch was closest).
The Acoustic Variax model was much brighter than the actual Acoustic which threw me given the clarity difference that I had heard from the Fender and Gibson guitars.
It would be GREAT to hear the difference in the sounds of the modelling between the original Variax and the new JTV's.
I did hear correct on every sample, but still; I own the JTV69 and it is really the ideal live-guitar when you need to use just one guitar. Great product!! :-) And, I must say, this was a great video! :-)
I got all the electric guitars right. The originals sound more open and the variax dispute the fact that it is really close, sounds a bit muddy. On the other hand I was fooled by the acoustic guitar. But maybe you should compare it with a takamine cool tube ? Anyway it is a nice challenge, would love a jtv 69 in white :)
for the cleaner tones i could easily tell which is which because of the authenticity of the sounds but for the crunch and heavy distortion i couldn't really tell.
I would still prefer to run a normal guitar through a setup like that though. The Variax sounds great and the modelling is close enough now that it wouldn't really make a difference on stage etc etc.
I got none of them. which means, would it matter if l bought one or not ..or after 40 years of trying have l learned absolutely nothing about how guitars sound....Bollocks!,l'm getting one anyway it looks like a lot of fun .. and if l can't tell the difference hopefully the punters at the Dog and Duck won't either.
Got em all apart from the les Paul crunch, that's a damn good model.
Strat clean/crunch and Tele/crunch were easy to tell due to brightness. But then again it depends on the model they are emulating I guess.
I'm still convinced this is a fine rig for the working guitar player. Especially after lugging a valve amp, 4 guitars and the rest home on Friday night at 2a.m.
I'm looking to get myself hooked up with this rig, already have the hd500
I got the lp ones right cause I own 2 :o but I was shocked at how amazing the higher end line 6 product was holding on. I still won't get it (rather still get a black star or vox). But the video did want me to get a telecaster v.v and the amp is not meant for acoustic guitars I think that explains why the electric with the acoustic fx sounded better. All in all amazing video hope they make more for other amps please!
the only problem was with the tele crunsh, i wasn't sure but i tended to the right one but the video sequence was too short for me to make a real decesion
well gents got them all right the fender sounds were easy the gib were a lil closer
to real for me and the heaver the gain the more it got hard to tell almost there just seemed that the real ones had more balls and tell tell signs that they were real i guess you'd say lol
How did I do... not worth a dam. I've been using line 6 products since the bean came out I've got the x3 live now getting ready to upgrade to the HD pro I also have a felextone III and gig heavy with all of it... they just keep making it better and better... I wish they'd come out with this technology sooner before I'd spent a small fortune on amps and stomp boxes trying to find the elusive prefect tone LOL. You guys rock thanks for all u do
Another piece of gear that does some things well and other not so well, great effort. I was impressed with the acoustic part but it was up against a low end acoustic... so ?
Bloody brilliant. Only the telecaster and the D28 acoustic stood out as quite different. All the rest were ultra close to each other. However, the difference in sound is liveable with.
This whole Set of videos for this has been awesome .. !! I will keep my Marshall and Fenders for the Studio But this is totally gonna be on the list for gig rig !!!
the variax sounds are slightly different compared to the real counterparts. I got all of them right, but the tele is a little harder to distinguish for me since I use Les Pauls, strats, and acoustics a lot. Line 6 seems to offer decent modeling, but it feels like they can always do better then they want to.
I called it with every single one besides the strat, that one was particularly believable to my ear. But regardless, that Variax is a bad ASS tool. I couldn't imagine a much more useful studio tool.
I was listening on posh headphones, think if I were using speakers I'd find it more difficult, but I got all apart from the acoustic oddly enough - the sound was the most different but I never listen to amped acoustic guitars... I'm a Les Paul person and was actually quite impressed with the Les Paul crunch sound. The Fenders were quite easy to tell apart but I think at a gig/in a mix the Variax would do nicely.
i always was right on the electric clean sounds, i didnt hear a major difference between the crunch ones. at the acoustic i was right also, but it was easy because of the angle of pauls arm.
Got 3 wrong... and the first was because (admittedly) I never got to hear a USA Strat before.
In the guitars that are sharper sounding (Strat/Tele), the Variax sounds fatter than normal. On the other hand, for the Les Paul and Acoustic, the Variax sounds sharper than actual. Maybe Line 6 could work on that?
Everything but the Tele Clean, I got right without too much focus. The line-6 has a "processed" feel. It wasn't hard to figure out which was emulated, but I try to go all analog in my setup, because I prefer it. The tele did throw me off, because it had a "fuller" tone, without the mask of digital processing.
i picked all the 'real' ones out and i prefered the real ones with the electric guitars. the acoustic was easiest to guess but i was pleasantly surprised by the variax on that one, didn't sound too bad. i think in a room the difference will be harder to spot.
I failed in the les paul in crunch mode, all others i got them right.
The variax still has a characteristic sound and because I owned one I could (not easily) tell wich ones are real. I think the les paul sound is the best emulated sound, the teles and strats sound different to the originals but they dont sound bad.
I sold my variax 500 because it had a few glitches(the sound failed for a split second sometimes)
I have a Variax and I have Strats and Les Pauls to compare against. Nailed the Strat right away, though I liked the Variax's tone. The Paul was closer and tougher to distinguish. Generally speaking, to my ears, the Variax sounds a little more like the tone is rolled back...a little "rounder" with less high end. Relative to the acoustic test, I nailed that immediately...which is a little odd because I think that Line 6 does a great job with acoustic emulation. GREAT VIDEO AND i WANT MORE. Please
Got a 100% on this. The Variax is a great guitar, but guitar modeling =/= the real thing and its pretty easy to tell the difference between the two on a recording. It's probably much more convincing tonally in a live situation.
was half asleep and didn't get it till it got going.. lol... No one cares how an axe sounds.. it's all about how it looks.. lol it's gotta look like it deserves a spanking!
The line 6 sounds a lot darker and less dynamic I think on all of the the sounds that I heard. The LP tone crunch sounded the most convincing to me.
It seems like it would be good if you wanted a lot of sounds live with the minimum amount of hassle but not so much if you want super accurate studio sounds.
Great video guys, really good idea to a/b the the sounds.
could tell the difference but the acoustic got me. The only problem line 6 have is there sounds have to much bass you can tell the difference between the line 6 and the real guitar because the guitar has less bass in the tone. nice vid guys i like to but my knowledge to the test
I think that the Variax was really good and I even couldn't tell which of the LP clean sounds was the real thing and which wasn't
...but overall I liked the Strat sounds of the real Strat more and I also prefer the crunch tone of the real LP over the Variax. With the Tele I could wich one was the real one, but I liked the sound of Variax more, it has got a rounder tone and doesn't sound so harsh.
I got wrong only the LP crunch. The Tele and Acoustic comparisons were the most distant, surely because they're the most peculiar sounding instruments of the lot.
the variax seemed to have more of a round sound while the actual guitars had more natural tones for example the fenders had a slightly thinner tone than the variax
With the strat and the tele was easy to hear the difference, but with the LP I had a hard time. It sounds identical to me, but at least I guess which was which, and for the acustic I totally fail at that.
I actually got all of them...guitars really do have a distinct sound...not that some of the sounds weren't close, because they were...but classic guitar sounds do stand out, great video!
fooled me only with the crunch strat... for the dream rig, i would have the DT and the POD, but i would only use the POD for recording... live i would use the amazing amp, with some favourite analog pedals. Me talking, of course...
Had a hard time with the strat and LP... the tele was more obvious, didn't care for that one as much (still ok, just not spot on). You could tell a difference between all the A/B's, but then again, we're talking a specific guitar vs. a model of a type of guitar in general... not bad for line 6, not bad at all. Granted, I would definitely play the amp, probably the POD HD, the variax is a little much for me, I prefer my tried and true old school guitars
I got quite a few of them right, but for the most part I still thought the Variax sounded surprisingly good. I guess modeling technology has come a long friggin way over the years lol.
the Fender cleans were very obviously different. could tell them apart a mile off.
Les Paul was a bit more difficult.
although i'm not sure the acoustic guitar was a fair fight really, considering that the variax was emulating a better acoustic than the one you played for reals.
overall I'd still prefer to have 4 guitars rather than that one.
The only one I did NOT guess right was the Gibson crunch :P
All the other tones are pretty much straight forward and easy to tell, especially the Strat (very twangy and bright) and the acoustic (clean, oh so clean).
I got all of them right except the acoustic. I figured the one that sounded DI was the Variax. But the Variax has a great non DI sound and it makes it sound unplugged,
The Variax doesn't sound bad at all. But it was still pretty obvious which sound was a real guitar, and which sound was a modeller, especially on the Strat and Tele. The acoustic modeller actually sounded better than the real acoustic guitar somehow.
I was wright on all but the Gibson Clean sound. I have to say that I'm not that impressed. But, with the amount of models you can create I do want to try a variax :)
I may be burned as a heretic for this comment but on some of the examples I preferred the Line 6 model to the real thing.
It's deffo more difficult to tell them apart at higher gains.
Can I suggest/beg to Line 6 that you make Variax electronics kits available to the general public with a kit for each of the most popular guitars. I've considered buying a cheap Variax off ebay just to harvest the the electronics and put them in my Strat but a kit would be better. *blows kiss to Line 6* ;)
I always chose the original guitar except one time. I don't really like the variax, mostly it sounds a bit like "plastic" to me. But yeah, great recreation of great sounds in one guitar ! Great demos Chappers and Anderton's, really enjoy watching them !
I could hear the difference after a couple of tries! :) but hey! That last callenge with the acoustic, you could see his arm being raised when (A) played! ;) Diden't give me a secound to guess! :P And the telecaster was easy to guess too :)
The strat was spot on and the les paul as well. But the acustic was very transparent. You could hear the difference. The telecastor was not so much I could tell by an inch or so but it was not a complete dead giveaway.
Hi there! I've got the acoustic wrong, all the rest was guessed right. As an advice - raise the treble on the Variax electric models - it was the only criteria when guessing the models. Cheers!
I've got 4 correct ones. The originals are better. But woah, you can't find any challenges like these. And those classics that I always want to hear are really cool. I got 2 pts the strat tone. The tele with one right and one right at the acoustic. The acoustic one is too obvious since it doesn't have resonance on elec.
It is really good, but generally Variax guitar has more low mids(about between 200-500Hz) and less of the high-mids(mostly at 2-3KHz) including the pick sound frequencies. But in general, it is awesome compared to what it does knowing that it can also store different tunings etc.
I am sure that the next variax will be much better of course, and even I haven't tried one personally, I think that what I said can be corrected just with a good eq right after the guitar.
I spotted all of them except for the crunch on the Les P (but the clip was really short) and the acoustic (no excuses here, the variax sounded way better than the real deal). I believe the V emulated the sound of humbuckers very well, but couldn't fully reproduce the snappy sound of single coils (it still was quite good, mind you). If they re-introduce low cost models (I remember one around 600€ but I could be wrong) with this kind of emulation, I'd probably consider buying one!
Strat, Tele and Acoustic relatively easy to pick. Couldn't tell with the Les Paul though. Nice work by the Varaix. However, I can't see this not making me want a tele, strat, Les Paul and acoustic.
I only missed the tele clean one (a very good tele sound by the Variax). I think the closest is the Tele modeling and the one who I think still needs some improvement is the acoustic.
You can tell staright away which is the real guitar sound as i feel the variax sounds/tones sound artificial compared to the the originals. There is no comparison to the Tele, Strat, Les Paul or general Acoustic sounds :)
dorothyrotten1 1 week ago
holy shit.
melborn987 1 week ago
tele crunch did sound better on variax must of had some thing screwed up the acoustic was easy to tell because its a simulated mic'ed acoustic on the variax so you say its horrible but I say thats what acoustic is suppose to sound like the piezo pickups in acoustic guitars butcher the sound compared to what you hear when you play un-pluged.
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I only got two wrong, the strat crunch tone and the tele crunch tone...the les paul crunchy was pretty close too, and the acoustic was awful, but for an electric guitar, it was awesome.
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The Les Pauls was pretty accurate. The sound of the variax sounded a but compresse and the acoustic was horrible but over all they were all pretty accurate.
Narutogotguts 2 weeks ago
The strat tones were a bit off, and the acoustic sim was pretty bad :p. But the rest were really accurate, and some the tele tones sounded better on the line 6 than the actual Telly!
Sirpwnalot4321 4 weeks ago
I own 66 percent of this setup so I know how it sounds, but the one I was still really impressed by was the tele crunch; way better sound on the variax IMO. The clean Tele wasn't fair, since it was recorded differently ;)
Also wanted to use this opportunity to say that I really enjoyed this video and the dream set up video. Hope to possess the full 100 percent one day...
MaestrosounD 1 month ago
what song is that at 2:45? i know it but i cant for the life of me remember the title! its driving me nuts :L!
MrWoodoop 1 month ago
The only one I had a tough time with was "Les Paul Crunch" simply because there was so much gain. The rest of them just sounded like models. They're close, but you can still tell the difference if you know what you're listening for.
EnvyInc 1 month ago
The variax just sounds muddy. It was easy to tell after the first time.
RyanPullin 1 month ago
i got 'em all right too. the genuine articles seemed to be brighter, but in a good way.
nigeldaddyo 2 months ago
All correct apart from the acoustic guitar.
huambo 2 months ago
4/4 here too. I'm not really sure why line6 opted to voice the variax tones the way they did, to be honest. I'm pretty sure they could get the sound spot-on, but listening to the examples you guys played there was a pretty pronounced difference in all cases.
It's still completely incredible they're able to even come close, though - and they are! But I'd wait for a couple of iterations more before considering a variax. I've used a pod forever, and am thinking about a DT25 -made an impression ;)
vanderhuf 2 months ago
I guessed them all correctly. The Line6 models just didn't have the natural elements that the non-modeled guitars had. Almost like the Line6 models were slightly compressed. The Line6 acoustic model just didn't have the bold sound of a full bodied acoustic.
WarmothGuitarist 2 months ago
I got 4 for 4, although there were some of the sounds I liked a lot better on the Variax.
sXeSnowmansXe 2 months ago
i did okay, but to be honest i think i was subconciencely listening out for the tones i liked more than the actual tones of each guitar, but still its gooe
MrRandomjayy 3 months ago
why is this going to be any more successful than the USA-Fender-strat-based VG strat? I love this sort of stuff, but I know I am in a minority. The VG has a much stronger brand for the guitar itself, but still failed, you guys sold your last ones off for second-hand prices
DrToneControl 4 months ago
guessed all the electrics right, got the acoustic wrong, since you didn't say the real one was DI'd. - I looked for a mic'd tone
The LP sounds best, the strat weakest. These are similar to the Fender VG strat from 2007, definitely not a big step forward.
They all sound lacking in "air" and definition, hence me spotting them (with only one monitor - my other is off for repair). the LP crunch was the hardest to spot.
Good like the VG strat, to have extra tunings + real pickups, but what's new?
DrToneControl 4 months ago
Spotted every single guitar but the LP crunch tone, and I'm not very good at this kind of stuff and that makes me kinda pissed cuse these guys make it seem like its impossible to spot, wich it's really not.
andreisidro 4 months ago
You could really hear a sonic difference on the strats/tele's compared to the Les Pauls, great axe no doubt but not really as subtle as I would of liked. The acoustic does kind of make it sound more "roomy" in the line 6 but that's not to its detriment, was a great demo :)
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To even think about putting modeling software up against the real i think says something about the new Line 6 gear. I guessed most of them correctly. The top end detail was the give away for me, the real ones had those high "air" frequencies. but i failed on one of the tele models and couldn't tell the difference between the 'heavy les paul' sound at all. Pretty damn good i say! Plus for an 'in the mix acoustic' that'd definitely do the job.
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thinwire 4 months ago
I actually managed to guess which was the "real" guitar everyt time, but one of the things that gave it away was the slight increase of volume in the real guitar over the variax. With that said, the Tele and strat models were very similar, though I wasw not a fan of the les paul and i hated the acoustic sound.
w1wang 4 months ago
to my ears the real guitars in all of them were more mid range slightly, the only 1 that fooled me was the acoustic, thought with it been more noisy and not as compressed it was the acoustic but it wasnt.
robsettheworldonfire 4 months ago
Beeing a LP lover... i'm ashamed, missed the LP clean. Other than that, good ear I guess.
I still prefer the "real" guitars.
olifilipe 4 months ago
The Variax does a great job emulating all of the models demonstrated. But there was just something extra in the real guitars' tones and I could tell which was which, every time.
richardsim7 4 months ago
It's worth noting that all the sounds from the Variax (and in the above demo) are in the right direction. They aren't as sparkly or lively in general, and yes, real gear over simulations every time it's practical! But I still can't get away from hitting a button and going from acoustic to overdriven les paul... both going through my TC-Helicon Voicetone H1 harmony pedal too! No comparison on a covers gig!
LiveWeddingBand 4 months ago
I've only just come across this, but yeah - it was one of those, 'close but no cigar' things in a straight a-b test. I run a Variax 700 into a pod-X3 at live gigs with my wedding band - and yes, it's not perfect - but for me, that's not the point. I don't take an acoustic any more as the Variax sounds nicer, and I can match guitar to effects rig at the change of a patch... that's something not possible otherwise.
LiveWeddingBand 4 months ago
I got all of them correct apart from the strat clean tone. Interestingly I found the gibson, tele and acoustic very easy and they're the guitars that I have played far more extensively. Of all, I think the gibson modelling was easily the closest and the tele modelling was pretty rubbish.
ChrisDN 4 months ago
Thing is, getting the sound modelled right is only half the job. What models still fail to achieve is the FEEL of the real thing. And unless you are quite a bread-and-butter strummer or riffer, that has a huge impact on the way a player actually plays. The real thing just responds more dynamically and 'truer', and helps me play better.... when the modellers start to get playing feel right, then they will finally have something i might be interested in!
DrJeffers 4 months ago
i wouldn't necessarily want one, but i think that most people if hearing these in a recorded & mixed with full backing set up wouldn't be able to tell the difference, i never liked the line 6 amps, but the pod (both bass & guitar) has been a real asset to me for well over a decade recording wise, often to be able to get a great sound quickly for demo-ing or for putting down guide tracks, and even keeping sometimes (especially with so many angles to getting a decent sound the old fashioned way)
snafutube 4 months ago
Tele clean sounds was easy to spot, the variax just lacked that overall bright 'Teleness' - crunch les paul sounds were harder but that's because the amp is colouring the sound - Acoustic - well piezo pick-ups sound terrible direct and the variax seemed to have more acoustic airiness too it - however if you had a mic on the acoustic as well - it would be a different story. very close but no cigar for me...
SuperMaddog666 4 months ago
Fenders were extremely easy, could tell straight away. I think the variax lacked a lot of brightness in those. The Gibson was a little harder, as I have never owned one but I still go it right. On the acoustic I got it wrong, though not because they sounded similar... they actually sounded pretty different, but the real acoustic sounded duller, which was something I expected from the variax based on the previous comparisons.
cherrypieforever 4 months ago
the strat you can tell a mile off
TheCrazytrainmusic 4 months ago
As a long time fender owner I could hear those straight away, When it came to the Gibson and accoustic I was 50% right. What I have taken away from this challenge is reality is not what it seems, an impressive guitar indeed......will it ever become mainstream?..I dont know ....guitarists are a pretty conservative bunch
Hertogjejan 4 months ago
I have to say that I got every single one right--this means you can tell the difference--EASILY.
drtwaits 4 months ago
some of the cleaner sounds where easier to distinguish real from fake, but only because i could hear the two side by side... otherwise i wouldn't have had a clue, and they are unbelivably accurate.
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I got all the Electrics right and the Acoustic guitar wrong.
The Electrics were just clearer on both clean and crunch (but the Tele crunch was closest).
The Acoustic Variax model was much brighter than the actual Acoustic which threw me given the clarity difference that I had heard from the Fender and Gibson guitars.
It would be GREAT to hear the difference in the sounds of the modelling between the original Variax and the new JTV's.
mhw6160 4 months ago
I did hear correct on every sample, but still; I own the JTV69 and it is really the ideal live-guitar when you need to use just one guitar. Great product!! :-) And, I must say, this was a great video! :-)
TheOgreid 4 months ago
I got all the electric guitars right. The originals sound more open and the variax dispute the fact that it is really close, sounds a bit muddy. On the other hand I was fooled by the acoustic guitar. But maybe you should compare it with a takamine cool tube ? Anyway it is a nice challenge, would love a jtv 69 in white :)
WoogyBoogyMan 4 months ago
for the cleaner tones i could easily tell which is which because of the authenticity of the sounds but for the crunch and heavy distortion i couldn't really tell.
BigCowz 4 months ago
The variax sounded nicer in almost every case, and the les paul crunch tones were almost indistinguishable!
TomMattinson 4 months ago
Got all of them except the acoustic.... I surprised myself!
AndrewFerrisMusic 4 months ago
thought the strat ones were very close but the rest you could tell relatively easily, especially the acoustic, but the variax didnt do too bad
gunsnflamethrowers 4 months ago
I would still prefer to run a normal guitar through a setup like that though. The Variax sounds great and the modelling is close enough now that it wouldn't really make a difference on stage etc etc.
dance2noise002 4 months ago
It seems all the line 6 lacks some presence.
slappywag88 4 months ago
got em all except for the gibson crunch. Pretty impressive, but I still like the "real deal" the most
kuschnjo 4 months ago
I got none of them. which means, would it matter if l bought one or not ..or after 40 years of trying have l learned absolutely nothing about how guitars sound....Bollocks!,l'm getting one anyway it looks like a lot of fun .. and if l can't tell the difference hopefully the punters at the Dog and Duck won't either.
cglno2 4 months ago
got em all. thoug the variax sounded better in some places i must say
TheAkaviri 4 months ago
Got em all apart from the les Paul crunch, that's a damn good model.
Strat clean/crunch and Tele/crunch were easy to tell due to brightness. But then again it depends on the model they are emulating I guess.
I'm still convinced this is a fine rig for the working guitar player. Especially after lugging a valve amp, 4 guitars and the rest home on Friday night at 2a.m.
I'm looking to get myself hooked up with this rig, already have the hd500
MrBluesman1 4 months ago
I got half of them right. The les paul was damn hard to tell the difference in my opinion. Loved the video though :D
LifeLongGamer 4 months ago
I guessed all right except for the acoustic. Apart from the acoustic the variax sounded less dynamic.
arifreeman 4 months ago
i missed the first one. (i´m not a fender fan :P )
Geddz0 4 months ago
Sounds like the clean Strat and Tele were a bit off, maybe too dark for the real tone?...
The crunch and high gain modeling was spot on.
Really awesome.
javiogarcia 4 months ago
Did it seem like the Variax had a lot more output than the guitars it was trying to imitate?
PRSpl4yer 4 months ago
I got it all wrong..........the variax tone was really sweet!!
buffalo4321able 4 months ago
I got the lp ones right cause I own 2 :o but I was shocked at how amazing the higher end line 6 product was holding on. I still won't get it (rather still get a black star or vox). But the video did want me to get a telecaster v.v and the amp is not meant for acoustic guitars I think that explains why the electric with the acoustic fx sounded better. All in all amazing video hope they make more for other amps please!
purplepineapple117 4 months ago
only missed the gibson crunch
psydck645 4 months ago
the only problem was with the tele crunsh, i wasn't sure but i tended to the right one but the video sequence was too short for me to make a real decesion
federfuchsCh 4 months ago
i got all of them correct the les paul was the easiest since im mainly a les paul man
TheMrbongobongo 4 months ago
what about the amp comparison now?
ffooxx20b 4 months ago
Missed only the les paul crunch tone.
TheKaappari 4 months ago
well gents got them all right the fender sounds were easy the gib were a lil closer
to real for me and the heaver the gain the more it got hard to tell almost there just seemed that the real ones had more balls and tell tell signs that they were real i guess you'd say lol
deoss69 4 months ago
How did I do... not worth a dam. I've been using line 6 products since the bean came out I've got the x3 live now getting ready to upgrade to the HD pro I also have a felextone III and gig heavy with all of it... they just keep making it better and better... I wish they'd come out with this technology sooner before I'd spent a small fortune on amps and stomp boxes trying to find the elusive prefect tone LOL. You guys rock thanks for all u do
RiverbanksStudio 4 months ago
Pretty cool stuff, but it's just that little something I would miss in the variax.
MrDynamite18 4 months ago in playlist Meer video's van RobChappers
For some reason the only one that I did not get was the Les Paul :(
komobabo 4 months ago
@komobabo Same!!
GuitarmanIeuan 4 months ago
Got them all except the acoustic. That real acoustic sounded horrible.
adiohead 4 months ago
@adiohead Same :c
Nexor123 4 months ago
Right the acoustic was brilliant ...
could spot all too but i think the paula and the start come close to the original, but the tele wasn't good was too much of a humbucker!
thefourhorseman 4 months ago
got them all right except the acoustic guitar,it sounds better than a hollow body acoustic. imo
ElectrikYang 4 months ago
Another piece of gear that does some things well and other not so well, great effort. I was impressed with the acoustic part but it was up against a low end acoustic... so ?
mike31jmb 4 months ago
Got them all but Telecaster clean;(
13rylo 4 months ago
I got them all right. It's wasn't that hard because the variax sounds so horrible.
QueenToKingOfSpades 4 months ago
Bloody brilliant. Only the telecaster and the D28 acoustic stood out as quite different. All the rest were ultra close to each other. However, the difference in sound is liveable with.
squidgybidge 4 months ago
This whole Set of videos for this has been awesome .. !! I will keep my Marshall and Fenders for the Studio But this is totally gonna be on the list for gig rig !!!
JHil35 4 months ago
on the tele you could hear the variax humbucker
mysteriemannen 4 months ago 2
I found the difference more noticeable in the clean sounds, partly because crunch tones were changed so fast I had no time to really listen.
but the acoustic really gave me trouble, I even thought both clips were from the variax, as neither of them sounded good to me.
metalrhoads 4 months ago
the variax sounds are slightly different compared to the real counterparts. I got all of them right, but the tele is a little harder to distinguish for me since I use Les Pauls, strats, and acoustics a lot. Line 6 seems to offer decent modeling, but it feels like they can always do better then they want to.
palman18 4 months ago
This whole time i thought we were testing real amps vs modeled amps... :/
MlkePortnoy 4 months ago
holy santa claus shit!
Str0dey 4 months ago
I called it with every single one besides the strat, that one was particularly believable to my ear. But regardless, that Variax is a bad ASS tool. I couldn't imagine a much more useful studio tool.
ET3BASS 4 months ago
I was listening on posh headphones, think if I were using speakers I'd find it more difficult, but I got all apart from the acoustic oddly enough - the sound was the most different but I never listen to amped acoustic guitars... I'm a Les Paul person and was actually quite impressed with the Les Paul crunch sound. The Fenders were quite easy to tell apart but I think at a gig/in a mix the Variax would do nicely.
IndigentMartian 4 months ago
I got every single one. the tele was probably the hardest one to tell the difference on though
imben901 4 months ago
i always was right on the electric clean sounds, i didnt hear a major difference between the crunch ones. at the acoustic i was right also, but it was easy because of the angle of pauls arm.
HippieGTA 4 months ago
excellent video, we wont more
:D
jogurt01122 4 months ago
Got 3 wrong... and the first was because (admittedly) I never got to hear a USA Strat before.
In the guitars that are sharper sounding (Strat/Tele), the Variax sounds fatter than normal. On the other hand, for the Les Paul and Acoustic, the Variax sounds sharper than actual. Maybe Line 6 could work on that?
goliathcombatwalker 4 months ago
got everyone except the tele crunch tone
TylerJeffersonMusic 4 months ago
Everything but the Tele Clean, I got right without too much focus. The line-6 has a "processed" feel. It wasn't hard to figure out which was emulated, but I try to go all analog in my setup, because I prefer it. The tele did throw me off, because it had a "fuller" tone, without the mask of digital processing.
thegravityplan3 4 months ago
other than the acoustic sound I liked the variax sounds better.
NickMass35 4 months ago
The acoustic and the les paul crunch threw me apart form that I got each one right :).
BaronVonDousel 4 months ago
All them right but the les paul crunch tone
2BM5 4 months ago
the acoustic model is actually a lot better than i thought, i would say that the real les paul crunch is better
EdmundRoweVlog 4 months ago
I detected every of them,except the strat,so
nochix96isnuts 4 months ago
i picked all the 'real' ones out and i prefered the real ones with the electric guitars. the acoustic was easiest to guess but i was pleasantly surprised by the variax on that one, didn't sound too bad. i think in a room the difference will be harder to spot.
really nice video though
lamborick 4 months ago
I failed in the les paul in crunch mode, all others i got them right.
The variax still has a characteristic sound and because I owned one I could (not easily) tell wich ones are real. I think the les paul sound is the best emulated sound, the teles and strats sound different to the originals but they dont sound bad.
I sold my variax 500 because it had a few glitches(the sound failed for a split second sometimes)
naosVideos 4 months ago
I have a Variax and I have Strats and Les Pauls to compare against. Nailed the Strat right away, though I liked the Variax's tone. The Paul was closer and tougher to distinguish. Generally speaking, to my ears, the Variax sounds a little more like the tone is rolled back...a little "rounder" with less high end. Relative to the acoustic test, I nailed that immediately...which is a little odd because I think that Line 6 does a great job with acoustic emulation. GREAT VIDEO AND i WANT MORE. Please
cmonsterz 4 months ago
Got a 100% on this. The Variax is a great guitar, but guitar modeling =/= the real thing and its pretty easy to tell the difference between the two on a recording. It's probably much more convincing tonally in a live situation.
metalwillhatecrew 4 months ago
i got the les paul crunch sound wrong.
noobcakepwner 4 months ago
I've discovered: 1. my ear is great 2. The first Les Paul sounds were completely challenging.
code933k 4 months ago
the only one i got wrong was the clean les paul tone
the variax is great but you still cant beat the real thing!
lucasstrickland 4 months ago
that was nuts, i got almost every one wrong :|
ahvaimusicom 4 months ago
the only "weak" tone was the Tele kind of clean, the other ones are just incredible!!!!
AllHopeIsGone12594 4 months ago
@AllHopeIsGone12594 Totally agree with you man, pretty cool guitar!! Thubs up for Line 6!!
AlanCessa 4 months ago
was half asleep and didn't get it till it got going.. lol... No one cares how an axe sounds.. it's all about how it looks.. lol it's gotta look like it deserves a spanking!
Dreamfullofzen 4 months ago
The line 6 sounds a lot darker and less dynamic I think on all of the the sounds that I heard. The LP tone crunch sounded the most convincing to me.
It seems like it would be good if you wanted a lot of sounds live with the minimum amount of hassle but not so much if you want super accurate studio sounds.
Great video guys, really good idea to a/b the the sounds.
SamDunlopGlennie 4 months ago
could tell the difference but the acoustic got me. The only problem line 6 have is there sounds have to much bass you can tell the difference between the line 6 and the real guitar because the guitar has less bass in the tone. nice vid guys i like to but my knowledge to the test
iferno 4 months ago
I think that the Variax was really good and I even couldn't tell which of the LP clean sounds was the real thing and which wasn't
...but overall I liked the Strat sounds of the real Strat more and I also prefer the crunch tone of the real LP over the Variax. With the Tele I could wich one was the real one, but I liked the sound of Variax more, it has got a rounder tone and doesn't sound so harsh.
742617044427 4 months ago
at the strat - tele - acoustic comparison the sound was very different... close but a little digital on the variax... just my opinion!
psofoss 4 months ago
I got the LP crunch wrong and the clean Tele. Surprisingly I liked the Variax-Tele-sound more. I liked the tasty sparkle;)
moertenl 4 months ago
I got wrong only the LP crunch. The Tele and Acoustic comparisons were the most distant, surely because they're the most peculiar sounding instruments of the lot.
virgult 4 months ago
Got 5/7
Got both of the Les Paul ones wrong!
Benni
benwilshire 4 months ago
the variax seemed to have more of a round sound while the actual guitars had more natural tones for example the fenders had a slightly thinner tone than the variax
TheJunglegun 4 months ago
With the strat and the tele was easy to hear the difference, but with the LP I had a hard time. It sounds identical to me, but at least I guess which was which, and for the acustic I totally fail at that.
solidraider20 4 months ago
I actually got all of them...guitars really do have a distinct sound...not that some of the sounds weren't close, because they were...but classic guitar sounds do stand out, great video!
13COU 4 months ago
lola is so boss
MegaMike270 4 months ago
on the acustic i could here the difference and on the tele clean
akaboo69 4 months ago
fooled me only with the crunch strat... for the dream rig, i would have the DT and the POD, but i would only use the POD for recording... live i would use the amazing amp, with some favourite analog pedals. Me talking, of course...
wtfwasthatt 4 months ago
Had a hard time with the strat and LP... the tele was more obvious, didn't care for that one as much (still ok, just not spot on). You could tell a difference between all the A/B's, but then again, we're talking a specific guitar vs. a model of a type of guitar in general... not bad for line 6, not bad at all. Granted, I would definitely play the amp, probably the POD HD, the variax is a little much for me, I prefer my tried and true old school guitars
andy474x 4 months ago
I got quite a few of them right, but for the most part I still thought the Variax sounded surprisingly good. I guess modeling technology has come a long friggin way over the years lol.
Wiggin992 4 months ago
strat 2/2
les paul 0/2
tele 2/2
acoustic 1/1
That thing might just be a Paul. I'm a little scared of it now.
Whatafilmz 4 months ago
the Fender cleans were very obviously different. could tell them apart a mile off.
Les Paul was a bit more difficult.
although i'm not sure the acoustic guitar was a fair fight really, considering that the variax was emulating a better acoustic than the one you played for reals.
overall I'd still prefer to have 4 guitars rather than that one.
it did well, but not good enough in my book.
0cscott 4 months ago
the variax is a lot more narrow sounding. I found all!
nikfore 4 months ago
funky headband you got there!
MYEYESONECONOMY 4 months ago
The only one I did NOT guess right was the Gibson crunch :P
All the other tones are pretty much straight forward and easy to tell, especially the Strat (very twangy and bright) and the acoustic (clean, oh so clean).
PunkHardSisters 4 months ago
I was very suprised at how good the emulation was, the only one I could tell outright was the Tele. The Line 6 didn't have the same attack.
MoosicDude 4 months ago
I got all of them right except the acoustic. I figured the one that sounded DI was the Variax. But the Variax has a great non DI sound and it makes it sound unplugged,
LeeChavezMusic 4 months ago
got all the fenders right. the acoustic got me and the les paul was quite unbelievable!
GuitarsAmSuck 4 months ago
Fender Strato - 2 out of 2
Gibson LP - 0 out of 2
Fender Tele - 1 out of 2
Acoustic guitar - 0 out of 1
How did i do for being a beginner?
spctator63 4 months ago
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Ok, for the Fender (clean) - I preferred A - it was real - Yay!
for Fender (crunch) - I definitely preferred B - real yay!
GLP (clean) - v. slight preference for A - not real bummer!
GLP (crunch) - major preference for B - real yay!
Fender Tele (clean) - preference to A - not real bummer!
Fender Tele (crunch) - preference to A - not real bummer!
Acoustic - definite preference to B - wow, not real.
I wasn't trying to guess which was real, but, which I preferred before looking at the result.
Vercingetorix 4 months ago
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Vercingetorix 4 months ago
The Variax doesn't sound bad at all. But it was still pretty obvious which sound was a real guitar, and which sound was a modeller, especially on the Strat and Tele. The acoustic modeller actually sounded better than the real acoustic guitar somehow.
AreYouIrrelevant 4 months ago
Great test. The thing was.....I had to guess!!!! I didn't know!!!
SB
stratobiker 4 months ago
custic sound from line 6 is gooood.. better them my roland gr 55 custic sound..
maxxyporky 4 months ago
Wow, the Variax totally killed the real acoustic!
AlvisLiquid 4 months ago
Both of the Tele's fooled me. That being said, the actual guitars all sounded better than the variax by a long shot.
thecompletejake 4 months ago
I was wright on all but the Gibson Clean sound. I have to say that I'm not that impressed. But, with the amount of models you can create I do want to try a variax :)
CoiLive 4 months ago
The strat one was obvious! The strat has alot more mid, I think.
I was pretty much waaay wrong on everything else except the acoustic.
All over, sounds really frickin good.
jagjaghuh 4 months ago
I may be burned as a heretic for this comment but on some of the examples I preferred the Line 6 model to the real thing.
It's deffo more difficult to tell them apart at higher gains.
Can I suggest/beg to Line 6 that you make Variax electronics kits available to the general public with a kit for each of the most popular guitars. I've considered buying a cheap Variax off ebay just to harvest the the electronics and put them in my Strat but a kit would be better. *blows kiss to Line 6* ;)
Zed1967 4 months ago
i am guessing that if you played the variax against the actual guitars they were modelled from you'll never know the difference.
Everyone should take into account that guitars sound different even the same brand and model.
That being said where the money matter on the les paul it was pretty spot on.
kingdarko 4 months ago
I always chose the original guitar except one time. I don't really like the variax, mostly it sounds a bit like "plastic" to me. But yeah, great recreation of great sounds in one guitar ! Great demos Chappers and Anderton's, really enjoy watching them !
rioolput123 4 months ago
I got it all right, surprisingly! Had trouble with the acoustic bit, but.
Great show, it really shows the dynamics of the guitar!
chum1002 4 months ago
I got everything right, but nevertheless it's very impressive! I would get a variax just to have the sitar tone
maciekfingerstyle 4 months ago
I could hear the difference after a couple of tries! :) but hey! That last callenge with the acoustic, you could see his arm being raised when (A) played! ;) Diden't give me a secound to guess! :P And the telecaster was easy to guess too :)
Malteboy777 4 months ago
The strat was spot on and the les paul as well. But the acustic was very transparent. You could hear the difference. The telecastor was not so much I could tell by an inch or so but it was not a complete dead giveaway.
Dork2190 4 months ago
I could on most of them
but then again its 50/50
Dork2190 4 months ago
Hi there! I've got the acoustic wrong, all the rest was guessed right. As an advice - raise the treble on the Variax electric models - it was the only criteria when guessing the models. Cheers!
Sulcuscentralis 4 months ago
I've got 4 correct ones. The originals are better. But woah, you can't find any challenges like these. And those classics that I always want to hear are really cool. I got 2 pts the strat tone. The tele with one right and one right at the acoustic. The acoustic one is too obvious since it doesn't have resonance on elec.
z3r0sh1ft 4 months ago
I got the Les Paul wrong, but the rest right..!
Damn nice sounds from that Variax..
MrTomRichy 4 months ago
got the les paul wrong but the fenders i was right
AtanasovPetar 4 months ago
A musician can hear the quality difference after couple years, dot...
Spieleschummler 4 months ago
i got the les pauls wrong....the real tele has so much more bite to the sound clean or drive. The real strats have more definition too.
dicano 4 months ago
The Variax sounded better than the actual acoustic! What sorcery is this?!
runtodemhills 4 months ago
It is really good, but generally Variax guitar has more low mids(about between 200-500Hz) and less of the high-mids(mostly at 2-3KHz) including the pick sound frequencies. But in general, it is awesome compared to what it does knowing that it can also store different tunings etc.
I am sure that the next variax will be much better of course, and even I haven't tried one personally, I think that what I said can be corrected just with a good eq right after the guitar.
ozzthewizzz 4 months ago
@ozzthewizzz remember that it is applied to the most models, not all of them of course.
ozzthewizzz 4 months ago
All right :D
OliTheGuitarist 4 months ago
lol i only got the tele clean right .. wtf??? :P
kouradoman 4 months ago
I spotted all of them except for the crunch on the Les P (but the clip was really short) and the acoustic (no excuses here, the variax sounded way better than the real deal). I believe the V emulated the sound of humbuckers very well, but couldn't fully reproduce the snappy sound of single coils (it still was quite good, mind you). If they re-introduce low cost models (I remember one around 600€ but I could be wrong) with this kind of emulation, I'd probably consider buying one!
FruitOfHavoc 4 months ago
generally got most of the right, the variax sounds pretty good and is quite close, but nothing beats the real thing.
SteveEttery 4 months ago
the acoustic was obvious
ryanchatfield1313 4 months ago
I got all of them except for the crunch on the Tele. Cool vid!
OptoOcto 4 months ago
Strat, Tele and Acoustic relatively easy to pick. Couldn't tell with the Les Paul though. Nice work by the Varaix. However, I can't see this not making me want a tele, strat, Les Paul and acoustic.
sarinapaparone 4 months ago
Hi,
I only missed the tele clean one (a very good tele sound by the Variax). I think the closest is the Tele modeling and the one who I think still needs some improvement is the acoustic.
Very impressive nevertheless.
LC.
lfrc2006 4 months ago
the acoustic sound is fanflippintastic...
brimill1980 4 months ago
I could only pick out the Fender cleans. Crunch tones were spot on and the acoustic was incredible. I got those wrong!
jjulch 4 months ago
The real ones have more top end i(to my ears anyway) only got the acoustic wrong.
sauerkret 4 months ago
Amazing.
brando18guitarplyr 4 months ago
I missed both Les Pauls, that was amazing. The Fender's I quite guessed, but it all sounds amazingly the same.
stickman928 4 months ago
Only missed the Gibson crunch =)
Very impressive gear tho!
Maarten7437 4 months ago