Line 6 JTV-59 James Tyler Design Variax (overview and some classic tones) - Part 2 of 5

[chrisdoyle72]

these seem to have gone from £799 to over a grand in one year, why is that???

[angerfist96]

@RobChappers Is it worth the money?

[Hallslys]

One thing you guys didnt get to see in this video... A piezo will never give you feedback, just because its a piezo, and since the note coming out of the speaker isnt the same pitch as the string is vibrating in... You might say "Feedback is a negative thing, isnt it?" but no, in metal, especially live playing, it's essential to my sound to have a little feedback once in a while.

[RedNeckEDU]

Can you really play live with it though? Has anyone used it live?

[wileym]

Hey Rob. So...this is a bit late on this one. Can that guitar replicate the Peter Green "in between" sound? I generally use that LP/T/S trinity so I am intrigued to say the least.

[TheHawkdaddy]

Does it have semi hollow and hollow body sounds?

[xXxDexZkinxXx]

@TheHawkdaddy i was looking the line6 site and it seems it model hollow and semihollows guitars

[cast390]

Chapps,does this in anyway sound piezo plunky to you?. like the horrible original does?Especially when using peel your face off super HIGH gain distortion?

[PHeMoX]

Excellent technology and great guitar playing Chappers.

I've got the older Variax 300, but dang I want a JTV-59 or JTV-89 so bad! These rock.

[Sulcuscentralis]

What was that nice piece of music you started playing at 5:10?

[hainzy]

@Sulcuscentralis Think its was fast car by tracy chapman

[boleary2]

rob...any demos of the JTV69 coming anytime soon?

[VariaxGuitars]

BTW, Rob, I am Rich Renken Luthier/Customer Advocate at Line 6. I hope you don't mind me jumping in and helping out.

[jogurt01122]

: )

[Telecaster132]

I really like that riff at around 5.10 :D Is it one that you've written Rob or did you just make it up on the spot?

[ImUnd3cid3d]

I was going to buy this. Then i saw the price.

[VariaxGuitars]

@ImUnd3cid3d How much money will you save on the guitars you won't have to buy when you own this one? :)

[TheGoldiniac]

sorry but its RIICKAAAAAAY!

[roccckkerrr]

this is great marketing by andertons, they are all sold out now

[AndertonsMusic]

@roccckkerrr I wish they were all sold out!! The new Variax guitars arrive in September 2010, so there will be plenty to go round!

[NeckPickup]

well if you ask me, I like it. thanks for asking.

[DanBalsamini]

That guitar sounds as thin as paper.

[rickyjshiznit]

so, the tuning only changes what comes out of the amp not the strings? so they will stay the same tension but the sound out of the amp will sound as if your tuned to another tuning?

[AndertonsMusic]

@rickyjshiznit The re-tuning is done digitally, unlike the Gibson Robot where the tuners actually move. So "acoustically" the strings all remain in concert pitch, but what you hear through the amp is the retuned sound. Very clever!!

[VariaxGuitars]

@rickyjshiznit Exactly.

[rickyjshiznit]

@VariaxGuitars so does it tune each string seperately so i can do tunings other than standard or is it basically just a guitar with a built in octave pedal?

[nathanguitarguru]

you should have used a better amp imo, the drive is pretty bad on the Blackstar

[AndertonsMusic]

@nathanguitarguru We wanted to use an amp that was pretty basic so that the video was all about the guitar rather than the amp.

[VariaxGuitars]

@AndertonsMusic Well done you guys. I love these videos. We did the same thing for the Sound Samples that will be on our website at the launch of these guitars. I ran through all the models through just a Deluxe set fairly clean. So the amp doesn't color the various models.

[FuzzySnuggz]

Wait so Chappers, are you tell me I can play in Drop B tuning with the feel of a light guage string?

[RobChappers]

@FuzzySnuggz Yes ;-)

[FuzzySnuggz]

@RobChappers That's fucking amazing. Did you guy it lol?

[cerebrix]

@RobChappers but do you still play the same way? ive been curious about this because ive wondered how much of the "drop b sound" comes from the player having to use more force and playing differently than they would on lighter strings in standard tuning (i hope that makes sense). what are your thoughts on that topic? does one sound more like theyre playing drop b, or playing standard tuning, just in drop b? (i sound like a crazy person right now sorry lol)

[VariaxGuitars]

@FuzzySnuggz Ben Moody (former Evanescence) took 2 JTV-89US guitars out with We Are the Fallen for that very reason. He can do 10 different drop tunings in their set and he loves that it isn't all floppy. He thinks the tone is tighter than if he had big strings dropped to B. :) Fun stuff indeed.

[Leviskardsen]

Line 6 sure has come out with a sweet surprise here.

[mitchell797979]

its a robot guitar?

[VariaxGuitars]

@mitchell797979 No. In our modeling, the first thing we do is pitch detection. So we can then tell the note detect to be any note. It does not change the tuning machines and the change in tuning can happen instantly. So you could write or play a song that has an acoustic in DADGAD and instantly hit the chorus in Drop C. :) Fun stuff.

[EuphorbusBTB]

Well, a friend Jimi, is a friend of mine

[freakstupid11]

your hair looks like giant dark waterfalls pouring from your skull...just noticed that.. everyone wishes to drink from the fountain of win!

[snowiswow]

This one is looking so much better than that old ones

[Nickelbroken]

I bet the ML2 will kick this one's ass ;-)

[VariaxGuitars]

@Nickelbroken Those look like awesome guitars. This guitar isn't a guitar you would buy instead of another guitar. You buy this guitar because you can play a kick butt guitar that sounds like a paul or an s-type and Acoustic, sitar, dobro, etc. There is also going to be a Custom Shop USA model.

[Nickelbroken]

@VariaxGuitars Yeah ok... But I think (just my opinion =D) it's sad that guitars are evolving the digital way... like the Variax. Cuz' like you said, you can make it sound like a les paul or an s-type or anything else ^^. But isn't every guitar supposed to have it's own sound? The Variax just takes the personality of other guitars and so it becomes an all-in-one version of some of the greatest guitars, but I think it still hasn't got it's own personality ^^.

[sbvikings30]

@Nickelbroken yep

[sify11]

omg, that s type rly sounds like an 'S-type' guitar :D

[Inanimate100]

Good, Solid, Informative Vid!  \m/

[TheNation21]

Thumbs up for Chappers !

[RobChappers]

@TheNation21 Thanks mate ;-)