Are Line 6 Variax Guitars Any Good????

Variax guitars have received mixed reviews some hating them other people loving them.
Looking around Newcastle guitar shops I couldn't find any to try out and when asking about them got a 'We only sell proper guitars' response.

However I acquired a Variax 600 on ebay for £300 and bought the software Variax Workbench software and lead too for about £60.  Pretty good bargain!!!

A problem people have is understanding what the Variax guitar does. Basically it uses built software to model almost every major guitar of the past 50 years or so. This is done at the flick of the selector switch. See model types below

With the Workbench Software and lead you can plug guitar into your computer and build your own guitar sound from a wide selection of bodies, pickups as well as altering pickup position.

There is a wide variety of tunings to select from which enable the guitar player to change tunings at the flick of a switch.

The software is a must have. I manages to get a quite good Brian May sound using the software. Which can be stored on the guitar itself

There are those people who turn there noses up at these guitars. If I had a vast collection of Gibson Fender Gretch Martin and Rickenbacker worth 1000s of £s I suppose I would.

But if you want a guitar that produces a vast array of tones replicating classic sounds without remortgaging the house then this is ideal.

The down side of this guitar probably had to be the sustain or lack of it. But I felt the versatility for recording purposes made up for that.

Some dont like the fact it doesnt have pickups on it and therefore looks odd.

Line 6 have brought out a MKII with pickups and a selector dial for altered tuning. This is quite a bit more expensive and I havnt tried it out yet.

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