petrucci / variax

[Norrin Radd]

Well, if everything then was digital, their genius would have still stood out, but I have a hard imagining their music could have sounded as real. Thinking about it, naw, no way; from the intro of "Saw her standing there" to the intro of "Sgt Pepper's", digital just wouldn't cut it.. not then and not now. Maybe someday, though.

Maybe I should have been more sensitive to the digi-amp users here.

Well, we all like what we like. No need to apologize for that. For the record, I'm with you on your Beatles and digi-amp takes. I've been down the modeling road before and I got off at the nearest tube amp exit ramp!

I was just confused how it could be both wonderful and awful to record with the Variax - and you explained it well - that's kind of what I though you meant too, but wasn't sure.

 

[candid_x]

Well, we all like what we like. No need to apologize for that. For the record, I'm with you on your Beatles and digi-amp takes. I've been down the modeling road before and I got off at the nearest tube amp exit ramp!

My L6 Flextone lasted a whole three days. Lucky for me a local guy was looking to replace his stolen one. Which goes to show, they obviously work for some. The studio owner/friend uses his all the time and loves it. But ya know what's funny? After I laid down a half dozen tracks for him, he ran out and got a tube amp, a Peavey Delta Blues 115, to be exact. But now he still uses his L6 and Vox Valvetronix ToneLab for most of his recording work. Easier to manage/control than tubes and analogue pedals.

 

[Spudmurphy]

I know it's not really EB related but a friend of mine put a F3nder neck on his Variax and it plays rather nicely.
Runs and ducks for cover !!!

 

[HunterSThompson]

So you take a perfectly good EBMM JP6..You cut a huge piece if it's tone out..Then you stick Line-6's attempt at Luthier-ing & guitar processors hybrids guts into it ?????? W.T.F Sorry Tristan..nuthin but love and for the others from France on the board..But you ask why Americans can have attitudes towards the French at times...This hack just summed it up...This guy needs a couple of things..first..chased thru the french countryside with torches like FrankenStein...then he should be clubbed to death with a roast duckling baguette while a choir of Mexicans sing the "Angry American" By Toby Keith in plaid leisure suits w/tails... white stetsons and those hot pink suede with fringe cowboy boots that Shania wears

...Oh..this weekends race at Charlotte...for the Coca-Cola 600 ...Jeff Gordon has decided to run a DUBS 24" Rim & Spinner combo to help dissipate break rotor heat

Hunter

 

[Ricman]

So you take a perfectly good EBMM JP6..You cut a huge piece if it's tone out..Then you stick Line-6's attempt at Luthier-ing & guitar processors hybrids guts into it ?????? W.T.F Sorry Tristan..nuthin but love and for the others from France on the board..But you ask why Americans can have attitudes towards the French at times...This hack just summed it up...This guy needs a couple of things..first..chased thru the french countryside with torches like FrankenStein...then he should be clubbed to death with a roast duckling baguette while a choir of Mexicans sing the "Angry American" By Toby Keith in plaid leisure suits w/tails... white stetsons and those hot pink suede with fringe cowboy boots that Shania wears

...Oh..this weekends race at Charlotte...for the Coca-Cola 600 ...Jeff Gordon has decided to run a DUBS 24" Rim & Spinner combo to help dissipate break rotor heat

Hunter

It's only a guitar!!!.....CHILL!!!!!

 

[djemass]

a guy posted his project on the fench forum....

thegreatnothing.free.fr

I'm not into digital guitar sounds, but he took the risk to try something...

Hi Tristan,

I am the owner of this Petrucci/Variax. I mainly use the magnetic pickups, and I use the variax mainly for acoustic, banjo and for single Fender sims. Variax is for me just a way to changes colors, but my main tone stays the Di Marzio (nothing worth the real thing !!!)

Another great thing with variax is the alternate tunings (I can simulate a 7 strings, a D dropped tuning ...)

cheers

djemass

 

[djemass]

So you take a perfectly good EBMM JP6..You cut a huge piece if it's tone out..Then you stick Line-6's attempt at Luthier-ing & guitar processors hybrids guts into it ?????? W.T.F Sorry Tristan..nuthin but love and for the others from France on the board..But you ask why Americans can have attitudes towards the French at times...This hack just summed it up...This guy needs a couple of things..first..chased thru the french countryside with torches like FrankenStein...then he should be clubbed to death with a roast duckling baguette while a choir of Mexicans sing the "Angry American" By Toby Keith in plaid leisure suits w/tails... white stetsons and those hot pink suede with fringe cowboy boots that Shania wears

...Oh..this weekends race at Charlotte...for the Coca-Cola 600 ...Jeff Gordon has decided to run a DUBS 24" Rim & Spinner combo to help dissipate break rotor heat

Hunter

hi bro,

you can think what you want... i don't care

Musicman is IMHO the best guitar in the world and I just wanted an improved piezo system. Digital is not worth the real thing, but it helps me a lot for live gigs to switch between my Di marzio to a banjo, sitar, dreadnought and so on !!! very flexible and useful...

cheers

djemass


cheers

djemass

 

[greenwizard]

Welcome to the forum djemass. To be honest I'd never do what you did but I accept that we're different people. And we share the fact that we love musicman guitars!! Good enough for me...

cheers

greenwizard

cheers

greenwizard

 

[Spudmurphy]

Hi Tristan,

I am the owner of this Petrucci/Variax. I mainly use the magnetic pickups, and I use the variax mainly for acoustic, banjo and for single Fender sims. Variax is for me just a way to changes colors, but my main tone stays the Di Marzio (nothing worth the real thing !!!)

Another great thing with variax is the alternate tunings (I can simulate a 7 strings, a D dropped tuning ...)

cheers

djemass

I just gotta say this .......





I like it !! Nice job!

 

[lenny]

So you take a perfectly good EBMM JP6..You cut a huge piece if it's tone out..Then you stick Line-6's attempt at Luthier-ing & guitar processors hybrids guts into it ?????? W.T.F Sorry Tristan..nuthin but love and for the others from France on the board..But you ask why Americans can have attitudes towards the French at times...This hack just summed it up...This guy needs a couple of things..first..chased thru the french countryside with torches like FrankenStein...then he should be clubbed to death with a roast duckling baguette while a choir of Mexicans sing the "Angry American" By Toby Keith in plaid leisure suits w/tails... white stetsons and those hot pink suede with fringe cowboy boots that Shania wears

...Oh..this weekends race at Charlotte...for the Coca-Cola 600 ...Jeff Gordon has decided to run a DUBS 24" Rim & Spinner combo to help dissipate break rotor heat

Hunter

DUde you need to step back a bit and stop being so blatant with your words ....every post i read from you ...your slaggin on someone or something ....i have held my tongue until now but i just cant stand it no more sheesh dude get a grip!your just plain rude

And as far as Americans taking attitude towards the French????? its Fools like you that make us Canadians think that Americans are a Bunch of pompous asses! So it kinda works both ways doesn't it.......?
The bottom line is its HIS guitar and HE can do what HE wants with it...If you had read the Thread the common theme was the playability of the Variax so he took the greatest playing guitars in the world and put in a Digital unit and now he has the digi stuff he wants and the playability he needs .....makes sense to me

 

[Norrin Radd]

Lenny -

Nice job. Good words.

Hunter - a little more tolerance would sure be appreciated. There isn't a whole of hating that goes on in this forum and we'd all like it to stay that way. Being an American that hates the "French" is pretty juvenile, IMO - now, hating a governments' decisions - we can all relate to that.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I have seen this conversion before and I am impressed! Having played the Variax I can see its a session guitar players dream. Would Zakk Wylde, Robert Cray or JP play one... nope - But I would!