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Line 6 Variax Standard II, Ebony Fingerboard, Midnight Black

#19457

Product discontinued

Line 6 Variax Standard II, Ebony Fingerboard, Midnight Black

#19457

Product discontinued

Line 6 Variax Standard II, Ebony Fingerboard, Midnight Black Overview

The Line 6 Variax Standard combines all the innovative Line 6 technology of the former JTV series with Yamaha's legendary craftsmanship. The Variax Standard delivers unprecedented value that goes beyond any guitar in its price range.

Unlike other guitars in its price range, the JTV Technology in the Variax Standard means it can sound like an entire collection of vintage, modern, and exotic stringed instruments. You can even choose from an array of alternate tunings, all available at the flick of a switch. line 6 Workbench HD software means you can mix and match components and create almost any imaginary guitar your heart desires.

The Variax Standard delivers the rock-solid build you'd expect from a high-quality, Yamaha guitar. The lightweight alder body, one-piece maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, and custom-wound pickups serve up clear, full-bodied tone with harmonic richness.

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11/5/2019

This is an amazing instrument. Solid Yamaha build quality and playability and the tech is just stunning.

Simon Fisher

23/12/2017

Guitar developed an electronics fault within 2 days, but GAK replaced it very quickly with no quibble. The replacement appears to have a faulty battery charger, and I am confident that GAK will replace it. The guitar is very good for the money, and the electronics mean that I can change sounds and tunings instantly. Also pairs very well with my Helix. However, given my experience with faults so far I do have concerns over reliability. User forums indicate that such problems are rare, so perhaps I have just been unlucky.

Nigel Williams

03/12/2017

Good price, rapid delivery.

Philip Bell

03/12/2017

Having owned a James Tyler variax 69 for 3 years I took advantage of the low cost of the new variax standard initially as a back up. Firstly can I say the difference in the two models is huge the weight of the new standard is really light. The neck profile is very slim and flat compared to the James Tyler. No locking machine heads and the trem is now a vintage style rather than the two post floating trem. I bought the new guitar from GAK and this arrived not set up so the trem was tight against the body with light strings (for me) guessing 9-42 with a medium to high height action and terrible intonation. I've roughly set this up now but will be employing a guitar luthier to set it up professionally as the truss rod needs a tighten and the trem will need adjusting when I swop the strings for my usual gauge. The position of the controls I found when gigging the new guitar a little awkward as the tremolo bar gets in the way when its in a usable position. (I will be adding a spring to tighten the bar a little in the block so it rests nearer my fingers when tight) I was really impressed with the tone of the magnetic pick ups having set the heights to suit my preferred tone and output they are a little noisy but single coils are. I used the real pickups for a great Hank Marvin / Mark Knopfler / sound although I found them a little warmer than my James tyler variax's pick ups. I think though this was due to my heavier D'addario strings i have on that guitar. In summary: NEW price vs quality you can't say that the old James tyler variax is worth 3x the new cost which it was when released £1100 vs £330 what I paid including delivery for the new standard variax. I'm a professional Guitar / Vocalist who performs covers from the 50- 90's and I have to say for the price it's the cheapest guitar I've bought for stage use and it really didn't sound like it.

Andy Walker

30/4/2017

Great practicing tool, all your favourite guitars in one. Especially useful are the loads of alternate on board tunings, you can blast your wat through an entire practice set without retuning just by twisting a control knob. These things can save you hours of messing about over the course of a week.

Mr Bowler