Hey Vetta owners?

[Shawn]

Anyone ever own one of the Variax models? Thoughts?



Shawn

[Shawn]

Bump.Noone has ever played a Variax with their Vetta?



Shawn

[~K~]

Yes and Yes .. Shawn I actually have one I built from Warmoth parts.. I hated the 500 feel .. what would you like to know

[jgcable]

Just when I thought the Vetta couldn't get better. It did. Version 2.5 is incredible. Assignable 0-12db boost on any channel, the best wah's I ever heard, loudness and presence controls, ducking reverb, better tuner, fletcher-munson is now addressed so you can set your levels at bedroom loudness and when you turn them up at the gig they sound just as good, a whammy pedal!!!, the Soldano X88R!!!, some more fantastic boutique models and more!!!! I am truly blown away. The new high gain Soldano model seriously gives my real Soldano a run for its money.
Wow,,,wow...wow...!!!

[~K~]

Agreed 110% John .. I've been really messing with the knobs a lot more in the last few days..they have certainly pulled the harshness out of the amp

My Variax is currently in pieces getting painted so I haven't been able to check it out with the new software yet ... I'm dying to see if there is much of a difference ...

[Shawn]

So Kev, you took the electronics out of a Variax, and had it put into a different guitar?



Shawn

[jgcable]

A Variax is my next investment.

[~K~]

So Kev, you took the electronics out of a Variax, and had it put into a different guitar?



Shawn

Yes sir .. I had bought an original V500 and I absolutetly hated the way it played and felt so I sold it 2 days after getting it ..

When Warmoth decided to do strat bodies for the 500 they had the 1st prototype in the sale area and I decided to grab it and try that route.. this was WAY before they came out with the 700 ... Anyway the Warmoth plays so much better that I like the Variax now ..

[Shawn]

Yes sir .. I had bought an original V500 and I absolutetly hated the way it played and felt so I sold it 2 days after getting it ..

When Warmoth decided to do strat bodies for the 500 they had the 1st prototype in the sale area and I decided to grab it and try that route.. this was WAY before they came out with the 700 ... Anyway the Warmoth plays so much better that I like the Variax now ..

OK......So Warmoth makes bodies that are setup to recieve the Variax electronics........


I played a 600 and it was pretty nice actually. Greg Bartock from Heart played one last week when I say them and sounded great. I dont really understand what the Variax does though, to be honest.

Do you play your normal patches on the Vetta with the Variax, and they sound different? And I see variax preset patches on the Vetta, do they only work with the Variax?

[~K~]

yes ..they make Strat and tele bodies for the 500 and strat bodies for the 300 I think it was

[hammer84]

OK......So Warmoth makes bodies that are setup to recieve the Variax electronics........


I played a 600 and it was pretty nice actually. Greg Bartock from Heart played one last week when I say them and sounded great. I dont really understand what the Variax does though, to be honest.

Do you play your normal patches on the Vetta with the Variax, and they sound different? And I see variax preset patches on the Vetta, do they only work with the Variax?

The Variax is a 'Vetta' guitar. It has several guitars modeled, including a banjo, sitar and acoustics.

The Variax patches in the Vetta are geared to certain Variax models. They have an acoustic patch, banjo patch, etc.

The really cool thing is you can store a guitar model with a patch. You can be wailing away on a Les Paul model thru a Soldano, then bang hit a foot switch and you hve a telle thru a fender. For example I use it for Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi when I play live.

I have had a variax since day one and they are a great tool in adding to your tone pallet. I find myself using when I'm recording all the time. I need to buy a warmoth body and neck and swap it over, I think I would use it evern more.