Line 6 Variax
The Variax is the black sheep in
a family of already very strange
sheep. A joint venture from Line 6
and Yamaha, the Variax is capable
of sounding like any guitar you can
think of. Although this guitar
doesn’t have an onboard effects
bay to choose from, it can
morph into several different
guitar types with the turn
of its model knob. You
can also select from a
variety of tunings.
In a d d it io n t o t h o s e
fea ture s , y o u c a n c re a t e y o u r
own uni qu e t o n a l c o mb in a t io n s
via softwa re , t h u s c re a t in g
your own new in s t r u me n t . Yo u ’ re
still ma nipula t in g y o u r s o u n d, bu t
instea d of a n o n bo a rd f u z z o r d e la y,
you’re a ltering it wit h y o u r min d.
Out of a ll the gu it a r s o n t h is lis t ,
the Va ria x is t h e mo s t mo d e r n , a n d
the level of q u a lit y s e t s it a pa r t
from the other s . I t ’s d e s ig n e d t o
be a m usica l t o o l f o r a dv e n t u ro u s
pla yers tha t n e e d v a r ie t y wit h o u t
ha uling 10 guit a r s t o a g ig .
If you lik e to s t a n d o u t f ro m t h e
crowd, there’s n o be t t e r wa y t o d o
it tha n sna ggin g a f u n k y gu it a r wit h
onboa rd effec t s . Wh e t h e r y o u d o it
for the minim a lis t a p p e a l o f h a v in g
just a guita r a n d a mplif ie r o r y o u
wa nt to blend t h e o n b o a rd e ff e c t s
with your ped a lb o a rd, y o u ’ ll h a v e
a bla st. If you h a v e n ’t t r ie d o n e o f
the a forem ent io n e d g u it a r s , o r a n y
guita r with eff e c t s b u ilt it , ma k e
it a point to d o s o — y o u ma y be
plea sa ntly su r p r is e d .
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Cavity Search: 5 Unique Guitars With Built in Effects Part II