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The Line 6 Variax modeling guitar is coming out with a "Workbench" add
on that will along you to create customized tunings and save them as
patches in the guitar. I've got a Variax running through a PODXT as my
main rig.<br>
I belong to another forum surrounding Line 6 stuff. A couple people
there have transplanted their Variax guts into new bodies and added
G2KA pickups. Talk about a versatle guitar!<br>
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<pre wrap="">One VG trick that I used last night was an open A tuning. Retuning your
guitar to an open tuning by simply stepping on a footswitch is amazing,
liberating, cool, and just plain fun!
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john
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Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Guitar Synth boards ready...
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<pre wrap="">john mahoney wrote:
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<pre wrap="">-But... I'm not interested in DIY for this because I think Roland have
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<pre wrap=""><!---->done a
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<pre wrap="">great job with the VG-88. In fact, last night was my first live gig
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<pre wrap=""><!---->using
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<pre wrap="">the VG-88. :-)
The best filter to use? A cheap one! :-) Since you need one effect per
string, the cost of everything is multiplied by six. Band pass is a good
idea. The M'fooger filter pedal uses an LP VCF switchable between 12 and
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<pre wrap="">dB, and it sounds good in both modes. I guess that more choices are
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<pre wrap=""><!---->better,
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<pre wrap="">so maybe you can use state variable filters -- if the cost can be kept
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<pre wrap=""><!---->down.
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<pre wrap="">LOL... yes thats true. A full system would be more complex than an
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Oberheim
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<pre wrap="">SEM six voice unit. however, DIY would give you the ability to control
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<pre wrap=""><!---->cost
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<pre wrap="">quite
a bit. Hacking a Matrix 1000 is one approach... there are others.
My only sadness is that the Roland patent of the Hexaphonic HUMBUCKING
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<pre wrap=""><!---->pickup
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<pre wrap="">KILLED
the market for guitar synthesis totally (well - killed it for everyone
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<pre wrap=""><!---->else :^)
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<pre wrap="">The hex humbucker
is the missing link, the major reason why everyone else's systems
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<pre wrap=""><!---->performed
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<pre wrap="">poorly. I would have
liked to see a more open market.
OTOH the VG systems are quite interesting... but they don't do quite what
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<pre wrap=""><!---->I want
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<pre wrap="">(not hackable enough).
My simple hex fuzz ran 90 ICs so you need to be a REAL diy he-man (or in
Cynthia's case she-man :^)
H^) harry
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