@@Souldoubtrocks it was pretty upsetting when I found out that they were no longer going to be making these guitars. I think it was announced earlier this year, possibly late last year, I can't remember for sure. From what I understand some of the parts needed to make the Variax guitars had been discontinued and they couldn't source them any longer. It was impossible to continue production on the current generation of Variaxes. I REALLY hope some day there will be a new generation of Variax guitars 🤞

I'm using the acoustic setting on the line 6 Variax guitar. It's the best acoustic simulation I've used by far.

@@ChadHuskey thank you

@@JonnyLeeguitarist thanks brother!! 😎

@@jamlsn thanks so much! Glad you are enjoying the content and the playing 😎

There's a link to a free preset in the description of this video, as well as explaining how it's setup. That's pretty much what I'm using in this video. I don't remember if the preset has a looper block in it, but if not just add it to the first block in the chain. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIjZcoiOfryFfdE

Thanks so much Chad. I've learned a lot from your videos and I have purchased several of your presets on the Line 6 website. You are so right from a past video that the Variax is your main axe and you hardly ever play your other guitars. Me too. I go to my Parker every now and then but mostly use my Standard. Thanks again. Larry Eveler, Venice FL

@@huskeydrums Thanks!!

@@JonNewquist thanks! No wound 3rd, just a regular electric set of 10s. All of the acoustic emulation is coming from the Variax.

@@AndriyGal look through my Variax videos, I have a playlist on my channel, and I have a video dedicated to getting strat tones.

@@balotpenoy371 yes it does! 😎

I agree about the Pod Go. I've enjoyed mine as well. And the simplicity is nice. The way I combat the tendency of making preset after preset on the Helix is that I basically built one preset I like and I use that one 99% of the time. My main preset I've tweaked over the years in terms of changing some of the effects from time to time, but the core preset and the amp model I use (litigator) hasn't changed since 2016. I used the Matchless before the litigator was added, but after it came out I've stayed with it. Basically I just found "my sound" and I don't mess with it. It's too easy to get caught up in the endless possibilities of any of the high end modeling devices. I enjoy building presets for my KZbin channel a lot, and it's cool to see what I can come up with. But in terms of what I use when I'm going to make music I always go to my main preset. Unless I'm recording and need something specific.

I'm replying to this not sitting in front of Helix, so I'll do my best to trouble shoot from memory :) What I think is happening is that when you bypass/turn off the clean amp your guitar signal still gets fed through it. It will be MUCH quieter, but it's still there. Which is probably why you're still hearing the effects. If you are using the merge block to switch between the paths then that shouldn't be happening, but if you are just bypassing the clean amp block you'll experience what you're hearing. Without seeing your preset I can't be sure which is happening, but let me know if you are bypassing the clean amp model only, and if so that's the problem.

@@ChadHuskey ok i got it... so is there a way of switching off the merge block within different snapshots, or is it just a case of using slider to null the level and saving it? Either way, its good... Thjanks for your help!

Depends though, I use ASIO4ALL with my amp as an interface, and it has like 16-17 ms latency

It completely depends on your audio interface and how powerful your computer is. You can get low latency with a good setup.

@@guilhordas this preset does not work on hx stomp. It works for helix rack/floor/lt

Glad you are enjoying the videos! You just need to go to Line 6's website and go to the downloads section. Choose Workbench HD from the software drop down menu. You don't need to worry about choosing hardware, just software. Unfortunately there isn't a mobile app available.

Thank you for your help. I downloaded WB and made some adjustments to my JTV that I didn’t realize was possible until I saw your series on this software. Is there a way to edit the tuning presets on the Alt Tuning knob through Workbench HD? Or can those only be done on the guitar itself? Mine is basically set for virtual capos all the way up the dial, but I’d like to clean things up a little through the app (and maybe permanently re-label the knob). Many Thanks for taking the time to upload these videos!