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Line6 Variax Workbench Software (Macintosh and Windows)

Build your own custom guitar at home on your PC or Mac! Variax Workbench gives you your own personal guitar custom shop with all the tools needed to easily create, store, and share the guitar you've been dreaming of. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Imagine it...you can take any of the guitars, and you can you can make them into what you want them to be. Try taking the Firebird and putting telecaster pickups on it... why? because you may get a tone that you really like. Honestly...I've created several guitars that I'm never going to use...they were just good ideas. But, on the other hand...I've made one guitar that I use consistantly because it sounds great.

Quality:
if you're computer can handle it...it works. The cable that comes with the little box isn't stage ready, but it works great for the purpose it was made for.

Value:
of course we'd like things to be cheaper, but it will be worth as much as you put in.

Sound:
This product is amazing. My favorite guitar that I've made so far is a Jazzbox type body, with a Jazz P-90 humbucker in the bridge and then putting a single coil pickup in the middle between the two pickups. The result was an incredibly clear tone that the regular Jazz style guitars weren't putting out for me. The point is that you can do anything. what ever sound you really want, you can have. You just have to be willing to take the time and mess around with things.

Ease of Use:
It's easy. You pick the body, then pick the pickups, and that's it. It'll even let you listen to it as you change things. It's easy.

Overall:
The other really great thing about the Workbench is that it will allow you to connect your guitar to Line 6 Monkey (their download helper) and you can actually update the Firmware in your guitar. After you do this...the 12 string models are going to come out a lot better, and some of the tracking models are going to get solved to. If you have a Variax, or are going to get one...this product should be considered just a part of the expense of the guitar. Good news is, if you have a PODxt Live or a Vetta II, you don't have to have this product, you just have to have the VDI/RJ-45 cable and you can download the software for free. It's worth it. I promise.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10

Feature:
One word...COOL!

Quality:
Very nice

Value:
For free? Can't go wrong with that...

Desirability:
Got it! Don't know I would live without it now...

Sound:
This is the best thing available. With my Variax 500 and XTL, the software was free for the download. I jumped at the chance to grab it the first night it was available.

Support:
Havn't had to call.

Overall:
This is revolutionary. No longer are you required to bring 5 guitars to a gig or tune after capo'ing or take 5 to drop D...BAM...it's there at the turn of a dial...WAY COOL!

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10

Feature:
I'm loving the alternate tunings....I play mostly acoustic stuff. Was playing with tuning the E and A strings an octave down and it's slick.

Quality:
Software...hmmm...well I guess the fit and finish are fine. You have to pay attention that you download all the drivers, latests software as they describe. Get a pad of paper and write it down. It all works, but setup is critical.

Value:
Well it cost me a Variax 500 and a Pod XT Live to get the workbench free. I figured having 28 guitars, all the effects, and the ability to do alternate tunings with a flip of a switch was worth $1000 or so. This is a great gigging rig. Tones of tone options.

Desirability:
You have to look at this as a "rig" and it's very slick.

Sound:
If you own a XTL you can download it for free to use with your variax. This is the coolest....tone you can dial up to your taste.

Support:
I called them and they got me on track.

Overall:
Really happy now that I can do the alternate tunings and other adjustments. The workbench makes this whole thing a really flexible solution. I worry it will lose it's mind on a gig...but so far so good. I've had my variax since spring of 2004 and the XT Live about 6 months.....now I can really see what it will do.

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