Line6 Variax 700B Modeling Electric Bass

Alder body. Familiar controls. Includes XPS-DI direct box.

Overall User Ratings (based on 40 ratings)
  • Overall:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Features:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Ease of Use:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Submitted August 27, 2006 by a customer from hotmail.com

"Near perfect Bass!"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Secondhand prices are low so you will lose a bit of cash on selling it but does any other bass have this much versatility?
Sound
Does everything and anything! I treat each patch as a starting point and tweak till I'm happy and then save the patch.After all I have no idea what a '61 Jazz sounds like real or modeled.
Features
Great gig bag,DI pedal ect nice!
Ease of Use
Idiot proof even our drummer can use it!
Quality
The neck is a peach,very Jazz like the body shape is very familar to all the tuner might need upgrading in the future.
Value
Should be a bit cheaper but so should a lot of music gear.
Manufacturer Support
Give them 10 never had any probs.
The Wow Factor
Not the look of it but the sound and music is all about sound

Musical Background:

Hobbyist

Musical Style:

Rock,Jazz
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Submitted June 6, 2005 by a customer from hotmail.com

"The bass of a lifetime! "

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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The product has a lifetime warenty and the manual gives you all the information that you would need to clean or fix it on your own.
Sound
Every sound on this bass is beautiful. It is an awesome, awesome bass! The sound is just right on when you play and the strings are a perfect distance from the neck so that you don't get buzzing but you don't have to push far to get to the neck, which helps with faster playing! The action on the neck is great too.
Features
It came with a very good expensive bass cord for free! It came with a box for power and for putting your bass onto a sound board and the instructions are so amazing. They explain it so that a 5th grader could understand.
Quality
Product is very well made. No loose things and everything looks great! The black finish is great! It comes with a very rugged gig bag that is almost as hard as a hard case.
Value
This bass is priced perfectly. It is worth every cent that I paid for it.
Manufacturer Support
I didn't have any problems so I didn't need to call or anything but when I bought the bass the company contacted me as soon as the item was sent and gave me all the nessesary tracking numbers and all that.
The Wow Factor
The black finish and the "scaley silver" pick guard is soooooo beautiful and "sexy". I love it!

Musical Background:

Active Musician, In a few bands and I've been playing bass for almost two years.

Musical Style:

Rock, Jazz is way way fun to play on the bass, especialy Marcus Miller - M^2
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Submitted March 28, 2006

"Put your money elsewhere."

Overall: 2.5 out of 5 stars
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I'll end up selling this bass very soon, and shell out the money that I should have in the first place.
Sound
Although some of the sound presets are nice, some are useless. The bass really emphasized the funky nasal sound of the G string.
Features
Great Idea but the technology is still falling short.
Ease of Use
I quite like the feel of the neck. It's playability is more of a fine touch feeling similar to a fender rather than the aggressive feel of a warwick. I also like that there is no pickups in the way of your plucking fingers. It's very time consuming to get good settings from the different voices(if at all possible.)
Quality
The construction is pretty sturdy. However, one of the pots in mine is very loose and tightening it is not something the user can really do because of the internal electronics. Also the neck is not straight and true.
Value
If all aspects of the bass were working properly, and customer service was at all a "service" I would rate the value much higher.(maybe like a 7.5 or 8)
Manufacturer Support
This is where the company fails completely. They have made every attempt NOT to help me with the problems discribed above. The only reason I didn't give them the worst rating here is because of the website and firmware upgrades. Although this benefit is heavily biased toward the guitar users.
The Wow Factor
I do like the aesthetics of the bass, and the modeling technology is a great concept, which will probably be great with a few more years of development.

Musical Background:

20 plus years playing bass.

Musical Style:

Many styles
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Submitted June 7, 2005

"AAAAAAAAAA+++++++"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Bass!! AA++++ a definate consideration for a new bass for ANY bassist!

Musical Background:

Studying Musician

Musical Style:

Rock, Classical, Jazz
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