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Love it, was it was setup...it's amazing what you can do with this guitar, older guys like me appreciate the fact I do not have to carry a couple of guitars to get the job done, easy to play! love the smooth back of the neck! I love that on a couple of others I have..

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I purchased this guitar because I was unable to try it it at any local store. First impression was great, except for the set up on the guitar (the action, and some fret buzz). The modeling options are an awesome feature, just too much for me, except for the acoustic models which are always good. The neck is close to a new fender strat, which i believe is the thin C neck, and is unfinished. The guitar came with a decked or half floating bridge, which is my preference, and I looked in the spring cavity to see the piezo pickup, and that the sustain block is carved out to fit it, possible hurting sustain. For someone else this could be their go to guitar, but for me it was too much and I returned it. If you are looking at one of these guitars, I suggest you give it a try.

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First the good - The convenience factor is really what this comes down to for me. I own a lot of the guitars it models and quite a few others that stay in different tunings. Having one main guitar was the goal. It does a lot very well especially when switching from acoustic to electric. That alone is worth the price. For low to medium gain is where this really shines and the models are very convincing keeping in mind that even normal guitars of the same model vary slightly in tone from one to the next. Paired with my Pod HD500X, it's a no brainer with the ability to set the guitar tuning, pickup selection, tone knob setting, and amp settings all with one button. This is what makes up for the bad The Bad - Out of the box, this guitar is equal to a Squier. I'm sorry but it's true. I had a JTV and that one was fantastic. This one, not so much. It's not horrible but the finish on the neck is rough and the fret work was not finished making bends feel crunchy. After lightly wet sanding the neck smooth and polishing the frets properly, it's very playable but still feels kinda cheap. The frets are at least level and no bad buzz. The biggest concerns rear their ugly head when using high gain which is the majority of my playing. Palm muting lacks the attack of a mag pickup. There is no way around that. It's workable in most situations after a lot of tweaking, but when I go back to a normal guitar it's as if a wet blanket was removed. And even worse is when you do a string stop with your hand and this high pitch overtone rings in all of the strings. It also creeps in when standard palm muting as well and can even start to build in volume. It takes a lot of tweaking to tone it back but it's always there, stalking you in the shadows. The Variax can be a very useful tool but takes hours to get set up right. My goal was for this to be THE guitar and allow me to sell a few. In the end, I can't replace my metal guitar with this. For practicing and lower gain stuff, it's really great. Playing live, I'll use the conventional guitars for the high gain stuff.

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