Recent content by DanZigs

So, first of all, it's been a while since I bought the Variax (almost 1 year) and I remembered that it's actually the 600 model. It shouldn't change anything, since they are all the same electronics, though. As a guitar, it's as good as an American Strat. I heard that the 700 plays like a Les...

I have a Variax 700. It's my only electric guitar (other than an old cheap Ibanez) and I think it's fantastic. Cost me $1100 CDN and it gives me a huge array of different sounds to work with. Not to mention being able to change tunings instantly and play around with 12-string models. Highly...

Repost of my soundbank http://www.send space.com/file/ikofoa Here you go. Again, please remove the spaces. By the way, I use a lot of patches for several songs. For example: - the Bad patch can be used for City of Blinding Lights by turning on compressor and distortion and tapping the...

My tone library Sorry for the slow response, I was in Cuba this past week for spring break ;) Here's my tone library... http://www.send space.com/file/y6bzxv (remove the space) The tones are optimized to be used together with the appropriate patch on my Variax.

I just figured out the putting the MOD in the post-configuration really improved the tone. If you tried the one that I made before and thought that it was missing something, try downloading version 2 from customtone.

You can probably get a Vetta for about the same price. If you like your Flextone, why not stay with Line 6?

Muad'zin you're right. The Autowah and flanger that I used are part of the effects patch. Oh well... Monroe, I'm pretty sure that Line6 lets you test out their patches risk free for 30 days after which you can get your money back if you don't want to keep them. You can try it out and see if the...

I haven't posted 150 different patches.. for some reason I posted about 8-10 and the rest are all duplicates.. Maybe people tweak them and reupload? This patch uses one the new wah models for the XT Live, so it's possible that that's the problem.. Have you updated to version 3.0 of the...

I just uploaded my Mysterious Ways tone to the Custom Tone website. You can find it by searching for by last name - "Zigman". A key part of the Mysterious Ways tone is using an Electric 12-String. (I use my Variax for this). To mimic the filter effect using only my POD XT Live, I use an...

Streets delay Hi. I've been using my Line 6 POD XT Live to reproduce a pretty decent version of the live Streets sound. The key to this tone is the Stereo Delay settings. The delay settings are adjusted for the Joshua Tree version. To play along with the Rattle & Hum version, decreased the...

Another trick would be to use a tap tempo pedal connected to your delay. You can buy one for the Boss DD-## pedals for about $20. Also any decent multieffects pedal (eg. POD XT Live) has a built in tap tempo pedal.

Yes, there is a second delay, but it is much less audible. Since the POD XT Live cannot adjust the volume of each delay relative to each other, and since I find that the song sounds very "bad" (no pun intended) when the 2 delays are the same volume, I only use the louder one.

Try Arcade Fire. I saw them when they opened for U2 in Montreal. They're awesome! Even U2 thinks so ;)

The trick for the POD XT Live is to use either the Stereo Delay or Ping Pong settings. Stereo Delay has the advantage that you can set the feedback for each channel individually. Ping Pong has the advantage that you can adjust the stereo separation. (Note that for both, the delay must be...

Regarding the Variax. I just got myself a V600. I love it! It's an amazing instrument. In addition to the obvious advantage of having many guitar models to choose from, the ability to use alternate tunings without actually physicially retuning your guitar is a pleasure! The guitar is also...