The necessary piezo pickups are built into the bridge, one for each string, and the end result is very simple to use, which counts for a lot when you're on stage with no time to mess around. Instead of creating a special pickup to be bolted to your guitar, Line 6 provide a range of guitars of their own, with everything built into the guitar body and operated by simple, guitarist-friendly controls. Once again, Roland offered guitar and pickup modelling, but the Line 6 approach is very different. There was a lot of speculation about areas into which the company might diversify once it had grown sufficiently, and grow it certainly did, but rather than trying to cover all aspects of the music market as some companies do, Line 6 stuck to the guitar market, moving first into amplifiers and guitar effects, then most recently into producing their own guitars that use integral modelling technology to emulate a number of classic instruments. Almost completely immune to feedback, the Variax Acoustic will clearly be a hit in some live applications, but does it sound good enough to record?įew people will need reminding that Line 6 were the company who brought guitar modelling into the mainstream market with their Pod, even though, to my knowledge, Roland were the first to test the waters in this area with their more complex V-Guitar systems.
They researched, played, analyzed tons of different vintage gear to learn how they made their sound.Extending the modelling approach they pioneered with the original Variax, Line 6 have now taken a shot at reproducing the sounds of different miked acoustic guitars.
So Line 6 set out to recreate the needs of today's guitarist and bring to the table a great range of tone and effects. Both the subtle and overt differences between the many types (and even specific serial numbers) of amps and effects, became cherished tonal signatures that were sought after for the particular sonic mood that they might inspire. Each individual amp and effect design was created to distort and color the guitar signal in a different way, contributing significantly to why the guitar sounds of the Beatles were so different from Jimi Hendrix or Pink Floyd.
They believe that most non-musicians are unaware that the past fifty years of guitar amplifier technology has had a more significant impact on the history of rock music than the electric guitar itself. Line 6 knows that there are many guitar amps and effects that have changed the history of rock music. Line 6 is a company based in Calabasas, California.
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