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Artist Spotlight: Jake (cloudchair)

Jan 6, 2012 Line 6 Artists

Japanese guitarist Jake, known as a core member of experimental rock band Guniw Tools and alt rock band Super Soul Sonics, has been relying on Variax® modeling guitars for several years as his main tools to create the “six-string soundscapes” in his solo project, cloudchair. The tonal variety afforded by his Variax® 500 quickly grew [...]

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Putting a JTV in the Hands of an FMO

Mar 17, 2011 Line 6 Artists, Line 6 General

A few months ago, I got a call from England and was invited to join a band whose first gig before touring Europe was to be a charity event at the Royal Albert Hall in London. I haven’t played in an actual band in quite a few years. (Let’s put it this way, last time [...]

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James Tyler Variax Video Blog No. 2: Exploring the Magnetic Pickups

Mar 10, 2011 Line 6 General

Jack explores each of the Tyler-designed pickups in the JTV-69 and spends some time investigating the “voodoo” that lives between the middle single-coil pickup and the bridge humbucker. (Voodoo courtesy of James Tyler).

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James Tyler Variax Video Blog No. 1: Jack’s First Impressions and Instrument Overview

Mar 1, 2011 Line 6 General

Jack describes his first impressions of JTV-69, showcases some of James Tyler’s design choices and discusses how playing an unplugged James Tyler Variax can tell you a lot about the guitar.

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Employee Spotlight: Andy Z., Product Design Manager

Feb 4, 2011 Line 6 General

What do you do at Line 6? Product Design Manager. I manage all the non-engineering aspects of the products including getting the product manuals written, the silk art created and the packaging scheduled. How did you end up at Line 6? Some friends who worked here got me involved on some projects on a per [...]

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WORLD Musical Instruments and Production Guitar Number One

Dec 1, 2010 Line 6 General

Just got back from Korea overseeing production of the first batch of James Tyler Variax guitars, and they are coming out great. They are being made by our Korean partner, WORLD Musical Instruments Co. Ltd. When we set out to find the partner for our off-shore guitars, we searched the globe. I talked to people [...]

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