Owner's Manual

System Setup
2•12
James Tyler® Variax®
All James Tyler Variax (JTV) family guitars are supported. Also see “Page 8, James Tyler
Variax Tuning Options” on page 2•16 for even more JTV options!
• Variax Control (Knob 1): See page 2•11.
• Model (Knob 2): Selects the Variax Model & pickup position setting. Choose the
“Don’t Force” option if you prefer to not have the JTV local Model changed by the
Model value saved within the POD HD500 presets.
• Local Control (Knob 3): Determines whether the JTV Volume and Tone knobs, and/
or toggle switch are to remain active or be “locked.” When locked, the knob/switch
no longer controls the JTV guitar’s local functions for the Modeled output of the
guitar.*
*Note: When utilizing the Magnetic output mode on the JTV guitar, only the Volume knob
is “Locked” by any of the Local Control - Locked settings. For the Magnetic output, the
Tone and Pickup switch functions remain unlocked even when set to “Locked” via Knob
3. This feature allows you to freely use the JTV Tone knob or Pickup selector switch when
the JTV is in the Magnetic pickup output mode, while keeping the Modeled settings still
“locked” if you prefer these Modeled settings to remain unchanged when you toggle back
to Modeled output mode!
Also note that when any of these JTV controls are locked, changing the JTV guitar’s Model
Encoder knob automatically always resets all to unlocked.
• Setting the JTV Volume and/or Tone knobs to “Locked” can be desirable when the
knobs are assigned to remotely control any POD HD500 Amp or FX parameters
- see “Expression Pedal & Variax® Knob Controller Assignment” on page 3•7
for details.
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