User Manual

The Guitars Of Variax
Each Variax model bank has ve dierent models available—one at each
position of the Pickup Selector Switch. These ve models may all be based
on the same guitar, two or three similar guitars, or, for the ACOUSTIC and
RESO banks, each model may be based on an entirely dierent instrument.
For electric models, the Volume and Tone controls work like the ones found
on the instruments we modeled. Rolling o the volume, for instance, will
typically result in a slightly darker sound. The output level of each model is
based on the modeled instrument. Models with humbucking pickups, for
example, will tend to be louder than those with single-coils.
For acoustic models, the Volume control acts as a simple level control. Since
acoustic guitars don’t have tone controls, we decided to let you shape the
tone of these models by changing the position of a modeled microphone
using the Tone knob. Give it a spin to explore a varying range of tonal avor
for each model.
Pickup Position Numbering Variax Standard
We’ve numbered the Pickup Selector positions in the manual starting with
“bridge” (the position toward the bridge) as 1. Moving the pickup selector
from there, you go through positions 2, 3 and 4 on your way to the “neck”
position (the position toward the neck) which we label as number 5.
Neck Position Bridge Position