Most Versatile Guitar for the Axe-Fx?

[sheky]

James Tyler USA Variax. I have the 59 version.

This is an insanely good guitar and then you have all the modeling on top too. I can go from a 12 string acoustic to a screaming overdriven guitar *in the same song* onstage in real time.

It is crazy.

Scott - how do you use the Axe with Variax? Do you need to put it through an amp? How about the acoustic models?

 

[wezx]

Steinberger

 

[solo-act]

Old school strat with SSH, pickups to your taste. The more vintage the SC are, the more old-time you can get, and the HB gets the rest. I've done well with old-school PAF.

 

[favance]

+1 on the James Tyler Variax. You can really get a lot of sounds out of them, the question is mostly whether it feels good to you.

I got a JTV-69....did not like the neck at all. Replaced it w/a Fender Strat Neck from StewMac and a pro-setup done on it. It kicks major but now. I can pull off altered tunings on Teles, Strats, LPs, Acoustics, and 12-strings. For a live rig it's hard to beat this w/the Axe-FX II. I just wish the JTV was a better build to begin with.

 

[LPSlinger]

=This may not be helpful, but I believe the AFX ll can make almost any guitar sound the way one wants - seriously. Having said that, I believe a guitar with quiet/noiseless pickups is very important for any medium to hi-gain players. There is enough high-quality EQ and filtering within the AFX ll to make a Fender sound like a Gibson & vice versa, especially when distortion is involved... Just my opinion, no flames please! )

+1; I play Stratocasters, Parkers, Les Pauls, PRS, Heritage; each has it's own distinct voice sound fantastic through the Axe-Fx II!!

 

[kerrlehr]

I have several guitars PRS Custom 24, EJ Start etc, but the one that offers the most options to exploit and augment the AXE-II is a Zematis Repro - with 4 wire Lindy Fralin PAF's and a custom "Jimmy Page Switching System". 21 options here

Installation Tips

also

http://www.wfzr.net/warmoth/jpoptions.pdf

My old '79 Carvin DC-120 surprisingly also has a lot of options with its extensive switching options.