The line6 Variax was.......

Andyjr1515

I had the JTV59 in Tobacco Sunburst.  It was a thing of beauty and a great player even just on the magnetic pickups...and then there was the pretty impressive Variax stuff to boot.  Stunning piece of kit if you need to cover a number of bases....

prowla

The Fernandez Sustainer is neat (mind you, I thought of it in the 70s and I'm pretty sure I wasn't the first!)

hubobulous

I have a JTV for use with the Helix for our duo gigs. With the Boss SY300 and the Boomerang looper, I'm excited as to how vast we can make the sound with only 2 people playing.

we also have a drum pad which may well make it into the set....this all gets my creative side quite excited

thumpingrug

I still use my JTV69 a fair amount, especially through the PodHD, where i can changes settings with patch changes.  Great piece of kit.

Chuffola

I've had a few from the early ones to a JTV59 and 69 and the JTV ones are a different class - in terms of the actual guitar. They are very playable with nice pickups and a decent chunky neck.

BUT!  I agree with @stickyfiddle ; - its the feel of the modelled guitars that just didn't do it for me. It sounds like a stupid reason not to like them but its a fact.  The jazzbox sounds are great, for example, but playing them on a LP or Strat shaped guitar just feels wrong.

As a swiss army knife guitar for studio work I'd imagine they are fantastic. 

redrighthand

Just noticed the Variax standard can be picked up for £400 now if anyone is interested. http://www.themusicoutlet.co.uk/-c182/guitars-c198/line-6-variax-standard-tobacco-sunburst-electric-guitar-b-stock-p9070/s9710?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=line-6-tmo-line-6-variax-standard-tobacco-sunburst-electric-guitar-tmo&utm_campaign=product+listing+ads

@impmann do you think they are still developing g this technology - i.e. Will there be a new Variax at some point?