Digit-All 6

Line 6 began to be famous among musicians for their very useful POD, an effect processor and amp simulator, for guitars introduced in year 2000, later they produced a version for bass, being this even more useful, handy and reliable. Then they began to manufacture the Variax, a guitar so revolutionary that people did not know what to believe, it did not have no pickups ahoy! Instead it had a piezo pickup in the bridge and its own circuitry for guitar simulation, you could get from a nylon acoustic to a resonator, a jazz box or even a Fender Tele, in a few words, you could have a bunch of guitars, the ones you have always dreamed having, but have not been able to afford. And well, off course, where is the production line for the most important musician in a band (I mean the bass player)? Line 6 tought of this and they manufactured the beautiful Line 6 Variax Bass 700 and 705 (five strings). With this baby you can get up to 24 diferent basses and that's beside the tone knob. I particularly like the thumb rest and heastock design. Maple neck with rosewood fretboard. Alder body. Digital I/O RJ45 jack and regular guitar cable jack. The Variax Bass Tone control is split into two separate knobs. The smaller knob on top controls Treble and the large one on the bottom controls Bass, and it is contextual of the bass selected. There is a blend, mic position, pickup position. The master volumne knob is also a push-pull selector for the bass model you want. You can get virtually any sound you want. Check out the Line 6 Variax Bass you'll be surprised of the miracle of math, yeah, I forgot to tell you, the developers of these instruments spent quiet a long time getting the sound waves and patters and developing mathematical models of the sound and character of the different basses to simulate their respective sounds.

Now, to the bottom line. The opinion on this bass is, well, divided. I've read comments saying it's the greatest human achievement, and others saying it's the doom of mankind made instrument. I've heard people praising its simulation quality, and others cursing it. I've written people about it and some say its construction will last longer than Stonehenge and others saying it breaks within hours of getting out of the box. So there is only one true way to find out. But until I get me one of those, kudos go to Line 6 Variax Bass 700 developing team for trying.