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Absolue_Zero

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« on: November 03, 2006, 12:28:40 AM »
I found this video quite by chance. Jeff Miller demonstrating his Variax/PRS transplant... apart from the piezo-powered Line6 circuits, he's also got a BKP Crawler in the neck position which he demos ~4:00 minutes in. That said, it's well worth a look-see for what the Variax circuit can do, especially transplanted into a decent guitar... talk about flexibility.

http://www.guitaristjeffmiller.com/videos/jeff_miller_variaxdc_no_intro.wmv

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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2006, 02:27:17 AM »
The Crawlers sound amazing in that guitar (ad with those fingers playing!), fat but with more brightness than I imagined they would be.
 The Line6 sounds aren't too bad to be honest, not as good as the BKP but passable. I think the acoustic sounds are great, so much better than a piezo bridge sound.
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2006, 01:52:54 PM »
Very versatile guitar. Iknow which BKP's I'll be getting once I've found my PRS!
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2006, 08:46:30 PM »
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Very versatile guitar. Iknow which BKP's I'll be getting once I've found my PRS!


did you lose it?? check behind the fridge :D
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2006, 09:43:30 PM »
A PRS behind the fridge, are you mad?


Thats where the gibsons are kept!
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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2006, 09:45:23 PM »
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A PRS behind the fridge, are you mad?


that question kinda answers itself
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2006, 09:10:54 AM »
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A PRS behind the fridge, are you mad?


Thats where the gibsons are kept!

:lol:  :lol:

The Crawler bridge sounded nice! It made the Lester model sound lifeless in comparison.
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« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2006, 10:52:01 AM »
Tis a great video, is that. I thought the Variax models sounded rather good. It does help that he's a monster player. I didn't think the Crawlers sounded much better than the Lester model, although they did sound a bit brighter.

I keep toying with the idea of getting a Variax. It would be great for recording because it's absolutely silent when not being played (no magnetic pickups) and the guitar emulations were very convincing in the one I tried. And you can make your own 'guitars' with the Workbench software, adding different pickups to different bodies, altering pickup height, angle, output, etc. Hmmm.

Anyway, ace video. I also expected the Crawlers to sound a bit darker, maybe more 'full' than in that video, but it could be the way his amp is set.
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« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2006, 08:58:57 PM »
Did anyone look at his website and see how he built that guitar (and many others)?

Unbelievable!!!  :o  :D
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« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2006, 09:18:25 PM »
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Did anyone look at his website and see how he built that guitar (and many others)?

Unbelievable!!!  :o  :D


That guys guitars you would want to own, however I was looking at this site last night http://www.transaxeguitars.com/.

Have a look at his work in progress images (and techniques) and tell me if you would buy one ?

BTW he's looming 500 quid on ebay for the Cort conversion !

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« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2006, 09:48:00 PM »
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Have a look at his work in progress images (and techniques) and tell me if you would buy one ?

I would not...

To be fair, if I tried to put Variax guts into a guitar I'm sure I'd do no better, but - no offence to him - if I paid someone to work on a guitar and it came back carved up like that I'd be gutted.
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« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2006, 10:55:39 PM »
That guitar would be very useful in a gig situation and the Variax sounds are pretty good.My brother has the Acoustic and I used it for recording and I was impressed and it was very quick to set up.
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« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2006, 11:18:58 PM »
I agree with you Philly if I did it myself I probably wouldn't be too upset (possibly a little ashamed but for an first attempt not too bad).

It's his supergluing the strip board & stuff to the trem block, how long does he think that will last (especially when it's for sale !)

For the guy with the crawlers, I adore that Raspberry quilted top beastie, it's da bomb as the youths would say.

I was impressed with the 12 Ric & tele tones he has posted on the site.
I wonder if anybody has transplanted the Bass version electronics into a good bass (and why didn't the model the classic 80s Wal sounds :( )

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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2006, 02:03:16 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q
Did anyone look at his website and see how he built that guitar (and many others)?

Unbelievable!!!  :o  :D


I'll take one of these with a 'Yell, ta muchly.

http://www.guitaristjeffmiller.com/guitars13.htm
http://www.guitaristjeffmiller.com/videos/jeff_miller_variax_dc2.wmv
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« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2006, 02:06:40 PM »
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I wonder if anybody has transplanted the Bass version electronics into a good bass (and why didn't the model the classic 80s Wal sounds :( )


There are some bass transplants here:

http://www.instituteofnoise.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=17
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