Line6 Variax Nylon or Yamaha Silent Guitar or...?

siegfried · 5th April 2007

I want to buy any nylon string acoustic and I´m interested on this type of it, can you recommend me any "silent guitar"? Variax looks cool, but little bit pricey. Is it good? It´s for electronica, ethereal etc., not classical soloing or something like this. Thanks!

siegfried · 5th April 2007

Nobody? Y´all are only gear and synthslutz and not nylonslutz?

siegfried · 12th April 2007

leg · 19th April 2007

hi, I've been playing with the line6 nylon for the last 4 days, and I am fairly happy with it. It does have a nice feel to it, my only complain is a slight buzz on the D string, I guess I'll have somebody have a look at it.

The sound is really nice, and the 2 models it does (flamenco and classical concert) give you plenty of room to cover solo and comping styles, it is a more versatile approach than having an EQ, plus it has a very subtle built-in reverb and compressor that are just usable, but certainly good enough for playing live. And I think that it is exactly the strenght of this instrument, a very light, easy to play, feedback free nylon guitar. I find its "amplified" sound to be more realistic than that of more expensive nylon electrics I tried (Cordoba, Takamine, etc).

Having said that, I had to do a bossa recording this week, and just for fun I tried the line6 thru a purple audio biz preamp directly into DP. I was very, very surprised indeed to find myself liking the sound that got recorded. It sounds almost as a real acoustic box recorded with a mic.

In short, I've never been a fan of line6 products. I own very nice guitars and amps, (gibson ES-175, a 74 strat, Godin LGXT, etc) and hated the Variax series of guitars, just did not like their modeling. So when I first saw this guitar, I almost did not try it, but luckily I did.

I still want to try the Godin Multiac series, but haven't found anybody carrying them here in Miami. However, even if I got the Godin, I might just as well keep the $500 line6 nylon.

About the Yamaha, haven't try that one.

best,

Luis Gonzalez

5th April 2007	#1
siegfried Gear maniac Joined: May 2006 Location: European Union Posts: 174 Thread Starter	Line6 Variax Nylon or Yamaha Silent Guitar or...? I want to buy any nylon string acoustic and I´m interested on this type of it, can you recommend me any "silent guitar"? Variax looks cool, but little bit pricey. Is it good? It´s for electronica, ethereal etc., not classical soloing or something like this. Thanks! __________________ Sorry for my broken english!

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19th April 2007	#4
leg Gear interested Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 17	hi, I've been playing with the line6 nylon for the last 4 days, and I am fairly happy with it. It does have a nice feel to it, my only complain is a slight buzz on the D string, I guess I'll have somebody have a look at it. The sound is really nice, and the 2 models it does (flamenco and classical concert) give you plenty of room to cover solo and comping styles, it is a more versatile approach than having an EQ, plus it has a very subtle built-in reverb and compressor that are just usable, but certainly good enough for playing live. And I think that it is exactly the strenght of this instrument, a very light, easy to play, feedback free nylon guitar. I find its "amplified" sound to be more realistic than that of more expensive nylon electrics I tried (Cordoba, Takamine, etc). Having said that, I had to do a bossa recording this week, and just for fun I tried the line6 thru a purple audio biz preamp directly into DP. I was very, very surprised indeed to find myself liking the sound that got recorded. It sounds almost as a real acoustic box recorded with a mic. In short, I've never been a fan of line6 products. I own very nice guitars and amps, (gibson ES-175, a 74 strat, Godin LGXT, etc) and hated the Variax series of guitars, just did not like their modeling. So when I first saw this guitar, I almost did not try it, but luckily I did. I still want to try the Godin Multiac series, but haven't found anybody carrying them here in Miami. However, even if I got the Godin, I might just as well keep the $500 line6 nylon. About the Yamaha, haven't try that one. best, Luis Gonzalez