Key benefits compared to other products
A joy to play and with superb design and build quality, Yamaha guitars are brilliant on their own. But combined with Line 6's Variax technology, they offer you a world of guitar tones in an instrument that you'll want to play for years and years. A few simple controls let you jump between authentic tones and rock-solid tunings in seconds.
Addictively playable with classic looks, Variax Standard gives you exceptional handcrafted quality - plus incredible Variax HD technology that puts it in a class of its own. Inspire your playing with a collection of the world's most coveted vintage electrics, classic acoustics and exotic instruments. Switch up your tunings on the fly. You can even go beyond what's physically possible and create the instrument of your dreams with Variax Workbench HD virtual custom shop software.
- Line 6 innovation meets Yamaha craftsmanship
- Access an entire collection of electric, acoustic and exotic guitars
- Switch between alternate tunings with the turn of a knob
- Create any guitar imaginable with Workbench HD software
- Lightweight alder body, fast maple neck and custom single-coil pickups
Unflinching Quality
Designed and crafted by our own Luthiers at Yamaha, Variax Standard delivers the rock-solid build you'd expect from a high-quality guitar. The lightweight alder S-type body, one-piece thin-finished maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, and proprietary tremolo bridge deliver total comfort and playability, while the custom-wound pickups serve up loads of rich tone. Add in Line 6's proprietary Variax HD technology, and you get a guitar that goes above and beyond the call of duty.
Incredible Tone, Total Versatility
With the Variax family of guitars, creating your own unique sound has never been easier. Variax HD technology delivers a wide variety of classic guitar models - each with exceptional detail, feel and response. Choose from an amazing collection of vintage electrics. Or inspire your playing with rare acoustics and eclectic instruments. You can even layer your modeled sounds with the magnetic pick-ups. You can also access alternate tunings - including Open G, DADGAD, Drop D, or any other custom tuning-with the turn of a knob.
Create Any Guitar You Can Imagine
Become a virtual luthier with the free Variax Workbench HD software. You get complete control over every element of your Variax tone - so you can build the guitar of your dreams. Mix and match a wide range of body styles and pickup models to create your own unique instrument. The software takes you far beyond what's possible in the physical realm so you can build virtually any guitar imaginable.
- Handcrafted guitar with lightweight alder body and thin-finish maple neck
- Custom-designed alnico V single-coil magnetic pickups with rich, punchy sound
- Custom tremolo bridge with Graph Tech nut and string trees for added tuning stability
- Tightly integrated Variax HD modeling engine delivers vintage instruments with incredible detail
- A large collection of electric, acoustic and eclectic guitars
- 11 alternate tuning modes plus user-definable tunings
- 16 different pickup types (via Workbench HD software)
- Free Workbench HD software to customize and design entirely new instruments