As we´ve said before, Variax isn´t the sexiest design but it is highly functional. The overall outline appears identical although, as you may expect, the forearm and rib contours differ slightly from the 500´s. Instead of basswood the body is agathis - commonly used on Far Eastern electrics - and as a result the guitar weighs in at a near perfect 8lbs (3.6kg). Secondly, the electronic guts of the guitar are loaded on to the scratchplate - the rear of the guitar simply hosts the battery compartment backplate, unlike in the 500 and 700 which have a large electronics coverplate and body-mounted electronics. So how has Line 6 reduced the cost?įirstly, Variax 300 is made in Indonesia, not Korea (the 500) or Japan (the 700), and we can assume there are fundamental cost-savings as a result. Importantly, the modelling ‘engine´ is identical to that in both the 500 and 700. At nearly half the price of the 500, Variax 300 seems, outwardly at least, to be pretty much on par build-wise.
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