Variax 600
I went ahead and bought a Variax 600. It was sold to me as a Variax 300. I only found out it was a 600 today.
The hardware SUCKS! It’s the worst guitar I’ve ever played on. I don’t know what it is. The neck is not my thing and it needs adjustment. I don’t like the frets - I’m used to the jumbo frets on my Jacksons. It only has 22 frets. The tremolo is non-locking so it’s bound to detune after a single divebomb and you can only go “down” with the tremolo, not up. I’m a little surprised, actually. I would’ve expected this from the 300, but not from the 600 which is, after all, their midranged guitar.
It’s a good thing I’m not keeping the Variax. Well, I’m keeping the electronics and I’m gutting the Variax, but I’m so not keeping the hardware. I’m going to sacrifice my Jackon Pro Fusion EX to be fitted with the Variax electronics. We’ll have to check if the Jackson actually has enough room on board, but I sure hope so. I’m not doing the conversion myself. I’m going to have a local but reputed luthier look after it.
I’ll post my findings when I’m done. In the worst case, I’ll end up with a gutted Variax and a Jackson full of cavities that aren’t supposed to be there. Stay tuned!
