Product Overview
JTV-89 is a contemporary shred-machine for the player seeking optimum speed
and power. The pair of custom alnico humbucking pickups (designed to behave
like vintage PAFs but with higher outputs for added sizzle and sustain)
offers kicking lows, sweet highs, and plenty of midrange punch. The unique
new Tyler-designed, fully adjustable wraparound bridge redefines resonant
coupling between strings and body (in black nickel, naturally).
25 guitars, 11 tunings, 1 exceptional instrument
60 years ago, modern music was transformed by the advent of the electric
guitar. This revolutionary new instrument proved to be incredibly
expressive, and allowed players to connect to their music and their
audiences in powerful ways. As music evolved, traditional electric guitars
clung to the past – but others provided broader palates of sounds.
In 2002, Line 6 launched Variax modeling guitars. These groundbreaking
instruments offered guitarists an unprecedented range of tones based on the
most desirable electric and acoustic guitars on the planet. To develop the
latest evolution of Variax guitars, Line 6 partnered with legendary luthier
James Tyler to craft an exceptional instrument and the perfect delivery
system for Variax technology.
Line 6 set the goal posts for digital guitar modeling, and the latest evolution of this technology gives the James Tyler Variax JTV-89 unprecedented tone-crafting potential. Choose from:
- 1960 Fender Telecaster Custom
- 1968 Fender Telecaster
- 1968 Fender Telecaster Thinline
- 1959 Fender Stratocaster
- 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard
- 1952 Gibson Les Paul “Goldtop”
- 1961 Gibson Les Paul Custom (3 PU)
- 1956 Gibson Les Paul Junior
- 1976 Gibson Firebird V
- 1955 Gibson Les Paul Special
- 1959 Gretsch 6120
- 1956 Gretsch Silver Jet
- 1968 Rickenbacker 360
- 1966 Rickenbacker 360-12
- 1961 Gibson ES-335
- 1967 Epiphone Casino
- 1957 Gibson ES-175
- 1953 Gibson Super 400
- 1959 Martin D-28
- 1970 Martin D 12-28
- 1967 Martin O-18
- 1966 Guild F212
- 1995 Gibson J-200
- 1935 Dobro Alumilite
- Danelectro 3021
- Coral/Dano Electric Sitar
- Gibson Mastertone Banjo
- 1928 National Style 2 "Tricone"
Each guitar model offers nuance-perfect tone inspired by the most desired vintage acoustic and electric guitars, and it does so with more accuracy and tonal purity than ever before (thanks to the ultra-sensitive and more reliable new L.R. Baggs Radiance Hex (polyphonic) piezo pickups loaded into the bridge saddles of JTV-89).
Designed from the ground up by James Tyler, one of the world’s foremost luthiers, and manufactured in one of the world’s best-respected guitar plants, JTV-89 is a cutting-edge performance tool.
Styled as a contemporary shred-machine for the player seeking optimum speed and power, JTV-89 is made with a solid mahogany body and 3-piece maple neck with reversed 6-in-line headstock, super-slick Tyler Fast n’ Flat profile, and a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with 25-1/2” scale length.
Translating this tonal powerhouse is a pair of custom alnico humbucking pickups, designed along the lines of vintage PAFs but with higher outputs for added sizzle and sustain. Together, these details add up to kicking lows, sweet highs, and plenty of punch in the midrange.
Round it all out with a unique new Tyler-designed fully adjustable wraparound bridge that redefines resonant coupling between strings and body (in black nickel, naturally).
At a twist of its Model knob, JTV-89 transforms its tone with 25 award-winning electric and acoustic guitar models, giving you a virtual guitar collection to rival the gear rack of any top studio. Tap a vintage dreadnought acoustic for the intro, a humbucker-loaded crunch machine for the verses, and a sweet vintage singlecut neck tone for your solo, all in the space of a single song, and without missing a beat. With the JTV-69, you can select from the following
tunings:
- MODEL
- STANDARD - E A D G B E
- DROP D - D A D G B E
- 1/2 DOWN - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
- DROP Db - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
- 1 DOWN - D G C F A D
- DROP C - C G C F A D
- m3 DOWN - Db Gb B E Ab Db
- DROP B - B Gb B E Ab D
- M3 DOWN - C F Bb Eb G C
- DROP Bb - Bb F Bb Eb G C
- BARITONE - B E A D F B
- Body Wood: Mahogany
- Top: n/a
- Nut: 1 11/16” Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL Self Lubricating Nut
- Number of Frets: 24
- Scale Length: 25 1/2”
- Neck Wood: 3 Piece Maple
- Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
- Neck Shape: Tyler ’59
- Inlay: Dot
- Bridge:James Tyler custom stoptail bridge with LR Baggs Radiance hex pickup system
- Tuners: 16:1 sealed tuners
- Hardware Finish: Black
- Neck Pickup: James Tyler Designed Neck Humbucker
- Bridge Pickup: James Tyler Designed Bridge Humbucker
- Magnetic Pickup Controls: Volume, Tone, 5-Way Switch
- Guitar Model Selector: 12-position rotary knob. (Push function switches
between magnetics and modeling)
- Alt Tuning Selections: 12-position rotary wheel
- Battery System: Lithium-Ion battery with external recharging station.
12-hour charge, 6-hour recharge time.
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