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> I remember you telling me you had a GK3/2A on your Variax at one time,
> How did you you fit it ?
>
> Anyway, I *might* sell the variax at some point so I dont really want to
> drill it. (learned my lesson with the MSG)
> I just wondered how your midi PU was attached ?
>
> peter

> On Mar 23, 12:00 pm, 2pods wrote:
>> I remember you telling me you had a GK3/2A on your Variax at one time,
>> How did you you fit it ?
>>
>> Anyway, I *might* sell the variax at some point so I dont really want to
>> drill it. (learned my lesson with the MSG)
>> I just wondered how your midi PU was attached ?
>>
>> peter
> Hi Peter, I had it attached with self adhesive pads. I didnt get the
> Roland pads, so I bought double sided sitcky pads from Halfords (the
> type used to stick on number plates) and cut them to size. It wasnt
> a perfect system as the midi p/u could still move a bit. However, it
> did work well enough for me to gig with a few times. I had my XT Live
> programmed to make the patch changes on the Roland synth so that one
> dab of the foot could change it from being a Les Paul/Marshall rock
> monster to being a Hammond Organ to being some crazy chinese bells.
> It was cool, but unwieldy as the Variax had two cables connected and I
> had to do a serious amount of programming of both the XTL and synth to
> match the set list.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew s

> andrew s wrote in message
> news:7516dd73-7f72-4076-a968-b9c05d1d1769@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> On Mar 23, 12:00 pm, 2pods wrote:
>>> I remember you telling me you had a GK3/2A on your Variax at one time,
>>> How did you you fit it ?
>>>
>>> Anyway, I *might* sell the variax at some point so I dont really want
>>> to
>>> drill it. (learned my lesson with the MSG)
>>> I just wondered how your midi PU was attached ?
>>>
>>> peter
>> Hi Peter, I had it attached with self adhesive pads. I didnt get the
>> Roland pads, so I bought double sided sitcky pads from Halfords (the
>> type used to stick on number plates) and cut them to size. It wasnt
>> a perfect system as the midi p/u could still move a bit. However, it
>> did work well enough for me to gig with a few times. I had my XT Live
>> programmed to make the patch changes on the Roland synth so that one
>> dab of the foot could change it from being a Les Paul/Marshall rock
>> monster to being a Hammond Organ to being some crazy chinese bells.
>> It was cool, but unwieldy as the Variax had two cables connected and I
>> had to do a serious amount of programming of both the XTL and synth to
>> match the set list.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> andrew s
>
> Thanks Andrew
> Its starting to look like a RR Strat would be preferable for me.
> If I thought I was going to keep the Variax, Id just drill it but look
> where it got me last time ;-)

> 2pods wrote in message
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>
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> > andrew s wrote in message
> >news:7516dd73-7f72-4076-a968-b9c05d1d1769@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> >> On Mar 23, 12:00 pm, 2pods wrote:
> >>> I remember you telling me you had a GK3/2A on your Variax at one time,
> >>> How did you you fit it ?
>
> >>> Anyway, I *might* sell the variax at some point so I dont really want
> >>> to
> >>> drill it. (learned my lesson with the MSG)
> >>> I just wondered how your midi PU was attached ?
>
> >>> peter
> >> Hi Peter, I had it attached with self adhesive pads. I didnt get the
> >> Roland pads, so I bought double sided sitcky pads from Halfords (the
> >> type used to stick on number plates) and cut them to size. It wasnt
> >> a perfect system as the midi p/u could still move a bit. However, it
> >> did work well enough for me to gig with a few times. I had my XT Live
> >> programmed to make the patch changes on the Roland synth so that one
> >> dab of the foot could change it from being a Les Paul/Marshall rock
> >> monster to being a Hammond Organ to being some crazy chinese bells.
> >> It was cool, but unwieldy as the Variax had two cables connected and I
> >> had to do a serious amount of programming of both the XTL and synth to
> >> match the set list.
>
> >> cheers
>
> >> andrew s
>
> > Thanks Andrew
> > Its starting to look like a RR Strat would be preferable for me.
> > If I thought I was going to keep the Variax, Id just drill it but look
> > where it got me last time ;-)
>
> Andrew,
> When you removed the tape to sell your Variax, did it mark the finish at all
> ?
>
> peter

> On Mar 24, 8:47 pm, 2pods wrote:
>> 2pods wrote in message
>>
>> news:64o0hdF2bdc26U1@mid.individual.net...
andrew s wrote in message
>> >news:7516dd73-7f72-4076-a968-b9c05d1d1769@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> >> On Mar 23, 12:00 pm, 2pods wrote:
>> >>> I remember you telling me you had a GK3/2A on your Variax at one
>> >>> time,
>> >>> How did you you fit it ?

>> Andrew,
>> When you removed the tape to sell your Variax, did it mark the finish at
>> all
>> ?
>>
>> peter
>
> not in any permanent way. I then used some sticky stuff remover to
> clean off the residual goo and the guitar was as good as new. :-)
>
> cheers
>
> andrew s