Tyler Variax JTV 69

Inspired by the first successful solid-body electric guitars, JTV-69 is a supreme player’s machine with unprecedented tone-crafting potential. 

The finely crafted instrument wraps itself around the very latest Variax technology to excite your fingers, your ears and your imagination.

25 Guitars / 11 Tunings

At a twist of its simple and intuitive selector knob, JTV-59 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.

Variax Workbench

It's like having all the greatest pickups, controls & bodies of your greatest guitar collection; all at your instant disposal. Customize your guitar until you've come up with that sound that is truly unique.

Designed by James Tyler

Each guitar was personally designed by the renowned guitar builder - James Tyler. With perfection in mind, this new breed of Variax guitars, is truely an instrument for the 21st century guitarist

The JTV-69 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.

Alder body

Solid maple neck

Rosewood fingerboard

25-1/2" scale length

Tyler '59 neck shape

22 medium-jumbo frets

Dot inlays

1-5/8" Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL nut

Sealed locking tuners with efficient 16:1 turn ratio

Chrome hardware

Fully adjustable Tyler Custom Tremolo bridge with L.R. Baggs Radiance Hex piezo pickup system

Alnico bridge humbucker and vintage-style neck and middle single-coil pickups wound to Tyler's specs

Single volume and tone controls, 5-way switch

Carefully monitored manufacturing standards

High-quality local set-up and inspection

Includes quality padded gig bag

The Variax® technology

25 award-winning Variax® guitar models inspired by classic vintage electric and acoustic guitars

11 programmable alternate tunings featuring our Virtual Capo™ system on a dedicated knob

Polyphonic L.R. Baggs Radiance Hex piezo pickup system for ultra reliability

Variax® Workbench™ Software allows each model to be customized to your unique taste (Mac/PC)

VDI (Variax® Digital Interface) connection to Line 6 POD® xt, POD® X3, or Vetta™ II guitar amplifier, enabling dual channel processing and guitar model selection integration with POD® presets

Includes one Li-Ion battery for 12 hours of play time, and international wall-socket charger, and Variax Workbench USB adaptor