Oh my goodness

Line 6 have announced an acoustic version of the Variax. You'd be forgiven for being sceptical. No sound samples yet, but this is an interesting feature: instant access to preset and custom altered tunings. Which means you could have a setting where it's tuned to an open E, say, for playing a bit of slide. And then return it to regular tuning for the next song/verse.

Guitar roadies all over the world will fear for their jobs.

And they haven't made the mistake of making it look shit, like the original Variax (now called the 500) did.