line 6 g90 delay , really?

musicloverpdc · #1 03-12-2012, 04:06 PM

after reading several reviews, and reading the threads on talk bass i decided to pull the trigger on a line 6 g90 wireless unit. got it early feb 2012, practiced a couple times, no probs, all of a sudden the cut outs began, nothing major at first, just split second cut outs, hardly noticed them at first. last night at practice, complete cut outs, i mean the green bars turned red, cut out for a couple seconds at a time consistantly, i couldn't have been more than 5 ft from the reciever at this point. i have changed absolutely nothing on my set up other than adding this unit to my rack. that was it for me, it's on a ups truck back to musiciansfriends as we speak, they will replace it, i will give the new one a shot, but any hint of this problem and back it goes, refund please!!!!!!!! just wanted to give everyone a heads up on this, this unit was brand new out of the box... obviously those problems i had read about and supposedly line 6 had fixed has not been fixed..... you think you pay 600.00 bucks for something it would work for more than a couple months before it craps out...

vinny · #2 03-12-2012, 07:07 PM

So far so good with mine. Had it since November.

**Ryan L.** · #3 03-16-2012, 09:57 PM

So far so good with mine, too.

loflyinjett · #4 03-18-2012, 10:19 AM

Try running it at half power as well, playing too close to the receiver might be overloading it.

jgroh · #5 03-18-2012, 10:22 AM

Outside of the little clip that keeps the battery door breaking off, I have had no problems with my g30. Ive gigged with it and it worked flawlessly. Contact Line 6 or where you bought it immediately. Maybe you got a faulty unit and they can replace it right away.

Jasewiththebass · #6 03-23-2012, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by musicloverpdc

after reading several reviews, and reading the threads on talk bass i decided to pull the trigger on a line 6 g90 wireless unit. got it early feb 2012, practiced a couple times, no probs, all of a sudden the cut outs began, nothing major at first, just split second cut outs, hardly noticed them at first. last night at practice, complete cut outs, i mean the green bars turned red, cut out for a couple seconds at a time consistantly, i couldn't have been more than 5 ft from the reciever at this point. i have changed absolutely nothing on my set up other than adding this unit to my rack. that was it for me, it's on a ups truck back to musiciansfriends as we speak, they will replace it, i will give the new one a shot, but any hint of this problem and back it goes, refund please!!!!!!!! just wanted to give everyone a heads up on this, this unit was brand new out of the box... obviously those problems i had read about and supposedly line 6 had fixed has not been fixed..... you think you pay 600.00 bucks for something it would work for more than a couple months before it craps out...

Hi. Ok I need to respond to this as I have had mine for a while and recently been having problems with it. It seems to be with the lead from the jack plug to transmitter. I ordered a made to measure off eBay. Ended up sending it back as it kept slipping out the input. Got a replacement and it's a lot better on the slipping out part. But I went back and used the original line 6 lead, it was better but still had drop outs. As a last option before I get the input looked at I ordered a line6 angled lead I found on google. And fingers crossed that does the job. Lol

walterw · #7 03-23-2012, 08:05 PM

that's the one flaw i've found with the 50/90 beltpack; the jack is plastic, and if it gets stripped out, the little cable will no longer lock solidly into it.

the jack section is modular and removable, so a good tech should be able to replace it after you get one from line 6. (it's a bitch to do on your own, though; open the thing up and there's lots of tiny, easy-to-lose and hard to fit back together parts.)

this was my solution:

now my cable is positively locked into the beltpack.

it was a bitch to do, and not without its own drawbacks: i hadn't secured the jack in the case as solidly as i thought (the surround is just rubber) and after a good year of working perfectly, an accidental hard yank at a gig ripped the jack right out, breaking the connecting wires

i was able to repair it later, and (i hope) find a way to lock the jack into the unit more strongly, but it does make me wonder if the stock "breakaway" cable connection might have an advantage after all.