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Hi, I just won an audition with an established band with a lot to offer. They would like me to be wireless. What make and model can I walk into guitar Center & buy and the thing will just works. I need good range and no interference.
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Line 6 G30 or G50. I have the G30 and love it. The battery door is kind of annoying, but tape can fix that if it becomes a problem. The nice thing about the G30 is it uses all 1/4" connections, so no special cables needed. I'd definitely grab a different cable than the one included.
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Line 6 G(?? model number), depends on what you want to spend. They are the best thing out there for bass or guitar in general. I can't imagine that many people on here are going to disagree.
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I picked up the Line6 xds95 2 weeks ago. It's stompbox size so it goes right on my pedal board. The receiver is 9v so it hooked right up to my one spot. The transmitter lasted a full evening ( 3 1 hour+ sets) on a single fresh 9v battery. It didn't add any hiss or other noise that I could hear. Best part is brand new these things are around $125. Only downside so far is the transmitter is housed in a plastic case, but I guess that also makes it lighter.
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Old 01-18-2011, 12:44 PM
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Another vote for Line 6 here.
I've got the X2 and it works amazingly. All my tone is there. You can find them for cheap on Craigslist or eBay.
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Guitar Center has the G30 for around $240 I believe.
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Old 01-18-2011, 12:53 PM
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Another vote for the Line 6 products here. I love mine.
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Old 01-18-2011, 01:22 PM
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agreed on the g30, but definitely get a new 1-2 ft patch/instrument cable. The one that came with mine was horrible, it cut out all the time. Replaced it and no problems ever *knock on wood*
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I picked up the Line6 xds95 2 weeks ago. It's stompbox size so it goes right on my pedal board. The receiver is 9v so it hooked right up to my one spot. The transmitter lasted a full evening ( 3 1 hour+ sets) on a single fresh 9v battery. It didn't add any hiss or other noise that I could hear. Best part is brand new these things are around $125. Only downside so far is the transmitter is housed in a plastic case, but I guess that also makes it lighter.
I have one of these and they work great. I have been using mine for a month now with no problems. No dropouts, battery issues (I use rechargeable) or anything quirky.

HOWEVER, it is what I would consider an entry level device, which is fine for what I do. And it uses a 1/4" to a 1/8" stereo cable. Pretty easy to make but you need spares just in case. I got a case for the transmitter to put on the guitar strap.
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Thanks guys,I'll get the line 6 G30.
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Which band did you score the gig with????congrats by the way!!!!
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This is the company whose R&D department is run by the guy who designed the X2 wireless series:

http://braceaudio.com/

They've been on major tours, run less than 200 bucks, and have a range of about 200 feet. Transmitter and receiver both can run off batteries if you like, and the sound is so close to using a cable I had to plug into my studio monitors to detect just the slightest difference.

Check 'em out, you won't regret it.
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This is the company whose R&D department is run by the guy who designed the X2 wireless series:

http://braceaudio.com/

They've been on major tours, run less than 200 bucks, and have a range of about 200 feet. Transmitter and receiver both can run off batteries if you like, and the sound is so close to using a cable I had to plug into my studio monitors to detect just the slightest difference.

Check 'em out, you won't regret it.
Well the Relays are basically just a rehouse + a few tricks of the relaunched X2 products after being sold to Line6 (and the original X-Wire stuff was sold to Sennheiser years ago) so they do alright...
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Another vote for Line 6 here.
I've got the X2 and it works amazingly. All my tone is there. You can find them for cheap on Craigslist or eBay.
I've been looking at the X2 and glad to find some positive feedback on it.
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I have the rack mount X2, sounds great. I like it as well as the Xwire, which I also had. Found them heavily discounted when the G series were about to come out, grabbed one for cheap.

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hmm curious... it appears Shure has just introduced their answer to line 6. Digital wireless from Shure:
http://www.shure.com/americas/news-e...gital-wireless
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+1 Line 6 Relay system. Can't go wrong with them. (I have the G90 rack version and love it.)
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Old 01-19-2011, 08:19 PM
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G50 replaced an "outlawed" Sennheiser here.
Replaced the junk Line 6 cable with this Shure WA304(ANGLE connector on 1/4" end):
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WA304/
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