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11-10-2007, 10:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Havelock North,New Zealand | |  Wireless bass playing???
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What do you guys think of having a wireless bass console instead of leads.
Im in this classic rock band and the rest of the guys keep telling me to move around more. But their instruments arent daym heavy, my bass weighs a hell of a lot (bout 17kg).
But i love it 
However i find it hard to do the jumps and struts with the lead and the bass. Without the lead, no problem.
So that brought me to the wireless consoles i see some players use,
ARE THEY RELIABLE?? DO THEY PRODUCE THE BASS AS STRONGLY AS LEADS?
thats my problem i dont wanna go out and spend $400NZ on a wireless thingy if its not even that good.
So what do you think?
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11-10-2007, 10:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah | | | Your bass weighs 37 pounds? I wouldn't be moving around much either.
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11-11-2007, 12:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Havelock North,New Zealand | | | When I say 17kg- i mean 9kg
yeah thats right, i used scales to wiegh my bass, not that accurate.
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11-11-2007, 01:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: LPC, Iowa | | that's a huge bass....it can't be that big, can it? how accurate is the scale!? FWIW I use a Shure ULXP4 Wireless unit...it is most excellent  (edit) It is however a bit pricey, there is also a less expensive version that i hear works really well, too. |
11-11-2007, 01:24 AM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | I use a Shure ULXS, and it's great. No fidelity loss, and very reliable.
I think jt's double-necked monster weighs in at about 17 kg.
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11-11-2007, 01:29 AM
| | I <3 Darkstar | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Riverside, CA | | | I play with a cheapo wireless and it works fine.
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11-11-2007, 06:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia | | | I use the X2 system. The sound is great, but you have to be a bit careful with the input connection. |
11-11-2007, 07:10 AM
| | | | I've got an el-cheapo system (but still uhf). Totally reliable. Never had a problem (except one time the battery died - not exactly the hardware's fault).
Sound is great - maybe you could hear the difference, but at a rock gig, it's more than good enough.
I don't leap about too much, but it is nice to be able to walk around, go over the other side of the stage, maybe out into the audience without cable hassles.
For what i paid (about $130), there really is no excuse not to get one.
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11-11-2007, 08:00 AM
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Your numbers show about $300+ USD.
I'd save some more NZ's and get a Sennheiser EW 172.
Cover's a football field with no dropouts IME, made of metal(can take being dropped), tune-able on the frequencies.
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11-11-2007, 08:04 AM
| | ...overly qualified for janitorical deployment... | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cameron, NC USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazyeelboy  I use the X2 system. The sound is great, but you have to be a bit careful with the input connection. | Me too, and I love it.
What's up with the input connection? |
11-11-2007, 08:06 AM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | What kind of bass weights 17 kg ? None that I can think of. |
11-11-2007, 08:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florida | | | The Samson Airline bass wireless is nice.
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11-11-2007, 09:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | I use a Shure PGX14. Not the top of the line but not the bottom of the line either. Love it. No issues at all.
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11-11-2007, 10:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Greater Sacramento CA area | | | I use the AudioTechnica and it is fine.
What bass are you playing on?
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11-11-2007, 10:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia | | | I use an AKG PRO FLEXX. No problems here. |
11-11-2007, 10:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoiled Grape I play with a cheapo wireless and it works fine. | Might I ask which, and how cheap? I'm looking for something ultra-low budget, and willing to cut corners. |
11-11-2007, 02:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Thangfish Me too, and I love it.
What's up with the input connection? | I had some trouble getting the locking mechanism working reliably - the input plug does not go in perfectly, but I sorted it out. |
11-11-2007, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by meev992 Might I ask which, and how cheap? I'm looking for something ultra-low budget, and willing to cut corners. | http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_t...204456dd22643d
98 EUR=68 GBP
16 Switchable channels. Range is fine. I'm sure that there are better units, but it's done six months of bar gigs, without any problems, and the price is great.
It's coolest feature is the built in battery charger - there's a cable that plugs the receiver into the transmitter and recharges the batteries (or you can use regular AA's). I just plug it in at set up, and it's good to go for the night. The connector cable is a little fragile - I broke it! but it'll be pretty easy to make a new one. The rest of the unit is tough enough.
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11-11-2007, 03:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by IanStephenson | Rats, looks like that product isn't sold in the USA? Thank you so much for your assitance though.
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11-11-2007, 08:13 PM
| | I <3 Darkstar | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Riverside, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by meev992 Might I ask which, and how cheap? I'm looking for something ultra-low budget, and willing to cut corners. | I'll check. It cost me about $100 new. I've seen similar wireless systems sell used for half the price. The thing about wireless is it's all a matter of gig. I wouldn't use my wireless in a quiet jazz quartet. I do use it at punk rock shows.
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