Are you the creepy wireless guy?

[Sixgunn]

First off, one WANDERS off the stage. One WONDERS where you learned spelling and vocabulary.

Second, "then" and "than" are not interchangeable. Still WONDERING....

Other THAN that, I agree with you for the most part. Sexy man beasts with Rickenbacker basses and long flowing locks like @mellowinman can probably get away with it. Overweight guys in gardening jeans, white New Balance sneakers, and XXL Pittsburgh Penguins jerseys should probably just stay on stage.

You forgot "worrier".

 

[two fingers]

You forgot "worrier".

Technically, depending on context, that ome could be true.

 

[hintz]

 

[Sixgunn]

Technically, depending on context, that ome could be true.

You have a point there, sir

 

[Sixgunn]

I was to young when I joined. Just hit the big 40 a few months ago. Now I can join a Dad band and do the same crappy covers as everyone else.

NO! Do different, crappy covers!! Sheesh!!

 

[SpyderX]

Wireless? Angus don't need no stinkin' wireless

 

[Pbassmanca]

I've thought that it would be awesome to have a wireless for those times when I have to fill a medium-sized room with Bass without front of house, so that I can go out into the various areas of the room and see what the sound is like and make adjustments accordingly.

 

[Bassbeater]

Awesome.

Anyway, creepy is as creepy does. A young lady once asked me if I was looking at a certain part of her, and I replied that I was. She didn't seem to be offended, at least not at the next morning's breakfast.

Go wireless, get bacon!
er.. wait
You eventually untied her and let her go free right?

 

[Plutonium244]

I have a Line 6 wireless system, but don't use it much in my present gig. When I was playing in a band that pplayed larger stages with large PA that we were bringing/mixing ourselves, I got benefit from it in being able to go out and listen to the band myself during sound check, which is really the reason I got it. I keep thinking I'd like to bring it out again sometime, just because I have a twisted sense of humor, and would find it funny to do the overkill thing for this jazz/blues thing. I also think it'd be a little funny to just sit in the back of the room and play, and see how long it takes for anyone to notice that they're hearing bass but not seeing it.

But, I also want to get an old BC Rich Bich with the wild body design and use it with the roots jazz/blues band, just because I think it'd be funny. So, you can see what my sense of humor is like. I don't take myself too seriously anymore, well past my rock star phase. We've also discussed getting so hip hop dancers a la Cardi B's backup dancers to gyrate wildly while we sit sedately in our chairs and play jazz. Because that's how I roll... in my mind, anyway.

 

[SactoBass]

Ok, so let me say right up front that this might be an uncomfortable topic... or humorous depending on how secure you are with yourself.

So, it seems every guitarist or bassist who discovers wireless has to use this new found freedom to wonder off the stage and into the audience. This is, of course, because the audience members are going to be amazed that the the guitarist or bass player is standing right there next them playing, right? They get to see the amazement of your weekend worrier talent and instrument right up close, right? WRONG!!! Look, if you’re some hot notorious talent that fans are clamoring to get a piece of then go ahead and take that glory walk through the crowd. However, if you’re just a bar band guy who gets no attention after the set than keep your butt on the stage and enjoy the fact that you and your fellow guitarists are free to move about without getting awkwardly twisted up. Take this opportunity to up your arena moves and stage presence. If the chicks are not flirting with you between sets than don’t invade their space with wireless abandon. And guys don’t like other guys unusually close either. The only exception to this might be a deliberate gander out front during sound check. Unfortunately, these instructions don’t come with wireless units and someone had to tell you

I'll be honest. IMO, going out into the audience during a performance is saying to the crowd: "Hey everyone, dig me! Aren't I awesome! Aren't I incredible? Aren't I the definition of cool! Don't you wish you were me?"

I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing, but IMO (and that's all it is......my opinion), those are the messages I receive when I observe a performer going out into the crowd during a performance.

 

[EricMordus]

I've been guilty of doing the walk of shame, lol.... but I make it fun: Usually I'll scope out a friend/fellow bass player wand walk out and stand so they can note the neck... have fun with it... but not very often because, yeah, it's fun for us, but awkward for others

 

[Two-Spirit]

I'm a coil cable guy.

 

[GBBSbassist]

We (all of us except the drummer) have wireless rigs. We go out into the audience once a gig. Seems to go over pretty well. You be the judge:

Ehhh, immediately at the beginning of the video, it looks like that dude in the loud ass shirt behind your guitar player just wanted to get by, but couldn't. Unless he's part of the band and his job is to follow the guitar player around?

 

[Sixgunn]

When wireless first came out, I think people were doing this to amaze everyone with their "new technology". Doing it today is kinda like trying to impress people with one of them there dagum new fangled cell phones.

 

[morgansterne]

the singer in my old band (who's a bit on the heavy side) liked to wander the crowd with his wireless mic. He is good at engaging people. One night he got up on a chair and belted out at our Eagles Club gig. After the song the bar manager comes and asks him not to do that again, citing "these chairs have a weight limit."


OUCH


I have a wireless so I don't trip over the cable, which used to happen all the time. But I can't muster the confidence to go out in the crowd and mingle while I play.

 

[br1qbat]

As long as you dont also have a headset mic (which is epic cheese level IMO, they just look goofy) it is context-dependant to me whether it is rock star wannabe or just connecting with the audience. Not everyone can tell the difference. Me, I stay wired and stay put.

 

[Sixgunn]

Coincidentally, I have been shopping around for my first wireless. This thread is giving me second thoughts

I love the on stage freedom, wireless affords. I have NEVER gone into the crowd.

 

[Biggbass]

We had a gig several years back that put us on the rooftop of a pub in the Deep Ellum section of Dallas. I had my wireless rig that night got a little crazy with it. During one of our songs that featured an extended jam I ventured down the stairs, thru the pub, and out the front door into the middle of the intersection. (the pub is located on a corner) and played my Strat in the street for a couple of min. Then went back inside, up the stairs, and back to the roof and the band stand, playing all the way.
No one was impressed except the band ... lol.

 

[Ductapeman]

Most of our stages were small enough that I never felt the need of a wireless, and (at least when I tried them, it's been a while) I didn't care for the lack of dynamics compared to the cord-- by now they may have gotten better, but not going to buy one just yet--

 

[Rompin Roddy]

I'm a coil cable guy.

All hail Coil Cable Guy!