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Best Wireless Guitar System?

#4
I just picked up the shure GLX-D. It's amazing.
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It's a tuner, foot pedal unit. The battery on the unit charges via a USBGEAR cable. Lasts an amazing amount of time. Over 10 hours per charge I think.

The sound is flawless to me. Range is about 150-200 feet. Shows you the battery level on the pedal so you know where you are. It's awesome.
 
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I have an old X2 wireless system (the digital one they put out just before Line 6 - now owned by Yamaha - bought them) that kicks major ass. No signal loss or degredation at all. You can run both the transmitter and receiver off 9v batteries if you wanted to. I got mine when everyone was blowing them out before the Relay models hit the market.
 
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I would not recommend the Line 6 units. I had one and my guitar player had one too. They work great but the battery door is a very bad design. After a while the door comes loose and will not lock. Your batteries will fall out and thats not good. We both ended up using rubber bands or straps to keep the battery door closed. I contacted Line 6 and they wanted to charge me to fix this. If you research the units you will see its a very common problem with theses units.
 
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i recently bought the g30 and it's perfect. went through a few walls and closed doors, up some stairs, past a laundry room, completely out of line of sight and still was sending and receiving fine. also the tone is nice, the bass sounds clearer and more defined vs my poopy ass cables i was using before. recommended.
 
#12
Currently, the Line 6 units seem to be the bees knees. I have a top of the line Audio Technica 3000 Series unit I copped some years back and it performs flawlessly. No signal loss, has long range ability and can also be switched to be used with a headset mic which I have. If I was in the market, I'd probably get a Line 6 unit.

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HMZ said:
I would not recommend the Line 6 units. I had one and my guitar player had one too. They work great but the battery door is a very bad design. After a while the door comes loose and will not lock. Your batteries will fall out and thats not good. We both ended up using rubber bands or straps to keep the battery door closed. I contacted Line 6 and they wanted to charge me to fix this. If you research the units you will see its a very common problem with theses units.
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I agree with this observation. However, even knowing all of this I bought a Line 6 G50 a few years ago to replace a failed Sennheiser wireless unit. The cable included was also known to be noisy and somewhat unreliable so I ordered a better cable right off the bat. Still using it. The G50 has never failed and the batteries (2 AA last over 4 hours). I believe they have made improvements in the last couple of years also. Always a crap shoot.
The bass Hz response is excellent with these units and latency has never been noticeable to me. I do not stand 50 ft away from my amp though. Line 6 frequently surveyed owners of this unit. I finally told them it was reliable and I had no need to purchase anything further. Previously I have owned other Line 6 modeling units and was not a fan and was initially torn between replacing the failed Sennheiser wireless with the Line 6. It was a good decision.
 
#14
Line 6 G50 works great for me for the price. I bought a second transmitter so I can switch basses quickly between songs if needed. I've found that I can get typically get 2 gigs out of one set of batteries.

Scottkarch said:
I just picked up the shure GLX-D. It's amazing.
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This looks pretty cool too. Would replace 2 spaces on my pedal board with one.
 
#15
one bad thing i've heard about the line 6 is that while before the type of frequencies the non-digital systems used were cluttered with interference now the freqs the digital wireless use are becoming more cluttered (wifis, iphones, etc) while the freqs the analogs use are becoming less so. however the digital is a great unit for a low price and has channel switching so for now at least it's still excellent.
 
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Scottkarch said:
I just picked up the shure GLX-D. It's amazing. View attachment 528544
It's a tuner, foot pedal unit. The battery on the unit charges via a USBGEAR cable. Lasts an amazing amount of time. Over 10 hours per charge I think.

The sound is flawless to me. Range is about 150-200 feet. Shows you the battery level on the pedal so you know where you are. It's awesome.
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THE SHURE IS BUY FAR THE BEST GLX-D SYSTEM I tried many other units , this works best , one of the best things I have bought in a long time
 
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Scottkarch said:
I just picked up the shure GLX-D. It's amazing. View attachment 528544
It's a tuner, foot pedal unit. The battery on the unit charges via a USBGEAR cable. Lasts an amazing amount of time. Over 10 hours per charge I think.

The sound is flawless to me. Range is about 150-200 feet. Shows you the battery level on the pedal so you know where you are. It's awesome.
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Yep...got one of those....and it is flawless so far......love it!
 
#19
Line 6 G30 here. Nice small form factor on the receiver, I will be replacing the cable provided for a 3 ft patch cable in the near future as I thought it was too short. I've used it at rehearsal and one gig with flawless performance. Can't comment on battery life as i replaced the batteries immediately after the rehearsal/gig.
 
#20
Just looked it up.. up to 16 hours on a single charge. Easy to charge with a micro USB cable.. heck, top it up on the way to a gig in your car. It doesnt use standard batteries, but the custom Litium Ion battery holds a giant charge... the pedal shows you how many hours and minutes you have left while using it, so you don't need to look at your pack. Cable is replaceable with any TA4F cable.
 

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