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Best Wireless Guitar System?

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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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Yeah. I don't even use wireless anymore because of this. I started using electrical tape to keep it in place, but taking the tape off and putting it back on, etc. wasn't even worth my time anymore.

Now I play with a bunch of effects so the wired is more useful to me anyway.
 
#24
I have a shure pgx digital wireless system. It works great. You get alot of playing time, it has great range, and zero interference. The change in sound is negligible. I can't even notice and neither can anyone else. I use it at every gig without fail and even at rehearsal. It's pricey but does exactly what its supposed to do every time.
 
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Chris Hass said:
Yeah. I don't even use wireless anymore because of this. I started using electrical tape to keep it in place, but taking the tape off and putting it back on, etc. wasn't even worth my time anymore.

Now I play with a bunch of effects so the wired is more useful to me anyway.
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That's one of the cool things about the Shure. It's a rugged stompbox you can mount on your pedal board. Tuner seems to work well too so maybe you can just replace your tuner and not need a larger board.
 
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Have been GASing over the Shure GLXD 14 or 16 for a few weeks. One cool thing about those is their ability to automatically select the best channel available, and switch on the fly should interferences occur, without interrupting the transmission. A bit pricy but has everything you'd want (rechargeable battery with 16h battery life, 60m range)
 
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I love my line 6 g30 I got it at GC and paid 45 extra for the pro coverage and it did break about 1 year and 9 months in but its only because some drunken db charged up on stage and ran into me. GC fixed it by replacing the case on the transmitter. Id get the g30 because it takes standard instrument cables the other ones don't.
 
#33
The Battery door issue is on the line 6 G30 and if you don't drop it and if you do slide the catch all the way back into the lock position there is no Issue with it. The other thing with the G30 is the belt clip so if you get the g30 spend the 10.00 and get the neotech pouch for it . It helps protect it and it stays on your strap better. I still have my G30 going on 3 years and no door issues. also have the G50 and it is also amazing.
 
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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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... it may be a common problem, but an easy fix ... I installed a velcro cable tie on mine when I got it a couple years ago, and have had absolutely no issues with the battery door .. it slides up and down as needed, and hold door securely, I have never had to take the velcro strap off since I installed it, and it affords quick battery/channel changes ... and I also like the ability to use regular 1/4" plugs, as I can make my own right angle cable, and the velcro cable tie keeps it in place on my suede strap so I never needed the pouch ... these were part of the Line 6 rebate deal a while back, and folks were picking them up in the $160-70 range brand new (I paid that for mine used)...

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pbass62 said:
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Owned them all stayed with this
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+1 to this. It's what I use now. Top of the amp or on the pedalboard. The "cable tone" feature is pretty cool as well.
For a rack unit, my favorite was the Shure ULX P4.
** With both, I highly recommend upgrading the cable to a Mogami or other higher quality cable. I noticed a big improvement, especially on the Sony.
 
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Sony DWG series. To me, it looks the same as the Line 6 series (with cable tone etc.) Sony stopped making them, maybe because Line 6 purchased the technology? I am not sure.

Anyway used they are about half the cost of the Line 6. There are a few new ones out there at the lowered price too.
 
#37
Line 6 G50 and Eneloop AA's unless you plan on performing at home plate in Houston's Minute Maid Park. I suspect either the venue focuses WiFi or GHz-related energy at that spot(Line 6 runs at 2.4 GHz IIRC) or a wormhole(kidding). It is a black hole for a number of digital wireless systems and the venue tech did mention it to us. The G50(and 55) get zapped there for some reason(didn't have time to investigate) but a Shure system or Sennheiser 172 systems worked fine(RF MHz-based).

The Line 6 G50 works for the other 99.999999% of the places it's been.

PS: BSEE-degree, day job is industrial/petrochem instrumentation so I've seen many unique communication interferences(wired and wireless) in the last 25 years.
 
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Johnny Crab said:
Line 6 G50 and Eneloop AA's unless you plan on performing at home plate in Houston's Minute Maid Park. I suspect either the venue focuses WiFi or GHz-related energy at that spot(Line 6 runs at 2.4 GHz IIRC) or a wormhole(kidding). It is a black hole for a number of digital wireless systems and the venue tech did mention it to us. The G50(and 55) get zapped there for some reason(didn't have time to investigate) but a Shure system or Sennheiser 172 systems worked fine(RF MHz-based).

The Line 6 G50 works for the other 99.999999% of the places it's been.

PS: BSEE-degree, day job is industrial/petrochem instrumentation so I've seen many unique communication interferences(wired and wireless) in the last 25 years.
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dem eneloops tho. got myself some pros the same day i got the g30. beasts!
 

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