Wireless Guitar Systems?

[IrishRifles]

Wireless guitar systems, are they any good for playing Bass?
Who's got about the best quality set-up?
One says it gives you the "quality sound of a cable without the cable", is this true?

 

[recycled rocker]

I have been using the line 6 g30 and g50 for a few years now. And i cant really tell a difference between them and cable

 

[Iridescentone]

OP, most of your questions can best be served via the search function. There are hundreds of posts related to everything you have asked about. Enjoy.

 

[KeithAlanK]

It surprised me to hear from multiple sources that Line 6 really has wireless instruments nailed.
Zero personal experience with their products in this category.

 

[backdraft641]

I use a Carvin UX16BP for my bass. Not only is it extremely reliable, but you sacrifice almost ZERO tone. The price is right too - $199. I highly recommend it, and I also recommend that you buy an extra cord to go with it.

 

[Dave W]

Line 6 G50

 

[J Gold]

Shure pgx

 

[Sid Fang]

Line 6 G50

+1

Line 6 bought the company that did the design - a better team than their own pod/amp engineers, IMHO.

 

[rapidfirerob]

I went through a wireless phase a number of years ago. You definitely need to buy a quality unit. I don't need it any longer and know a cable is more likely to function than a wireless unit, no matter how good. I'm sure lots of folks have no problems with them. My cell phone is wireless. That's good enough for me.

 

[bodoger]

Line6 G30

 

[JimmyM]

It surprised me to hear from multiple sources that Line 6 really has wireless instruments nailed.
Zero personal experience with their products in this category.

Technically they didn't. They bought the X2 company, then tweaked their designs to use frequencies that were legal in most countries, as opposed to X2's which only operated legally in America. But they are great wirelesses.

 

[makaspar]

Line 6 for me as well (I 7th that?). My g50 has been great, just change the batteries before gigs, and you're good to go!

I don't usually bother with the "cable sound" settings, fwiw..

 

[FronTowardEnemy]

Line 6 G30 for over a year now.

 

[audionut36]

Line 6 G50

+8

 

[redname]

i have nothing but signal dropouts on my line6 G50

 

[EpiRipper]

Line 6 G90... the best on the market. Batteries last 8 hours, so enough for two gigs. No dropouts or interference and I can't tell the difference between it and a cable.

 

[Atlanta Dave]

I'm happy with my Line 6 G50, picked it up a few months ago right here on TB.
Great deal, too!

No dropouts, easy to use, visible battery bars, durable. Our lead guitarist got the G30 brand new about a month ago and he loves it. That one uses a standard 1/4 inch cable, which is very cool IMO.

We both strutted into the crowd at last weekend's charity gig and they loved it!

I would avoid some of the cheaper units and go for quality. Be wary of older devices with non-legal FCC frequency ranges, selling used. Some sellers either don't know or won't tell you their radio freq's aren't currently usable in the USA.

 

[tubedrivenbass]

Line 6 G50 all the way. I've had great luck with this unit. Excellent sound quality and very easy to setup and use. My only complaint is the cables that come with this unit are terrible. Make sure to pick up some hi end replacements and you'll be good to go. I got mine from Link Removed.

 

[Mogalen]

I bought some cheap AKG system, works good, pretty good range, and it sounds like I'm using cable.

 

[mikeswals]

Yup Line 6 G50 here too. Love it!