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Wireless Systems

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Zener

Mar 9, 2022
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Couple of things:
1. Looking for a recommendation for a decent wireless system that is not "top dollar". I'm not playing gigs, mostly playing at home & jamming a little here and there. Mostly just wanting to not have the inconvenience of a cable, but not wanting to spend 4 to 6 hundred.

2. Are there any systems that will work for both bass and guitar, since I play both? 25 or so years ago a few of us in my band had the fairly basic Nady systems, the 101 I think. Single antenna. We of course got different frequencies so they wouldn't conflict. They were very well priced and worked surprisingly well. We walked all over the clubs with no dropouts. I went great distances at outdoor gigs, up on the roof once, out in the middle of the highway. We got pretty well known for those antics at a time when not a lot of folks were using wireless. Anyway, that system worked well for both guitar and bass, but it seems I've heard recently of some systems distorting with bass.

I'm not up on the newer systems, so any info will be helpful.
 
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I'm hoping more will chime in on this thread. I have a nice sure wireless system I bought about 7yrs ago with the dual antennas paid about 400 at the time. About a year ago it cut out during a set (bad cable) so I plugged in direct mid song. All of a sudden I had all this amazing tone. Since then I have been using cords which I hadn't done since the 80's. I don't want to fork out any money and risk sounding worse. Maybe it's because I switched to passive instruments only in recent years idk. My guitar player uses a simple line 6 relay 610s11 that charges on his pedal board and loves it...but I'm reluctant to go back.
 
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@Coy, yea that's not good. I've seen a signal chain get loaded down from too many pedals when an amp didn't have an effects loop, then when you plug straight in, like you said, it's a huge difference in your signal. The old Nady system I used to have had a level control on it. You could bring the level up to compensate for the signal loss, and as long as you didn't bring it up to the point of clipping & distortion, all was well. You could practically make the signal stronger than a straight cable. Thanks for your reply.
 
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Zener said:
@Coy, yea that's not good. I've seen a signal chain get loaded down from too many pedals when an amp didn't have an effects loop, then when you plug straight in, like you said, it's a huge difference in your signal. The old Nady system I used to have had a level control on it. You could bring the level up to compensate for the signal loss, and as long as you didn't bring it up to the point of clipping & distortion, all was well. You could practically make the signal stronger than a straight cable. Thanks for your reply.
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Mine only went from wireless to tuner pedal to amp though and I didn't loose volume it just sounded sterile and lifeless....still a mystery I haven't solved.
 

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