OT: Can anyone recommend a budget wireless?

[jazzbo jim]

..system for guitar?
Any advice is welcomed. Thanks.

 

[Axis Sport]

I dont mean to be a bummer but they kill your tone, especially the cheap ones.

 

[Colin]

buy yourself a good lead (make sure it's a good one) and you'll save your self some money.

 

[robelinda2]

good advice Colin, gotta have a kick ass lead, so many players i see have el cheapo leads. not good.

 

[J_Alexander]

i would have to disagree on the point that wireless kills your tone. take evh in the 90's used wireless and from 90 to 96 was the best tone he had imo. i think as long as you get a good wireless you will be in good hands. remeber you get what you pay for.

 

[Colin]

i would have to disagree on the point that wireless kills your tone. take evh in the 90's used wireless and from 90 to 96 was the best tone he had imo. i think as long as you get a good wireless you will be in good hands. remeber you get what you pay for.

actually EVH had so many problems on the 1984 tour he had a one off custom wireless built for him, not a budget model like being asked for here. The last 2 world tours Eddie has used a cable. If only Eddie had asked here first.

 

[J_Alexander]

actually ed had the nady up until sony built the one of and he used that for the f.u.c.k. and balance tour. i personally dont think wireless is bad. you get what you pay for as i said. spend some money and you will get a good one. i hate cables its a pain. we are all different i guess. also he used a samson wireless as back up and if you want pics i have them lol.

p.s. i see the budget now lol my bad.

 

[robelinda2]

well i dont think the op wants to spend a gazillion dollars on a wireless that can withstand a Van Halen career, i think the point is that a kick ass cable is better than a budget wireless.

 

[Colin]

i personally dont think wireless is bad.

I don't think they are bad either, I just think a good cable is cheaper and better than a semi pro wireless. A friend of mine worked on those VH tours you mentioned. He now lives here in Oz and is credited on the live DVD and various pay per view shows.

 

[Astrofreq]

buy yourself a good lead (make sure it's a good one)

What do you mean "a good lead". what is that?

 

[robelinda2]

a good lead is the opposite of a bad lead. sorry!

no really, i see heaps of players with leads they either found or cost them like $5. A $5 el cheapo long lead will do nothing for your tone, especially if it isnt even a dedicated guitar lead, like those cheap ones so often are, kinda universal leads.

 

[Colin]

What do you mean "a good lead". what is that?

Ernie Ball sells a good quality guitar lead. But it really comes down to a number of variables. What type of connector and cable is used? Would you pay over $300 for a 25 foot guitar lead? Probably not, but you could if you wanted to. van den Hul I'd say the difference between that and a $10 lead would be noticeable. I only noticed the different sound of leads when I started recording. Until then I had even thought about it.

 

[J_Alexander]

I don't think they are bad either, I just think a good cable is cheaper and better than a semi pro wireless. A friend of mine worked on those VH tours you mentioned. He now lives here in Oz and is credited on the live DVD and various pay per view shows.

colin that is too kewl. when need to do some private chat. i see what you are saying hince why i didnt notice the budget at first.

 

[Colin]

colin that is too kewl. when need to do some private chat. i see what you are saying hince why i didnt notice the budget at first.

anytime...

 

[pack-rat]

If you go wireless get the best you can afford and remember to allways have a spare set of batteries with you ALL the time - put fresh ones in before you go on- and make sure you have a spare lead (instrument cable) in your case.

There is a difference between the cheap $10.00 lead and a $30.00< cable with a lifetime warranty - usually it's noise and workmanship.

 

[Pundix]

I have an Audio Technica ATW-601/G that I use on occasion. As far as changing the tone of my rig I've found that as long as I keep the volume on the guitar turned all the way up and do my volume changes with a pedal the tone stays (at least to my ears) unaffected. If I do my normal thing and start using the guitars volume knob to lay back then bad things can happen.

I guess these are middle to low end units - around 230 street price - and they do a decent job. My bass player has a bit higher end shure wireless that seems to work even better; he can still use his volume knob

For me I use a cable 99% of the time. When I picked it up I thought that I would enjoy using a wireless much more than I actually do. Perhaps I'll stick it up on ebay...

 

[OrangeChannel]

The most inexpensive wireless you can get is a cable. Don't buhlee da hype. Stay AWAY from the wireless. They suck tone terribly.

 

[Mick]

If you want to go wireless (first question if you really need it - big stages??)

I`d say save a little more monéy than you already want to spend and get a Sennheiser Evolution G2. I have one and it works great with EMGs and passive Pickups. The batteries last long and it´s made out of metal.

I don´t know how much it is in the states.

Mick

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I think in most gig situations large enough to warrant using a wireless, you would not be able to notice too much difference in tone. I have had el cheapo wireless before now, but a £20 cable normally suffices for most situations. If I was playing arena stages every weekend, I would use wireless all the time. But as it stands I have done probably 3 gigs the last year which a wireless system would have been nice.

 

[grumpyoldman]

I use an AKG WMS 80 wireless, with the PT80 transmitter - not exactly cheap, but not "mortgage the farm" territory either.

I guess I am the opposite of most on here, as I notice absolutely no colouring of my tone at all when using the wireless. And, regardless of the size of the stage, the only time I won't use it is when I am doubling up on instruments (as in changing from a mandolin to a guitar during the middle of Copperhead Road - the guitar stays wireless), or when I am stupid enough not to remember to pick up fresh batteries before the gig. And, I find that the smaller the stage area, particularly the miniscule corner assigned to me and my equipment, the more I need the wireless, because the cables just get tangled up in my feet otherwise. The last thing I need is to stumble on the cable and take out my rig and guitars.

While dancing around from stomp button to stomp button, and manoeuvring around volume and wah pedals, the last thing I need under foot is a cable.....

(personal opinion, of course....)