Goin wireless...

[lostrebel]

Are they reliable? What is the tone difference? Is there anything else i should be concerned about?

Also, there are so many...what do you recommend?

 

[OrangeChannel]

A Cable.....

 

[nobozos]

Tried it. Didn't like it. Kills your tone. Sometimes has static.

There are good ones that the pros use, but they are really, really expensive.

Instrument cable is cheaper, and will always sound better than a wireless, no matter how expensive it is.

 

[koogie2k]

Here is something to try:

1. Go to store...ask them to fit one on your axe and walk around the store and see how you like it.

2. Make sure you go into the drum section and what not.

3. Make your decision.

My 2 pennies.

 

[Warg Master]

Kills your tone. Sometimes has static.

Not necissarily... the good ones don't have any of that... I have an older one, VERY nice... Audio Technica... remember, with this type of technology, you get what you pay for.

 

[OrangeChannel]

They still suck tone. Cables is where its at.

 

[dwf1004]

I hate to plug other brands on the EBMM site, but if you must go with wireless, and you don't want any risk or issue, I have one name for you: Sennheiser.

I have the ew100 unit, and it works gorgeously...I tested it out, ran the 5150 to 5, and started walking outside. I got about 175 feet away before breakup...also, unlike my previous wireless unit I had back in the day (old school Nady VHF101), when you turn off the receiver to change the battery, power off, whatever, it actually mutes the receive so that you do not get those pops and the like coming through your amp at high volumes.

Overall, the general consensus here is that a cable does a guitar good. However, if there are circumstances that require a wireless unit, then Sennheiser is the way to go.

Sorry Derek and others...when EBMM makes a wireless unit (to begin with!) that will work just as good as Sennheiser, I'll trade my Sennheiser in for one, and plug the EBMM's product like the good little drone that I am! LOL!

 

[Jimi D]

Does wireless affect your tone? Sure - you're compressing your signal and beaming it across the room - but cables affect your tone to. A good wireless is better than a crappy cable, imho... Anyway, it ultimately depends on how you fit it in with your entire rig. I use a Samson Airline with the rack-mount diversity receiver and it's a great little unit - I use it in my rack setup; the signal goes from the guitar to the wireless to the MidiPro and then into whichever preamp I've selected, and it really sounds great, with no drop-out over significant wandering range. On the other hand, I had one of the pedal board receivers for this unit and I plugged that into the frontend of my pedal board and it was awful - the pedals really needed the straight low impedance guitar signal to sound good, and I just couldn't tweak a tone I was happy with through my pedal board with the wireless. So I'm wireless only when I'm using my rack, which is fine because I only get the benefits of wireless playing a venue big enough to justify bringing my rack... Oh, and one of the things I really like about wireless is being able to walk out onto the dance floor and out by the bar and over near the pool tables and down the street and around the corner during sound check so you can hear what the full band mix sounds like and then go tweak your own tone accordingly. I mean, sound guys are great, but...

 

[nobozos]

Oh, and one of the things I really like about wireless is being able to walk out onto the dance floor and out by the bar and over near the pool tables and down the street and around the corner during sound check so you can hear what the full band mix sounds like and then go tweak your own tone accordingly. I mean, sound guys are great, but...

Too many opportunities for some drunk to spill beer on my guitar or ding it up for me.

 

[deadringer]

Does wireless affect your tone? Sure - you're compressing your signal and beaming it across the room - but cables affect your tone to. A good wireless is better than a crappy cable, imho... Anyway, it ultimately depends on how you fit it in with your entire rig. I use a Samson Airline with the rack-mount diversity receiver and it's a great little unit - I use it in my rack setup; the signal goes from the guitar to the wireless to the MidiPro and then into whichever preamp I've selected, and it really sounds great, with no drop-out over significant wandering range. On the other hand, I had one of the pedal board receivers for this unit and I plugged that into the frontend of my pedal board and it was awful - the pedals really needed the straight low impedance guitar signal to sound good, and I just couldn't tweak a tone I was happy with through my pedal board with the wireless. So I'm wireless only when I'm using my rack, which is fine because I only get the benefits of wireless playing a venue big enough to justify bringing my rack... Oh, and one of the things I really like about wireless is being able to walk out onto the dance floor and out by the bar and over near the pool tables and down the street and around the corner during sound check so you can hear what the full band mix sounds like and then go tweak your own tone accordingly. I mean, sound guys are great, but...

I've been using the Airline stuff for a couple of years now. No, the tone isn't as pure as a cable but live I don't mind so much. I love the Airline because I run two wireless (mags and piezo) and have a bodypack for my IEM's. If I had to run guitar wireless bodypacks too I'd be covered in little black boxes and little cables running everywhere.

 

[brian b]

I have a shure unit and to my untrained ears there is little differnce in tone. And like the abilty to walk around.

 

[Bassplyr]

Always have a chance of soemthing happening when going wireless. I've been staying with cables and never have to worry.