sir funkytown
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So...in my search for a wireless that does some sort of justice to the bass guitar I have tried (on gigs)some 5 differant wireless units.I travel all over the USA( police bands and TV) with the ABBA tribute I'm in ,and everyone else in the band has wireless guitar/ mike setups and some in ear monitors, so ,RF interferance and crosstalk can really (and does) present a problem.
I have settled on the Sennheiser ew172G2(so far).Not too pricey ...about $800 CAD and it sounds pretty good.Don't get me wrong.In my opinion , the best wireless in the world dosn't sound as good as ANY cable....then again I havn't tried the best wireless.I did, however, try the Samson Airline series( massive signal dropouts in Albany and Chigago...I actually never got this one to work properly), the Sure PGX14(worked ok most of the time, not impressive sounding , eventually broke down after 6 months of travel in my suitcase)a few one channel UHF systems(ok sounding, but ,really inconsistant from city to city),and a couple of VHF systems that failed to either sound good or perform consistantly.
My conclusions:
1:spend as much as you can afford on a wireless, the more you spend the better the units get
2:f you have a lot of wireless units on stage get a system that has a LOT of channels (the Sennheiser has about 1400 or so)
3:you can pick up a VHF unit dirt cheap....there is a reason for that (see #1)
4: always keep the receiver unit handy.If the signal starts to drop out you are going to want to grab the cable out of the back of the receiver and plug it into your bass(I have a volume pedal on my multi effects that makes muting the signal to the house easy)
5:If the unit comes with a carrying case , use it.If it doesn't either wrap it up in something soft and put it in your suitcase ,or get a case made for it.
6:If it's not working at soundcheck, don't struggle with it, ditch it! Musicians have very limited tolerance for bass players that mess around with gear(it's sad and frustrating but I have found it to be true). We are supposed to just plug in and not bother the soundguy too much.
I have settled on the Sennheiser ew172G2(so far).Not too pricey ...about $800 CAD and it sounds pretty good.Don't get me wrong.In my opinion , the best wireless in the world dosn't sound as good as ANY cable....then again I havn't tried the best wireless.I did, however, try the Samson Airline series( massive signal dropouts in Albany and Chigago...I actually never got this one to work properly), the Sure PGX14(worked ok most of the time, not impressive sounding , eventually broke down after 6 months of travel in my suitcase)a few one channel UHF systems(ok sounding, but ,really inconsistant from city to city),and a couple of VHF systems that failed to either sound good or perform consistantly.
My conclusions:
1:spend as much as you can afford on a wireless, the more you spend the better the units get
2:f you have a lot of wireless units on stage get a system that has a LOT of channels (the Sennheiser has about 1400 or so)
3:you can pick up a VHF unit dirt cheap....there is a reason for that (see #1)
4: always keep the receiver unit handy.If the signal starts to drop out you are going to want to grab the cable out of the back of the receiver and plug it into your bass(I have a volume pedal on my multi effects that makes muting the signal to the house easy)
5:If the unit comes with a carrying case , use it.If it doesn't either wrap it up in something soft and put it in your suitcase ,or get a case made for it.
6:If it's not working at soundcheck, don't struggle with it, ditch it! Musicians have very limited tolerance for bass players that mess around with gear(it's sad and frustrating but I have found it to be true). We are supposed to just plug in and not bother the soundguy too much.
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