Wireless

amarok1971

I'm thinking of going wireless, it only really came to light last night when my lead comfortably reached to the kettle but i had to unplug to get the milk from the fridge... obviously not ideal, i'm also scuppered if i want biscuits too!

i'm after a cheap(ish) reliable system, £150 ish i suppose. i've heard line 6 are ok

Phil_aka_Pip

I'll hear you on the Home Service, then

EricTheWeary

Lot of love on here for Smooth Hound .

In past years they have had a bit of money off at the Birmingham guitar show. So if you are going to that and they are there this year might be worth waiting for. 

amarok1971

EricTheWeary said:

Lot of love on here for Smooth Hound .

In past years they have had a bit of money off at the Birmingham guitar show. So if you are going to that and they are there this year might be worth waiting for. 

.... googles smooth hound.. cheers!

Voxman

Line 6 G10 is what I use and is my recommendation.  plus it Won't just stretch to your biscuits but it will go to your neighbours biscuits too! 

amarok1971

Voxman said:

Line 6 G10 is what I use and is my recommendation.  plus it Won't just stretch to your biscuits but it will go to your neighbours biscuits too! 

I like the look of that, rechargeable too... blimey it must be good, my neighbours are 100 yard away  

rossyamaha

G10 is great. 

Plectrum

The G10 is excellent although I'm using the Xvive U2. I chose that over the G10 because both transmitter and receiver are battery powered so that's one less mains socket to worry about - often an issue at open mikes around here.

Voxman

You can power the G10 from a pedal board with a simple cheap adapter lead that costs about £1. 

p90fool

I gave up on wireless for years until the G10 came out, being rechargeable on its own docking station swung it for me, and it sounds fantastic all the way down to the very bottom of the guitar volume pot's range. 

amarok1971

Its looking unanimous on the G10, thank you, i will investigate

pmbomb

Ooh handy thread, I didn't know these things were so affordable and simple.

I like that the Line 6 has a rechargeable battery.
I like that the Smooth Hound is British.

Hmmmm.

Nunogilberto

I've used an Xvive U2 and it was great - compact, good battery life and strong signal. I bought a random cheaper wireless system in the end (Rowin or something) and it was a false economy - nowhere near as good and the transmitter was so bulky it fell out of the guitar more than once.

flying_pie

I've been using a Line 6 G30 for years. I got it before the G10 was released. It works fine but the transmitter is pretty flimsy and badly designed. I have no reason buy something different as it does the job... but if I was looking to buy from scratch I'd get something else as there seem to be better alternatives out there now.

not_the_dj

Smooth hound user here. It’s been great, I use it with a short cable so the unit is on my belt rather than in the guitar (I think it looks rubbish on a strat like that).

simonk

Another Smooth Hound user here... 100’s of gigs with it, no issues.

John_P

If you like the bug design then I’d go for the smooth hound.     I mostly use a line6 g30 these days - tie wrap the battery door and it’s fine. 

Lestratcaster

I have the Line 6 Relay G50, had it since 2013 and its pretty good. 200ft tranmission range (great for big festival stages). I have changed the cable that comes with it to a right-angled jack, reducing the risk of someone knocking it straight on and snapping the end. Also make sure you use some gaffer tape to fasten it to your strap as many years ago I stupidly decided to use a cable tie and it wasn't strong enough, slipped out of the tie easily one gig and the transmitter came off, the batteries flung out and I lost half the song searching for them on stage!

The other guys in the band have the G10 and the Shure G-something, they're also really good and easy to use.

Have heard good things about Smooth Hound but not used one before.

JayGee

I just know I’m going to get laughed at for this but I still think my ridiculously cheap and resolutely low-tech analog AKG WMS40 Mini takes a lot of beating.

It’s as simple as it gets, a standard AA battery lasts for months in the transmitter, it sounds as good as any of the digital alternatives I’ve seen, it’s got enough range for any imaginable pub/club or small festivals, and in well over 4 four years of regularly gigging with it it’s been completely reliable and I’ve never had any interference issues...

fastonebaz

 line 6 r30 user here.  Great unit for loads of gigs

nick79

JayGee said:

I just know I’m going to get laughed at for this but I still think my ridiculously cheap and resolutely low-tech analog AKG WMS40 Mini takes a lot of beating.

It’s as simple as it gets, a standard AA battery lasts for months in the transmitter, it sounds as good as any of the digital alternatives I’ve seen, it’s got enough range for any imaginable pub/club or small festivals, and in well over 4 four years of regularly gigging with it it’s been completely reliable and I’ve never had any interference issues...

Same here. Been using mine for a couple of years now and it's never let me down, sounds great and loads of range.
I'm not knocking the Smooth hounds, but i know some one with one and they have had a couple of problems with it (although quickly sorted out). We have also compared the two, and at ranges of over about 50 feet his Smoothound has just a tiny bit of latency that the AKG doesn't. Not really a problem i guess, but it was interesting nonetheless.