Wireless

John_A

Grunfeld said:

Line 6 G30 fan here.
Nothing not to love about it.

And me, great little thing and has never let me down

robinbowes

I've got a G70 - I'm happy with it so far. Not done many gigs yet though...

R.

Teetonetal

robinbowes said:

I've got a G70 - I'm happy with it so far. Not done many gigs yet though...

R.

Hows the tuner function @robinbowes doesn't seem that easy to see?

robinbowes

It's been easy enough to see so far. I'll let you know after my gig on Sunday! 

R. 

siraxeman

My G30 been serving me well for the last 3yrs....I do 2 gigs then recharge the 2 AA's...3 gigs possible but a risk. 

saint_ivey

siraxeman said:

My G30 been serving me well for the last 3yrs....I do 2 gigs then recharge the 2 AA's...3 gigs possible but a risk. 

I use Eneloop rechargeable batteries because they hold the charge and don't drain even if you don't use them for a while. I bought a set of 4 AA with a charger, fully charge all of them, put 2 in the G30 and keep 2 spare in the case.

hotpickups

Can't complain about the battery life of my Shure GLXD16. 3-4 3 hour rehearsals and I might have to charge it but has never run down to nothing. I have a spare battery anyway so have absolute confidence of never running out of power during a gig. Awesome wireless systems albeit expensive but great things usually are

Voxman

Grunfeld said:

Line 6 G30 fan here.
Nothing not to love about it.

Although I've read the battery cover is a problem?!

John_A

Voxman said:

Grunfeld said:

Line 6 G30 fan here.
Nothing not to love about it.

Although I've read the battery cover is a problem?!

Mine's been fine, but have heard of people having issues

ArchtopDave

Smooth Hound for me.

I've just received a custom made Heistercamp Guitar Strap, modded to hold a Smooth Hound - had a chat with them at the Birmingham Guitar Show, and lent them my transmitter, so that the Strap could be modded accurately. It arrived yesterday, and they've done an excellent job for me.

siraxeman

Voxman said:

Grunfeld said:

Line 6 G30 fan here.
Nothing not to love about it.

Although I've read the battery cover is a problem?!

Mine will flip open easily on its own at any time it feels like doing it. It happened during a gig once. Ever since that day I have a cable tie around it and just slide it up out of the way to open the battery door...and slide it back down to secure it closed. So easily fix for a simple but annoying flaw. In fact I'm still on the very same cable tie - its going strong around 3yrs on! Other than that I can not fault the G30 at all.

Grunfeld

Voxman said:

Grunfeld said:

Line 6 G30 fan here.
Nothing not to love about it.

Although I've read the battery cover is a problem?!

@Voxman - well, the battery cover is poorly designed but the 100% fix is not a problem.
Basically, find something to keep it closed.  Some use Velcro, or cable ties.
I favour rubber bands cos the postman leaves them for me.

I did a super short vid on YouTube for the benefit of any Americans who didn't know how to wrap an elastic band around something, just YT "Line 6 G30 battery solution", and well, yeah, it's an elastic band.  But it works.

Voxman

Grunfeld said:

Voxman said:

Grunfeld said:

Line 6 G30 fan here.
Nothing not to love about it.

Although I've read the battery cover is a problem?!

@Voxman - well, the battery cover is poorly designed but the 100% fix is not a problem.
Basically, find something to keep it closed.  Some use Velcro, or cable ties.
I favour rubber bands cos the postman leaves them for me.

I did a super short vid on YouTube for the benefit of any Americans who didn't know how to wrap an elastic band around something, just YT "Line 6 G30 battery solution", and well, yeah, it's an elastic band.  But it works.

I'm not exactly enthralled at the idea of spending £170 on something that has been so poorly designed that you have to hold it together with an elastic band or velcro!  

not_the_dj

ArchtopDave said:

Smooth Hound for me.

I've just received a custom made Heistercamp Guitar Strap, modded to hold a Smooth Hound - had a chat with them at the Birmingham Guitar Show, and lent them my transmitter, so that the Strap could be modded accurately. It arrived yesterday, and they've done an excellent job for me.

Oooo, interested in that as I have a number of Heistercamp straps and an Smooth Hound. 

Grunfeld

Voxman said:

I'm not exactly enthralled at the idea of spending £170 on something that has been so poorly designed that you have to hold it together with an elastic band or velcro!  

I look at it like this: 
Without doubt the battery compartment was designed by some kid on a YTS scheme, and some fecking moron at Line 6 approved it cos it saved 2p a unit
however....
it's only a few dumb rubber bands to totally solve the only problem with the G30

Solve the battery door and you're totally sorted.  The rest of the unit is 100% reliable.

siraxeman

^^and buying used is a lot less that £170.

vasselmeyer

@ArchtopDave pics of the strap with the Smoothound pocket please!

Beexter

 It's not the best design but I've never had a problem with the battery door on my G30. 

Cabicular

John_A said:

Voxman said:

Grunfeld said:

Line 6 G30 fan here.
Nothing not to love about it.

Although I've read the battery cover is a problem?!

Mine's been fine, but have heard of people having issues

Mine have been fine too
soem people swear by a thick elastic band

DavusPG

Another Smooth Hound user here. 

Faultless performance and good battery life

I also went the velcro option to hold it in place but would probably stick it on my belt if I had a short guitar lead. 

Nice to support a British business too