Re: Wireless for Guitar - UHF or VHF?
- From: Mick <m.porter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:07:55 -0500
In article <1123513807.075f46aaa00a10f85516addc8dd41292@bubbanews>,
howldog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
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> My band has asked me to go wireless, as I am running the PA from the
> stage. It does seem like it's a pretty good idea. Currently we have to
> ask people in the audience (small nightclubs) and they arent overly
> helpful.
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> Which type of guitar wireless is preferred, UHF or VHF?
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> Are there any brands to avoid, or any features to look for, or avoid?
>
> I dont want to spend over 200 bucks. I'm not going to play any large
> venues. Any recommendations?
Okay, I've been wireless for a while, and here's some of my
observations:
[1] Go UHF. The higher bands (supposedly) have less interferance.
[2] Get one whose transmitter body is METAL. I've broken the crap
out of mine, and I had to make aluminum braces to hold it together.
[3] Get one that's frequency agile; that is, you can choose different
frequencies for it to operate on. That way, if you DO go somewhere
that you find interference, you simply change channels on your
transmitter and receiver, and you're ready to go.
Now, after having said all that, I have a Nady 201 that I bought
when they first came out about 17-18 years ago. It's VHF. It's
whisper-quiet, and faithful to the original signal. The only problems
I've had with it were the plastic transmitter case cracking (when I
slammed it around, of course), and the cable to the guitar going bad
(which I replaced with a superior cable about a decade ago). I've
NEVER had dropouts, and the ONLY interference I've ever had with it
was playing at an NCO club up in Satellite Beach where I got a barely
audible "bzt" ever so often from the enourmous radar array that was
right next door.
There's a lot of people here who bash Nady, and who knows, they
might be right. After all, my experience with them is a product that's
almost two decades old. But my Nady 201 has been absolutely wonderful,
and I've used the poop out of it.
So there's my story.
--
---Mikhael...
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