Steve Browning Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I have occasionally considered going wireless but somehow have always shied away from it so cables it is. At the same time, I am also conscious of pulling the cable out of the amp on stage. To that end, I have always run the guitar cable up through the handle of the cab and the amp flightcase. To compensate, I have used 30' cables so I have room to move, as it were. In the days of the big rig (the Bass 400 and a Bass 400+ run together) I bought a Y box (which had a buffer in it). I am now using the (active) A/E and other bases in the same band and invested in a Lehle switcher which enables me to just swap and maintain the same level (I forgot to throw the active/passive switch on the amp in a rehearsal once). As you can imagine, being obviously the tidy sort, I thought I'd get a board for it to sit on. I also added a tuner (to use up space as much as anything) and thought I'd add the Y box to use the buffer part of it. Lawks! What a difference. Greatly increased volume and tone. Why didn't I do that years ago? I was always aware I was losing tone but just used the tone controls to get the sound I wanted and a Bass 400 puts out enough volume so you don't have to worry. I just didn't know how much. It was rather like listening to the Banana Boat song after the guy had 'come through the window'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 If you get a chance to have a go with the smooth hound wireless system I would give it a try. I am amazed by mine and have shown it to a few people I know who are professional musicians and they have all been very impressed by it's performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Thank you. I'll do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I'm with you guys. I have a Smooth Hound too, and so all of my pedals are set to use the level from that. I bought a buffer so that when I plug in with a cable rather than the wireless it all sounds the same. Previously going into the first pedal just with a cable from the guitar sounded awful! It could be tweaked to sound great obviously, but then all my settings were messed up. Got first world problems? Buy a buffer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Another vote for Smooth Hound and Chris is great to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 that Smooth Hound looks awkward, I don't like the look of a big plug hanging off my jack ymmv imho etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 With most wireless units you need a short cable to a belt pack or something. You still do really with the SmoothHound, just you have the option of going commando if you fancy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 All interesting but my main difficulty is having 3 basses on stage. I would want 3 packs feeding the same frequency to one receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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