hiram.k.hackenbacker

Well said. I remember those early wireless kits. Not sure if it was Nady I had, but like you, it put me off them for a while. The connection was patchy - not solid, but the latency was completely unacceptable. I went to cable for many years. I’m happy to recommend the Shure system to anyone who’ll listen for the reasons you’ve given, but I’m done with arguing about which is the best. If a £50 dongle does it for them, then so be it.

Bought a Tech 21 pedal from Bill yesterday afternoon. It arrived this morning and is as described. Great transaction and super fast delivery. Thoroughly recommended. Thanks again.

What is your take on the live album with strings?

Ah yes, Roll The Bones is a great album. I certainly don't dislike Presto, after all, it has The Pass on it, which is one of my faves. Test For Echo is the weakest post Moving Pictures album for me.

Barring maybe Genesis, Kiss and Frank Zappa, I’ve probably pushed more of my disposable income in Rush’s direction over the years than any other artist. I have all the Super Deluxe editions and they are things of audio and visual beauty as far as I’m concerned. A lot of the posts in this thread hint towards disliking vocals, but that’s not what the OP has an issue with…. @sammybee said he was ‘totally underwhelmed by what I heard in the bass department’. His vocal maybe ‘marmite’ but surely not his bass playing. I’d urge anyone to have a listen to some of Troy Hughes’ bass covers to get a better feel of what Geddy is capable of. Here’s a sampler…. As @NancyJohnson said, Caress of Steel is also probably the album I listen to the least, but it’s still listenable for me. I note some listened to Rush up to Hold Your Fire for instance. Presto wasn’t as good, but Counterparts (which followed it) is an excellent listen. Again, Test For Echo (which followed that) was a bit of a dip, the final three albums are right up there in my book.

I think you might be confusing Geddy with Leland. Why did you stop at one album if you really liked MP?

My rock covers band do Tom Sawyer occasionally. It’s never failed to go down well, even in pub gigs.

Frank Vincent Zappa. Check mate.

Been posted many times before, but no,Prince thread is complete without….

I must admit, I don’t bother any more. I know I probably should, but I’ve not had an issue with it, so I leave it be.

I clip it to the outside of my back pocket, so pants tightness is not an issue 😎

To what? I’m not sure how you would damage one, the Shure ones are almost bombproof. The only thing I don’t like about the Shure transmitters are the flimsy little rubber covers on the charging port. They’re useless, but thankfully superfluous. Are the ones on the updated version any better?

Mine aren’t, but I had them made for me.

I’m probably in the minority, but my transmitter stays with me, clipped onto the outside of my back pocket. The clips on these are really strong and I’ve not had an issue with them falling off. I like to keep the transmitter with me so when I change basses I can stay with the same pack. I have another transmitter, but that’s on rotation when the charge in the other one runs out.

I have to say, I do like that idea of being to whack a cable in it should any problems arise.

Probably just me then. I know I was going through an incredible amount of AA’s and just put it down to using active basses. Whatever the numbers are regarding latency, I know I can’t hear it and I’m the only one listening for it.

I never knew that was a thing. Every day is a school day as they say 🤷‍♂️

Absolutely agree. I wouldn't go back to cable unless I had to, even for small gigs. Latency with the Shure is a non-issue as far I'm concerned. To be fair, the Line 6 was also spot on in that regard, but it ate batteries like they were going out of fashion. That rattled my confidence with it somewhat as I mainly used it with active basses which seemed to exacerbate the issue.

I think there's an argument for questioning the need for wireless at all if the gigs are all pub based. The only reason I bought one was because the 80's show requires movement on sometimes quite large stages. That said, I do also use it for pub/club gigs because it's already on my board. I'm not sure the GLXD even qualifies as tour grade. You can spend an awful lot more on more powerful units. Yes, it's expensive, but in my opinion, it's worth it. I've probably saved its value in AA batteries had I still been using the Line 6 🤣

By that rationale, I assume you’re one and only gigging bass is a Harley Benton?

It was your opinion that convinced me to try the Shure unit and I heartily second every word of the above. The other thing I like about these is they’re built like tanks - transmitter and receiver alike. A real solid piece of kit. The batteries last for an incredible amount of time on a single charge and I’ve had no drop outs either. I tried a little experiment in an open air amphitheatre during sound check last year and managed to get about halfway to the top of the seated area before there was any signal dropout.

Different for you mate. I like that. Interested to see where this project goes.