The Sound of Your Guitar

[spoon_21]

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OK, not going wireless!!! let me get me $20.00 back from Lay-A-Way

[gtrdave]

Sorry to be so harsh but I've owned 2 cheap wireless units (Shure and Nady) and both negatively affected the tone when compared to the straight cable.
And the UHF thing is very real. As of February 17, 2009, much of the UHF frequencies are going to be inhabited by those transmitting digital TV signals and anyone else transmitting on those frequencies (certain wireless mics, certain portable phones, certain garage door openers, etc...) will be in violation of law in regards to what the FCC has licensed out to television broadcasters.

It's going to be a potential hassle for a while until the whole industry and all of the consumers adjust to the change. Better off just avoiding it and spending the money on a couple Monster or Elixer cables.

[jlynnb1]

One of the WORST things you can do for your guitar tone is to buy a cheap wireless system.
If you don't dig the tone much right now, it will only get worse with a cheap wireless.
Also, with the switch to digital TV on the horizon, any wireless device operating within the UHF frequencies will be all but useless and illegal and there are probably some cheap wireless units that still fall into this category so buyer beware.

Please, for the love of all things holy, put you money into good cables instead of a cheap wireless.

ummm...how do you REALLY feel dave?? lol

[trackman]

Sorry to be so harsh but I've owned 2 cheap wireless units (Shure and Nady) and both negatively affected the tone when compared to the straight cable.
And the UHF thing is very real. As of February 17, 2009, much of the UHF frequencies are going to be inhabited by those transmitting digital TV signals and anyone else transmitting on those frequencies (certain wireless mics, certain portable phones, certain garage door openers, etc...) will be in violation of law in regards to what the FCC has licensed out to television broadcasters.

It's going to be a potential hassle for a while until the whole industry and all of the consumers adjust to the change. Better off just avoiding it and spending the money on a couple Monster or Elixer cables.

Backing up your point Dave. Something that every church should be looking into right now to avoid undo stress and/or expense.

www.shure.com/proaudio/products/us_pro_ea_dtv

[GuitarPlaya2000]

I use my stomp boxes sparingly. I tried using the best cables when using them but I feel that I'm still losing my clear sound. But if I must use effects, I trust my GT-8. With it, I have more control over the tone.

But 75% of the time if I can get away with it, I like the sound of my guitar plugged straight into the amp.

[ChrisKBand]

Without. the fingers, amp, and high quality chords are sufficient and give you a more unique tone

[JayP5150]

I use my stomp boxes sparingly. I tried using the best cables when using them but I feel that I'm still losing my clear sound. But if I must use effects, I trust my GT-8. With it, I have more control over the tone.

But 75% of the time if I can get away with it, I like the sound of my guitar plugged straight into the amp.

If you have a couple of buffered-bypass effects in the loop, then you will notice a change in tone.

Also, some of these high-end cables that say they increase mids and lows are really just lopping off your highs. Gotta love marketing 

Also, about buffers, it's a great thing to drive longer cables without loss of tone, but sometimes they don't want to act right with other pedals (like a lot of fuzzes), and like stated before, once you get a few in line, it's detrimental to your tone.

There's that whole true-bypass v. buffered debate, and the truth is that they both have their pros and cons.