congaron
201 posts
Oct 26, 2009
8:34 AM
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Worked like a champ. I had enough range to go to the sound board during sound check. I had total freedom of movement all over the stage without feedback. I made a little holster from a PVC pipe screw..under sink repair item. Painted black and zip tied to my belt loop out of the way for percussion and vocal mic use, I was amazingly unrestricted for the first time playing in this band. We did call and response guitar/harp center stage, I wandered around my side of the stage as needed to allow the bass player some visibility..no more hiding for him...lol. It was awesome and a total success.
The only feedback issues came from the mic on my rig..it was turned up too high after sound check and picked up everybody. This was a mistake I helped the sound guy make. He asked me to turn down during sound check so he could control my volume. When my guitar player got wound up in the performance, he found I was too low in the mix and had to run my mic higher than he would have if I had left the amp where I had it. The result was feedback, since he also put had harp in the monitors. This was caused by a malfunction in the mixer they worked around by using the control room output as a monitor channel..big mistake, but the best they could do.
We are planning to use my sound system in the future whenever the room and personnel are unknown to us. I can sound check us myself from the board while playing and have one of our trained family members ride faders while we play. Or setup is straightforward enough for that once the gain structure is correct and the monitor mix is set.
All in all, the wireless was a hit and a success and really added to my expressiveness. With the lead guitar and me both wireless..many new things are possible and some of them we already did last night..impromptu.
Last Edited by on Oct 26, 2009 8:37 AM
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jawbone
140 posts
Oct 26, 2009
8:45 AM
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Success feels so nice...glad everything worked out. I may fiddle around with an old Radio Shack wireless pa system I bought to do auctioneering about 25 years ago. Can I jump from the speaker wires of this rig to an output to my amp?
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If it ain't got harp - it ain't really blues!!!!
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congaron
203 posts
Oct 26, 2009
8:58 AM
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To go from your speaker wires to an amp input you would need a DI box with attenuator (absolutely necessary) and then it might still be an impedance mismatch.
I have never been successful doing exactly that into a guitar amp, although it works into a PA mixer line input. I have tried it and didn't like the resulting tone in my amp. If your amp has a line input for a cd player, use that after the DI box.
The attenuator is NECESSARY to reduce the amplifier output of your little pa to line level signal so you don't blow up the input stage of your guitar amp.
Did I mention it is necessary to ATTENUATE the output of the little wireless PA? Start with everything turned down on your wireless and maximum attenuation..40 db, if you have it. Work your way carefully upward if volume is insufficient and there is no distortion. 20db would be the next typical setting..never go unattenuated. If the unit is very low output...you can decide for yourself if you want to try that working your way up from zero volume, but it carries the risk of frying the input stage of your harp amp.
If you could, maybe it would work better to tap in between the preamp and the amplifier of the little wireless unit...or even between the reciever and the preamp and use a guitar pedal next in line. It's pretty easy to damage equipment when you start mixing amplified output stages with input jacks on guitar amps...be very careful and read a lot first.
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jawbone
141 posts
Oct 26, 2009
10:32 AM
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Thanx congaron - as you can see, my problem is - I know just enough about something to get into trouble - never happy 'til it blows up!!!! In the words of Red Green - "If it ain't broke, you're not trying hard enough"
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If it ain't got harp - it ain't really blues!!!!
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congaron
204 posts
Oct 26, 2009
11:13 AM
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lol
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George Miklas
1 post
Oct 26, 2009
8:23 PM
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I play wireless bass harmonica. It is great being free from mic stands, chest mics, and cables !!!!
My equipment includes SUZUKI bass mic (attached to bass), and Sennheiser EW100 multi-channel wireless system.
I also use the Sennheiser for diatonic and chromatic harps...I just connect my Shure 570 to the transmitter http://www.k-bay106.com/shure570.pdf
Last Edited by on Oct 26, 2009 8:25 PM
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congaron
207 posts
Oct 26, 2009
8:28 PM
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today I made a short adapter so my 1/4 inch mics work too. very cool project. I'm glad I found that stuf and that my lead guitarist went wireless to motivate me.
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