Severed
Fractal Fanatic
When I was 15 (1989) i joined a covers band and the bass player had a Samson wireless. It compressed the shit out of his tone lol but it still sounded great and while he was dancing on bar tables the rest of us looked on in jealousy.I was the first regularly-gigging (6 nights a week) guitarist in my town to have a wireless unit back in the late '70s/early '80s. It was one of the original Samson units. I eventually toured with it and it never let me down. It did get me in trouble a few times when I'd go running around the venue in the middle of a solo. I remember one asshat in Pueblo Colorado who thought it'd be fun to trip me as I went running by his table. I wiped out two tables full of drinks on my way down to the floor, but I ended up on the right chord, lol.
Fast forward a lot of years, and when I got back into gigging a wireless was one of my fist purchases. I started with a cheap Samson that was utter crap. I moved up to a Line 6 G30, and it never failed. I eventually sprung for the G90 and haven't looked back since. I did upgrade the transmitter cable to one made by Bestronics, and I carry a spare with me just in case it fails. I still keep the G30 in my gig bag as a backup (the transmitter works with the G90), but haven't ever had to use it. I use rechargeable lithium batteries and can get two gigs out of a single charge. (I still charge the batteries after each show, though.) These days I mainly play on small stages and don't move around a lot, but I'd never go back to a cable if I could help it. My Roland G55 synth is still wired, and it bugs me to have to deal with the cable on it.
Your post reminded me of that... thanks!