My new dream home setup VP4 > FM9 > VP4 #2

Thought I'd post an update on this thread. In the last couple of months I've 3d printed a stand for the vp4 so one sites above the other, slightly angled, and the two line6 GS10 receivers sits on its own 3d printed platform behind the 2nd VP4. The first VP4 is the pre-FM9 VP4 and the 2nd is the post-FM9 VP4. I've been using this for quite a while now and super happy with this dream home setup. I may see if I can improve cable management a bit to make it a bit neater but as for overall layout its pretty much perfect for me.

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Johan Allard said:
Thought I'd post an update on this thread. In the last couple of months I've 3d printed a stand for the vp4 so one sites above the other, slightly angled, and the two line6 GS10 receivers sits on its own 3d printed platform behind the 2nd VP4. The first VP4 is the pre-FM9 VP4 and the 2nd is the post-FM9 VP4. I've been using this for quite a while now and super happy with this dream home setup. I may see if I can improve cable management a bit to make it a bit neater but as for overall layout its pretty much perfect for me.

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What 3d printer do you have?
 
Johan Allard said:
Thought I'd post an update on this thread. In the last couple of months I've 3d printed a stand for the vp4 so one sites above the other, slightly angled, and the two line6 GS10 receivers sits on its own 3d printed platform behind the 2nd VP4. The first VP4 is the pre-FM9 VP4 and the 2nd is the post-FM9 VP4. I've been using this for quite a while now and super happy with this dream home setup. I may see if I can improve cable management a bit to make it a bit neater but as for overall layout its pretty much perfect for me.

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You are a maniac. Well done.
 
My first reaction was, ā€œthis is completely opposite to what I do and think is important, almost in every detailā€. Well, apart from having multiple guitars, which is of course a completely reasonable and rational thing.

But then I realized that youā€™re in Australia hanging upside down and it all made sense. ;)
 
vangrieg said:
Mr. Allard clearly isnā€™t in the compromises for cost businessā€¦ Except for wireless, for whatever reason (probably that upside down thing).
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Hehe, no, I'm fortunate enough that my business enables me to spend money on things that I enjoy.

With the wireless, I haven't actually found anything else that's more convenient for home use than the Line 6 G10s. I have two guitars with piezo (which is why I have two wireless units) but a lot of dongle type wireless systems doesn't work with piezo type guitars. The previous generation Line 6 transmitter for instance didn't. When I tried the Boss one, it didn't either. So as a convenient home use wireless system, I haven't found anything better than the Line 6 G10s. Live I use Sennheiser XSW-D which is more reliable than the Line 6 but not as conventient for home use.
 
vangrieg said:
How do they not work? Like, no sound at all coming out of them?
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Yes, the dongle types I tried wouldn't give any sound on piezo guitars. With piezo guitars, they have a stereo jack and when you insert a mono cable it shorts two of the connectors and that's what turns the power on to the piezo, and why the batter gets drained if you leave the cable plugged in.

If you look at this Boss dongle system, it has the sort of same thing happening but on the connector side. And since this is now like a stereo plug connecting into the piezo stereo plug, the piezo doesn't turn on so there's no sound, and from memory the transmitter didn't turn on either.
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Line 6 actually used to ship theirs with an adaptor like this one that then shorts that piezo connector.
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The current version of the Line 6 dongle transmitter has somehow fixed this and it works fine with piezo guitars as well. Other dongle connectors like the Sennheiser and Xvive have an on-off switch instead.
 
Johan Allard said:
With piezo guitars, they have a stereo jack and when you insert a mono cable it shorts two of the connectors and that's what turns the power on to the piezo
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Ah, I see, thanks for the explanation! Iā€™ve had a couple of guitars with piezo, one has two jacks - stereo and mono (with the mono you switch between magnetic, piezo, or a blend of both), the other one has just one mono jack and a switch (no preamp onboard). So all kinds of wireless dongles work with both.

Iā€™ve also had a Jekill/Hyde kind of life with a real day life paying for guitars and stuff. :) But I have been moving a lot lately, including cross border, so all my equipment has been sitting in a container for the last 2-3 years, imagine the frustration! All I can afford to carry with me these days is an FM3 and a traveler guitar. Hope this period ends soon and Iā€™ll be back to a room full of wires, speakers, blinking LEDs, guitars on a stand and a no compromise modeler finally. :)
 
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vangrieg said:
Iā€™ve also had a Jekyll/Hyde kind of life with a real day life paying for guitars and stuff. :) But I have been moving a lot lately, including cross border, so all my equipment has been sitting in a container for the last 2-3 years, imagine the frustration! All I can afford to carry with me these days is an FM3 and a traveler guitar. Hope this period ends soon and Iā€™ll be back to a room full of wires, speakers, blinking LEDs, guitars on a stand and a no compromise modeler finally. :)
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Best of luck getting back to your no-compromise modeler šŸ˜€
 
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