Al Krow
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Thanks Greg - appreciate this an aside to this thread, but you've confirmed my anecdotal evidence of working with guitarists over the years who all seemed to struggle with taming a harsh tone on their Stomps! Some, like you on bass, got there after considerable effort and do sound good, others gave up and switched to other multifx. Whereas those using Boss usually had a great sound "out of the box" - a big reason my current crew went for the Boss GT1000 Core and latterly the more budget GX10, in my case, on bass. I love my current guitarist's tone whereas the previous line-up's guitarist's Stomp, often grated. Glad that the Anagram has avoided the same pitfalls!
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Sure, agreed. And they got folk to land on the moon with less computing power than a current pocket calculator. Hence my comment about the Line 6 software updates and its value in keeping the Stomp in the game, which is also true with the even the more basic Zoom pedals where some of their patches are decades old. However better DSP is going to provide an inherent improvement in chip capability, other things being equal? It's then up to the programmers to make the most of it.
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All of my extended crew have been on IEMs this past year, which is so much better than just half of us a couple of years back with a previous line up, which felt a bit like a dog's breakfast with the guitarist still using a stage amp for monitoring. We're still a mix of wired and wireless for mics, IEMs and instruments, but, as it happens, one of the singers has been making noises about getting a wireless for her IEMs so I'll be recommending the Swiff WX520 to her and suggest she gets it off AliExpress which seems to be considerably cheaper. I'm definitely tempted to join her and then have my old Xvive U4 as a back up for the occasional dep. And yup she and I could both go stereo... -
Not sure 5G has anything to do with 5.8 Ghz, though, Dave?
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Had a similar issue, but I found getting a decent wide shoulder strap and adjusting the playing height via shortening the strap length a touch transformed my experience and enjoyment of my LX-5.
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Excellent outcome and you're welcome, haha! I know exactly what you mean about the sound quality in the way you've described it. I've experienced the exact same thing at the other (budget) end when upgrading from my cheap-as-chips Zoom B1-4 to the more mid-range Boss GT1000 Core / GX10 (and fwiw I do prefer both of those multifx's to my own experience of Helix Stomp and HX Effects). I suspect that this sound quality you mention is very much related to the processing power of the chipset in the unit (the Stomp has a relatively ancient 2015 PSU still in it, the Ampero and Boss units will be more up to date) combined with the quality of the software patches which, to their credit, Line6 have been excellent at updating. It would be interesting to find out what the DSP capabilities are in some of the leading multis - perhaps an analogous yardstick to SPL in amps & cabs?
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Cheers Dave - it depends what you mean by "typical"? Any covers band looking to do function work (e.g. birthday parties, weddings and corporate events) needs very good quality promo material to have a decent shot at getting work through agencies, given that the competition will all have it, and it's all the punters have to go on when deciding which band to book. If you check out agencies like Alive or Encore it will give you a good feel for what bands are doing. If you're purely focussed on pub work then you don't need something quite so formal/high quality to get yourself into new pubs venues, in my experience, but having some video footage (even decent phone clips) can be helpful in getting your foot in the door.
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Xvive U45 is still mono, but moves frequency from the crowded 2.4 GHz of the U4 to the less busy 5.8 Ghz
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Very nice! Your point about getting a promo video done - can't recommend doing this strongly enough! In my experience it can be one of the best investments to getting more work, certainly for covers bands which is my particular niche.
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Great review, thanks Woody! Looks like the Swiff WX520 is definitely worth putting on a "buy-list" for anyone thinking of going wireless and presents an even better upgrade over the Xvive U4 than Xvive's own recent U45 update? Lack of sufficient monitor outputs on my desk is going to prevent us all going stereo and feels a bit cheeky for that to be an option for just a couple of us and not the whole band, haha! I'm guessing without that key benefit the decision to switch over becomes a little more marginal?
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Sorry to hear about the drunk punter incident. I guess no chance a good clean is going to eliminate the stain without leaving a "cleaned patch" on it? "Sound wise it's a big step up from the Stomp and Ampero II" is a key comment though - that's obviously a big reason why folk might be prepared to fork out a hefty premium. Can you elaborate on the sound difference you're hearing between the Anagram and the other two and on what particular fx it's most noticeable on, for us please?
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Hey Andy, have you found a particularly good way to motivate yourself? I dunno, maybe by setting some specific targets like: "I will be able to play these particular songs in six months, and these others by year end" or doing grade X of a guitar course exam? For me, I always find having a general goal like "being better" ends up in the "must try harder" bucket, which inevitably gets kicked down the line! But I appreciate there's not one right answer or magic bullet here!
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Aha! Are you going to let on what your 'dream bass' is? Who knows - if you make an offer the seller can't refuse, he might just not be able to refuse? 😊
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Oooh can you go into a bit more detail on why you're liking this better / what the key improvements over the U4 are? Our drummer recently got one off AliExpress and has been very happy with it. About time you returned some of GAS I seem to regularly put your way!
