D. Gauss Posted September 18, 2001 Share Posted September 18, 2001 by now you've no doubt seen the ads for or heard about the samson Airline wireless unit. the really small one. the transmitter comes in two variations. a right angled plug to fit les pauls and a straight one to fit into a strat. here's the stupid part. neither one will work on a telecaster! (a tele has that recessed jack) i guess the bright folks over at samson figured that a telecaster wasn't a very popular guitar... sorry keith, sorry bruce, sorry james burton! -d. gauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael saulnier Posted September 19, 2001 Share Posted September 19, 2001 d gauss, I don't think it's that the Tele isn't popular... It's that anyone so "old school" to use one, shouldn't be expected to use a wireless!!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif BTW, I think the whole thing is a joke anyway... The whole concept is weird... a wireless unit that only works on one kind of guitar? Whenever I use my wireless unit, I don't mind hooking the device to my strap... I don't see the advantage of their approach. And I am proud to count several tele's in my guitar collection... "twang me!" Oh well... there's always room on the scrap heap. guitplayer I'm still "guitplayer"! Check out my music if you like... http://www.michaelsaulnier.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted September 19, 2001 Share Posted September 19, 2001 Well Keith has used a wireless for years so I gather it's not a Samson... This message has been edited by Lee Flier on 09-18-2001 at 08:12 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsj Posted September 19, 2001 Share Posted September 19, 2001 It's not that the two styles of transmitters only work on a single type of guitar, Strat or Les Paul. I had to do a quick change on a gig this weekend after breaking a string mid-song and pop'd the AirLine from my main Strat and switched to my Les Paul to finish the song. The swap was effortless and I was back in the groove in no time. Once I get my second transmitter for the Les Paul, it will be even easier to make the swap. I keep my Tele at the office and therefore never tried the AirLine on it. Thanks for the head's up on that one... I'll be thinking twice about taking the Tele as a backup to the next gig. -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott from MA Posted September 19, 2001 Share Posted September 19, 2001 You could just use an extension-jack to plug into the Tele. Something like this: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F005%5F003%5F009%5F001&product%5Fid=910%2D0831 (Ideally it would be mono-to-mono. This one is stereo-to-mono... but it would still work.) Of course, it would stick out from the guitar a little bit... you would just have to be careful not to whack it on anything. Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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