BOSS WL-20 Compact Wireless Instrument System

This is a great product! I've been using this with a variety of instruments and its very simple and easy to use. Compact enough that it doesn't take up much room at all and easy to throw into a gig bag. A little pricey, but the quality is amazing. Little to no latency and the sound quality is amazing. No more tripping over cables or cable routing. just plug and play, it doesn't get much better. I've had this for a couple years now and it continues to perform like new! Highly recommend getting yourself one!

I use the WL-20 in a live setting twice a week for about five hours at a time. It has to work on a stage that has multiple wireless transmitters and receivers as well as one additional WL unit. Absolutely ideal for a live setting. Sound quality is perfect, range is more than I need on a large stage and the battery life is excellent. Firm factor is great. The receiver is plugged into the input of my Boss GT1000 and it's so nice not having to power it separately. I've used it with guitar, bass and acoustic. No issues with any frequency drop out (I play a five string bass) and I don't experience any latency. I've since attached a short extension to the transmitter because I'm concerned about bumping it when inserted but I've also dropped it numerous times and it's solid. Boss is absolutely killing it the past few years and this unit just adds to their mojo. Well done.

If I can assume durability like Boss products exhibit, this is awesome. Perfect tone, great battery life, more range than described. Does NOT like active pickups or piezo.

On my UA Arrow interface the Hi-Z TS cable input jack has a slight recess / countersink and the WL-20 receiver will not insert fully. Not sure if there is anything in the TS spec that defines the dimensions for the plug and jack, so not sure who to blame on this. If your amp / interface has a similar countersink, you may end up with the same problem. Looks like I'll be forced to do some messy short TS male/female cable thing to make this work, or maybe switch to the WL-50 and use a short patch cable. Update: The WL-20 works great with my UA Apollo Twin and UA Apollo 8p interfaces. No problem seating the receiver, sound is great and no noticeable latency. So I think the blame mostly has to go to Universal Audio for recessing the Hi-Z jack, but Boss should have taken this possibility into account when designing the receiver. I suspect the Arrow is not the only device that might have this issue.

I am forever stepping on my patch cables when I play the electric guitar and found the wireless system when I was looking around on Amazon for other guitar gear. Boss has a good name when it comes to musical gear so I decided to try a pair of these out. Like most of the other reviews stated the components sync up quickly and you can charge both up while they are connected physically. These are very easy to use. I am still wearing the first charge down as far as I can and it's been several hours so far. The 10 hour charge claim seems to be true so far. I initially thought that my wireless signal was getting clipped at low volume but it turned out to be one of my sound pedals. Once I figured that out I was able to hear the full sustain from my guitars. If you plan on playing guitar often I think this is a good product (considering the price). When I think of how many times I have had to fix or replace patch cables (or fix a busted port on one of my guitars) I think these will be worth it.

It worked okay in my music room sitting next to my amp. But if I wanted to play in any other room in the house I first had to turn off the Wi-Fi router in my living room and a couple of oscillating fans in two other rooms. Otherwise I got a lot of breakup and static. Then after a couple of weeks it started jamming up during charging. I'd plug the receiver and transmitter together and into a USB adapter. The green lights would come on after a few hours saying it was fully charged. But as soon as I unplugged everything and plugged it into my amp and guitar a red light would come on at the receiver and it was dead. I recharged it several times but after hours of tinkering with it per BOSS's literature I finally gave up and went back to using a cable. All in all it was a complete waste of good money for me.

Literally just got this. So my experience and comments will be limited. I will try to update in a few weeks. First, I thought the instructions could have been laid out better. The page was so busy. I like clear and to the point 1, 2, 3 instructions. Second, I thought the product had a good feel to it and was packaged professionally. So, unpackaging was a pleasant experience. Charging was easy as was hookup. The first sound was sharp and clean. I liked it. It sounded better than my cheapo wireless setup I use at home for fun. But I must admit that it did not sound like my cable even though it’s supposed to emulate a cable hookup. As I started playing with recordings I play a lot, I kept finding that my sound either got lost in the music or was much too loud and brittle sounding. I couldn’t find the middle ground where my sound blended but was audible. I also had difficulty creating warmth. So, I am not yet sure whether or not I will like this unit or if I will ever use it on stage. I will work with it a while and see if I can find the sounds I am looking for. So, I will not be giving up my belt pack yet. Also, you need to know that tonight I played an American Stratocaster through a Line 6 Helix pedal board into a Fender Princeton 112 amp. I might have had a different experience without the pedalboard or with my Les Paul. I will try all my guitar and amp combinations. I really want to like this. We’ll see.

I have had MANY, and I mean many wireless units over the years all the way to Nady. I've had full-pro rackmount units and smaller line 6 units and portable "bug" type units and the Boss unit is amazing. Very natural sound, great build quality, reliable. The only thing I wish they had was either a quality case or even better a charging case. That would completely put them over the top but they sound incredible and that is ultimately what really matters.

I have been using this since October and so far it's working great. It doesn't have the range my Samson had but it also doesn't have the headache of running an extra guitar cable and needing an extra place to plug power into. This can sometimes be an issue when playing in older buildings. So you just charge it up before the gig and go. My bass player had issues with his wl 20l for his active bass but as we all know, every now and then, we can end up with a dud but in the end his issue ended up being with L&M that were more interested in sending it off to be fixed and making him wait rather than just replace it but I digress and these are fantastic little units.

Muy fácil de usar, dura más de 6 horas la pila y en general funciona muy bien.

I have had older wireless unit with a strap pack etc, these Boss units are great, small and put together as a package. No signal loss/change. The built in kill switch is great, I switch guitars with no extra noise. I just have to remember what the light color means! Good battery life, use them all night without charging. Great buy for the money.

La calidad del audio es impecable, pero sí presenta intermitencia al ensayar en casa. Imagino que no será la mejor opción para tocar en vivo.

The only reason why I gave it a 4 star is because you need to find a stable connection and that takes more than a few attempts, but once the signal no longer cuts and is stable, it works great and stays that way for a long time. I'm a living room guitar player, can't imagine gigging and having these lost of signal issues live!! The reason why I bought them, even though it's fairly expensive, is because I was introduced to the same wireless technology on my Boss Waza Air Headphones and for a reason I don't know, I've never experienced an unstable connection with them and it's the exact same technology. Actually this product was originally designed for the Waza Air.