Keith Strickland

Used live with The B-52’s, as featured in this September 8, 2008 Mix Online article.

“After struggling with the gear,” continued Lehane, “Fern Alvarez, our FOH engineer—who has had a lot of positive experience with Lectrosonics wireless systems—handed me the contact information for Karl Winkler at Lectrosonics. I called Karl, explained what was going on, and in no time at all, Lectrosonics arranged for Tour Supply to provide me a loaner IS400 wireless beltpack instrument system. The moment I tried the gear out, I knew this was exactly what we needed, and Keith agreed. At that point, we purchased four transmitters plus a single receiver and have been using the gear ever since.”

Keith Strickland is typically outfitted with four beltpack transmitters every time he walks onstage. As he routinely switches among four different instruments, Lehane simply switches the appropriate transmitter on or off as needed.

Lehane reports the sound quality, ease-of-use, and reliability of the Lectrosonics IS400 system have exceeded his expectations. “Keith and I have both been very impressed with the sound quality and the fact that locating and locking down open frequencies is so easy,” said Lehane. “Most importantly, the reliability has been really impressive. I can count on the system to hold its frequency setting throughout the entire show. As a guitar tech, you’re always dealing with noise or other issues, but with the Lectrosonics wireless system, not once have I been let down.”