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but if you can manage tones like that with a wireless, why the hell not?
It's not just about tone. It is also about the expressive capabilities of the amp, which are dependent on as simple of a signal chain as possible. It's not a metal sound, usually more of a blues guy thing.
Try this: go to a Banjo Mart or some place that will let you really crank a really dirt simple amp, like an old Fender tweed of some sort (preferably a real one, not one of the reissues - a champ will do, though a Deluxe or a Twin would be louder - and one which is in good repair). Take your guitar, a cable, plug in, and crank the amp. No effects, at all in between. Now, play something. Now play a little lighter. Now turn your guitar down a little bit, and play. You'll get what I'm talking about instantly. If that is how you play, and the sound you are after, a wireless will kill it, dead. If you are a guy who uses a lot of effects (or, really, any effects), then it doesn't matter what so ever. Neither one is better or worse, they are just different. Which is, of course, a good thing.
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