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Sept 22, 2009 16:24:55 GMT -5
Post by SmokinPaul on Sept 22, 2009 16:24:55 GMT -5
Well...what do you guys think about cables? Monster, Mogami, Planet Waves, etc. I find that some of the Monster stuff really colors your sound..whoops.. forgot Elixer...well... whaddaya think?  |
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Sept 22, 2009 16:42:17 GMT -5
Post by H. on Sept 22, 2009 16:42:17 GMT -5
The Monsters Ive tried were awful. I like Lava Cables. Super quality and no tone change at all.
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Sept 22, 2009 17:07:22 GMT -5
Post by waylay00 on Sept 22, 2009 17:07:22 GMT -5
Lava Cables are the best quality for price! Mark Stoddard (Lava Cable owner) is like the Scott Splawn of cables. My whole rig is wired with Lava ELC cables.
I used to think that cables' making a difference was BS, but it really did make a difference. I had been using some generic, local music store cables, but once I used the Lavas, everything improved dramatically.
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Sept 22, 2009 17:33:17 GMT -5
Post by SmokinPaul on Sept 22, 2009 17:33:17 GMT -5
;)OK...well..what about Elixer....there's alot of rave reviews there....go figure....... ;D
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Sept 22, 2009 18:40:50 GMT -5
Post by TuskerKevin on Sept 22, 2009 18:40:50 GMT -5
I love my Mogami cables....
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Sept 23, 2009 7:06:48 GMT -5
Post by shreder75 on Sept 23, 2009 7:06:48 GMT -5
cables=the biggest hype machine in the industry....generally, Monster is the tip of that particular spear...Monster cables are nothing but a name..are they good? sure....are they worth as much as they charge? no way...
people get too hung up on cables...I'm not saying buy super thin and horribly shielded pieces of sh!t..but you don't have to go crazy with the things...
same goes for any audio or video stuff as well....guitar, speaker, tv, HDMI
is there a tone change? could be....how much of it is actual and how much is placebo is still up in the air...but if there is, I still wouldn't drop the kinda money that some of these people ask for their cables..no way, no how...
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Sept 23, 2009 10:08:42 GMT -5
Post by Dirrty Craig on Sept 23, 2009 10:08:42 GMT -5
I've had nothing but bad luck with Monster cables,, but I really like the Mogami cables I am using right now. A friend of mine techs for Machine Head and Cannibal Corpse and he gave me a bunch of them and I'm just loving them.
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Sept 23, 2009 11:14:51 GMT -5
Post by joelaroint on Sept 23, 2009 11:14:51 GMT -5
cables=the biggest hype machine in the industry....generally, Monster is the tip of that particular spear...Monster cables are nothing but a name..are they good? sure....are they worth as much as they charge? no way... people get too hung up on cables...I'm not saying buy super thin and horribly shielded pieces of sh!t..but you don't have to go crazy with the things... same goes for any audio or video stuff as well....guitar, speaker, tv, HDMI is there a tone change? could be....how much of it is actual and how much is placebo is still up in the air...but if there is, I still wouldn't drop the kinda money that some of these people ask for their cables..no way, no how... +1 |
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Sept 23, 2009 12:22:43 GMT -5
Post by shreder75 on Sept 23, 2009 12:22:43 GMT -5
and don't get me started on 'directional' cables!!! I dropped $70 on a TWO foot speaker cable once..never again!
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Sept 23, 2009 12:38:49 GMT -5
Post by guitarnate2000 on Sept 23, 2009 12:38:49 GMT -5
i moved from Monster to Mogami... the quality of the Mogami cables are much better than monster.
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Sept 23, 2009 14:43:02 GMT -5
Post by dcf on Sept 23, 2009 14:43:02 GMT -5
Voodoo amps has some nice cables, been using them for 6 years now with no problems, great price, , way better than monster cables.
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Sept 23, 2009 16:46:51 GMT -5
Post by DonaldDemon on Sept 23, 2009 16:46:51 GMT -5
I just recently read some huge thread on TGP about this topic and I just don't buy 99% of the hype. I could see if you are recording and want to splurge on some decent quality cables. In most live situations though, you will barely tell a difference. My theory is don't buy crap cables and make sure they have lifetime warranties. I use whatever is medium range priced. I think I have a Planet Waves from guitar to pedal board and the 3 cables off my pedalboard are Monster, which haven't failed me in 4 years of gigging/practicing.
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Sept 23, 2009 17:36:11 GMT -5
Post by SmokinPaul on Sept 23, 2009 17:36:11 GMT -5
:)You know, it's really funny....what shreder said about reality and smoke and mirrors...a good friend of mine decided to go to Gerald Veasley's bass boot camp.....there they expressed the importance of premium cable......I'm using Mogami myself after just replacing Monster and I don't know if it was really worth it. Like DonaldDemon said..live...does it matter so much as long as it's quality cable? Any thoughts??  |
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Sept 23, 2009 19:11:29 GMT -5
Post by H. on Sept 23, 2009 19:11:29 GMT -5
I cant tell a big difference in my cheaper speaker cable and more expensive Lava cable but I could tell a huge difference in the Monster speaker cable. Im just speaking of speaker cables. All my other cables are mid priced. My guitar cable is the old ironing board style cable which I have had for , gosh, 15+ years and still great. The Lave cable looks great though and seems extremely well made.
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Sept 25, 2009 9:29:51 GMT -5
Post by Dirrty Craig on Sept 25, 2009 9:29:51 GMT -5
To me its not so much sound as much as durability. I go through at least 3-5 guitar cables a year. The Monster cables just died alot quicker it seemed like. These Mogamis are holding up great.. I think I got them in May or something. I've never had a cable last a year.
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