Ahh, the feeling of ordering good cables

[eburton04]

Yeah, I finally decided to spend the money on some good quality cables

on monday I will be ordering
(1) 21 ft. Monster Bass Cable (angled/straight)
(1) 12 ft. Monster Bass Cable (angled/straight)
(2) 8 in. Monster Bass Cable (angled/angled)

also power supplies for my pedals (no more 9v batteries)


I've been meaning to buy monster cables for some time now.. its killing me to spend like 180 bucks on all that right there, but i just gotta.

[janyeno]

congrats!

I don't think I've spent more than 15$ on a cable...

most expensive one was a speaker cable.

I've always been under the impression that cables don't affect your sound much...

but yeah people sometimes lie to me for fun.

[Chris K]

When you pay hundreds of pounds for a good bass and amp, you don't wanna put a piece of crap between them, at least thats what I always say.

[the101er]

^^:lol:

I have STAGG and Andertons cables, sounds awesome

[eburton04]

When you pay hundreds of pounds for a good bass and amp, you don't wanna put a piece of crap between them, at least thats what I always say.


:chug:


after spending as much money on my rig as i have, it's time to lace everything up with some good cables. I've only bought like one cable ever. the rest have been like hand-me-downs. so i'm way excited.

and from what i've heard from people, you DO get a better sound with better cables. a clearer sound, more tone perhaps... we'll see.

[LostItAgain]

Then, comes The Pain Of Waiting A Week To Get Them Shiped.

[eburton04]

Ah, I just decided to also purchase:

(1) 10 ft. Monster Cable SP1000 (1/4 - Banana) (for my amp to my cab, another 45 bucks)

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/6/4/4/246644.jpg

ahhhh, pretty..

[Jamie]

Just recently bought a Planet Waves circuit breaker 20ft cable. Its brilliant! :D And its great that i've confused about 4 guitarists so far.. "errrm, your cable doesn't work. Its rubbish!" "press the button!" *guitarist fiddles with random buttons on amp* "nope, still doesnt work" "THE BUTTON ON THE JACK!!!" "errr... oh... oops!"

:p

[Akira]

I feel like Monster cables rape my high end, I only use mine when I need the extra length.

[thelowsoundofbass]

Monsters NEVER break, and if they do, they give you a new one for free and I even think that they pay for shipping. They will even replace them if you break them pulling a car with 'em.

lowsound

[mastrrbasser]

When you pay hundreds of pounds for a good bass and amp, you don't wanna put a piece of crap between them, at least thats what I always say.


it's just like buying air jordans and lacing them with twine.

[tomtom]

i think i only spent about $21 australian on my 2 metre Fender California cable, and it was well worth it

[blizzard]

I really like planet wave cables, I use to buy cheap cables but after they broke within a month I thought I better buy something that quality.

[bass&cookies]

i like monster cables myself
they seem to last a long time

[hatebreeder41]

I have a 21 foot one and you get some sick *** tone out of it

[labgnat]

my monster cable started shorting out a few months after i got it. this thread reminds me to dig that out tho and see about getting it replaced

[Thonk]

Meh.

I use $15 Horizon cables.

[The_Red_Death]

Planet Waves ftw.

[Led_Zeppelin678]

I just use cheap cables...maybe I should invest in some better ones?

I've heard a lot of great stuff about "George L's" cables...anyone use them?

[Thonk]

George L's are just kits. Well, the ones i've seen.

You put them together yourself. I've never used them but they're a hit over at TB.

[Making'Music24/7]

hey look my very first reply

[eburton04]

Monsters NEVER break, and if they do, they give you a new one for free and I even think that they pay for shipping. They will even replace them if you break them pulling a car with 'em.

lowsound


another reason of mine for going with monster

[Gravaged]

Monsters NEVER break,

lowsound


bull**** :rolleyes:

[pitchfork]

why buy monster cables when you can buy pete cornish.
anyways congrats man

[PaulR]

Just recently bought a Planet Waves circuit breaker 20ft cable. Its brilliant! :D And its great that i've confused about 4 guitarists so far.. "errrm, your cable doesn't work. Its rubbish!" "press the button!" *guitarist fiddles with random buttons on amp* "nope, still doesnt work" "THE BUTTON ON THE JACK!!!" "errr... oh... oops!"

:p
My friend has one of those, I swear, I never know when its on or off, or whether its just not working. Could do with a light or something :p

[Az_Holl]

congrats!

I don't think I've spent more than 15$ on a cable...

most expensive one was a speaker cable.

I've always been under the impression that cables don't affect your sound much...

but yeah people sometimes lie to me for fun.

According to Edge the longer your cable is the crapper the sound quality... in a nutshell.

[Bass_swede]

ProCo's cables are the best I've come across.. Has never let me down.

[nopicks4me]

I have 4 different lenght cords...i think they are called bosshogs. i could be wrong. and they always break. but i just pick up a new one for free at the local guitar store. yay lifetime warranty! (ive broken 3 cords in about 3 years)

[tinnitus]

Is that planet wave cable that switches off when it isnt in the jack any worse sound quality than the normal planet wave type leads

[willibassist]

According to Edge the longer your cable is the crapper the sound quality... in a nutshell.

im not sure but resistance due to the length of wire could be a factor. but im not very good at physics

[mrcarter]

Rofl
There's a slight difference in tone from what cables you use, but its about as much difference as changing your pickup bobbins, lol. I'd be willing to wager that no one on these forums, maybe one or two people absolute tops, could hear the difference between two cables unless one had something seriously wrong with it.
The fact of the matter is that with wear, even if you take really good care of them, and wrap them up properly, cables are going to **** out on you eventually. They all boil down to wound copper wire inside plastic.
You do get signal deterioration from cables though, so yeah, the longer, the suckier. Still better than a wireless unit. Gross compression on the buggers.
The only reason to spend money on cables is for the warranty, otherwise you might as well just use your milk money.

[Radiobass81]

Planet Waves are too expensive, and the volume lowers incredibly with them compared to other cables.

I like Monster myself.

[Radiobass81]

According to Edge the longer your cable is the crapper the sound quality... in a nutshell.
From what I've heard, if your bass is passive, with long cables you loose high-end. For some reason, active basses don't loose any. Atleast I heard that once.

I don't like long cables. Longest I could get is 15 feet, or maybe that long and green Radioschack cable, as the rest break too easily in my experience. I'll just have two ten-foot ones, one from my bass to an effect, or whateve, and then to the amp. Good enough.

[mrcarter]

Nope, still deteriorates, regardless of electronics.
One might get the idea otherwise because and active signal has more output and would still be stronger at the other end with the same amount of deterioration.
Oh, and I forgot to mention earlier, while power adapters save on the batteries, don't even think about recording (or gigging for that matter) with them. They suck your tone (noticably) and add to background noise.

[eburton04]

i think power adapters are perfect for gigging. just me though. just me.

[mrcarter]

i think power adapters are perfect for gigging. just me though. just me.

Yeah, its not quite so important for gigging, especially if you gig a lot, instead of just every once in awhile (special occasions after all, lol).
But as soon as you bring an adapter in to a recording studio, any decent recording engineer will be pissed and likely start yelling. I know I would, lol.

[eburton04]

Yeah well I used batteries for our recordings... mainly because i didnt have any adapters at the time.. hah

[British Beef]

planet waves or monster are te sexx

but seriously if your using a cheap cable they are more prone to break or short out... it like ripping some of the pins out of a scart cable, if you get me.
also the better the electronics the better quality. They dont make them expensive for nothing

[EADG]

Yeah, I finally decided to spend the money on some good quality cables

on monday I will be ordering
(1) 21 ft. Monster Bass Cable (angled/straight)
(1) 12 ft. Monster Bass Cable (angled/straight)
(2) 8 in. Monster Bass Cable (angled/angled)

also power supplies for my pedals (no more 9v batteries)


I've been meaning to buy monster cables for some time now.. its killing me to spend like 180 bucks on all that right there, but i just gotta.


Please explain to me how that could possibly be worth $180?

[sinister]

Depends how many power supplies he is buying, the one I bought was quite expensive.

Can you buy any of these cables in the UK?
All I can find on the gak website is some random venom cables.

[eburton04]

Please explain to me how that could possibly be worth $180?

ok, this is all from musiciansfriend. oh and shipping's free.

2 Monster Bass Cables angled/angled (8in) = $49.90
1 Monster Bass Cable angled/straight (21ft) = $49.95
1 Monster Bass Cable angled/straight (12ft) = $39.95
1 Monster Cable SP1000 speaker cable 1/4-Banana = $44.95
1 Boss PSA 120 adapter = $18.99
1 Dunlop ECB-03 Barrel 9V AC Adapter = $11.99
1 Roland PCS-20A DC Power Cords = $13.99

Grand total = $229.72

[14nothing]

Planet Waves ftw.

I bought a 15ft one in South-Africa (Where i live) for R200. Thats about $25. And that things a fkn tank.

[mutant!]

^ Yay for Planet Waves. Where you buy it though? Heuer? I can't remember paying R200 for mine... I thought it was around R120.