| OT: cable surprise [message #67606] |
Wed, 03 May 2006 16:19  |
Aaron Allen
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
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OK, let me preface this with I don't usually buy 'til I hear it. Right then.
Today I 'heard' it. Let me elaborate some.
I bought a 5 string bass and it came in today. Nothing special, active
electronics and what not, not passive (worth a mention in light of what I'm
about to say). So the salesman, a friend of mine for years tells me that I
really need to check out the Monster Bass Cable (that is the model/name). I
tell him yeah, ok.. sure dude - I've heard this one before. He reiterates.
So now, I'm interested to learn something or prove it wrong. We A/B compare
against a run of the mill Rapco, my live rig is filled with this kind of
cable and it's always been reliable over the years. Open mouth, place jaw on
floor, insert foot.
With the cRapCo cable (as they will now be referred to) the low B just
tapered off and out of existence by a good 3 -4.5 dB by the time I hit it
open. Same amp, same speakers, same bass only through the MBC... let's just
say that Johnny 5 is alive. Wow. Smooth, no taper, no fooling on the top end
and plenty of meat all the way down. This is an active bass girls and
boys - that's not supposed to happen to my knowledge/experience.... I am
going to test out with a passive bass asap, and if I find what I think I
might, my wallet is about to empty in favor of tone toys. I've tried the
monster stuff before, it didn't do this to my brain or ears.
Anyone else had this experience??
AA
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