| Hooly Dooly - Monster guitar cable [message #101291] |
Thu, 27 November 2008 12:42  |
Kerry Galloway
Messages: 56
Registered: December 2008
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I had my old friend Norm Fisher over yesterday, we were shooting out
bass DIs for his rig. We shot out three Radials (JDI, J48, a
BassBone), my trusty Demeter VTBP-201 and a Bare Knuckle Audio handmade
"black box". We decided the JDI was the way to go (the Demeter was the
fave but it was just for reference, he's not looking for a rackmount;
we'd already shot out the REDDI previously, but although it sounds
killer soloed we love what the Demeter does to bass in the track) since
it made his Sadowsky and vintage P the happiest.
And then Warren, my tenant (the tenant who just happens to be a music
editor, an engineer and an ex-Fodera luthier for good measure) brings
up a $250 Monster bass patch cord he was given as a gift. We laughed,
knowing it was all hype - a decent cable (which we were already using)
is a decent cable, right?
Wrong. We weren't laughing after putting it through its paces. Holy
snap, the difference between the Monster cable and the regular
(good-quality) cable was every bit as profound as the difference
between DIs. Less harsh highs, rounder lows, tighter bottom. It's
supposedly a "one way" cable, and honestly we couldn't hear a scrap of
difference between directions - but the raw sound was *definitely* the
surprise of the day.
Norm is Bryan Adams' bassist, and his tech keeps threatening to build
him "Monster-quality" patch cables, so next step we get a few of those
puppies built and shoot them out against the Monster (I ain't payin' no
$250 to a pack of Cayman Island IP rapists if I can help it).
Eeeenteresting.
- K
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