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I'm in a local covers band and I run a Carvin V3 through a GenzBenz g-flex 2x12 and have the Boss GT-8 in btwn. I use Monster cables for all my runs back and forth and for the guitar, all of it.
I use the 4CM and have been very happy with all of that gear. love the GT-8. anyway, all was good for several shows and then oddly my loop would not work right. it came through but the GT-8 controls would not work at all on the loop patch. I figured either I hit a wrong button or there was some short or something. everything else was fine. planned to post about that issue on the GT-8 forums but did not get around to it then.
we did a few more shows, and then last wknd I set up for a show and all I could get was my Channel 1 on the V3. no channels 2 or 3 which is a major problem. I was freaking out and could not dx what the problem was. I had to majorly tweek my Ch 1 (metal channel) to try to get it clean enough to play all my stuff through the GT-8, and it was passable, but still. I did not consider taking the GT-8 out of the picture altogether to troubleshoot, it was just minutes before the show and I was in a panic and I had one channel so I went with that.
so I take in the amp to the Hollywood Carvin store thinking it's messed up and they get it plugged in and all 3 channels worked. I was like, WTF?
so they go, what kind of cables are you using? I say Monster. they look at each other and go, "we knew it."
they are saying Monster cables are just slightly larger/wider on the input jack than other brands or the standard jack measurement. and that this damages the female jack receptor over time, with many ins and outs (LOL) like the 4CM requires when you're gigging and that this was what caused my problems. they said that they have had many complaints like mine over the past couple years, and the Monsters have always been the one constant.
I then went to the Mesa store and related this to them and they agreed and said they have heard the same thing. I then got a George L guitar cable from them and some Carvin cables to run from the GT-8 to the amp.
anyone else heard of this problem with Monster cables?
I use the 4CM and have been very happy with all of that gear. love the GT-8. anyway, all was good for several shows and then oddly my loop would not work right. it came through but the GT-8 controls would not work at all on the loop patch. I figured either I hit a wrong button or there was some short or something. everything else was fine. planned to post about that issue on the GT-8 forums but did not get around to it then.
we did a few more shows, and then last wknd I set up for a show and all I could get was my Channel 1 on the V3. no channels 2 or 3 which is a major problem. I was freaking out and could not dx what the problem was. I had to majorly tweek my Ch 1 (metal channel) to try to get it clean enough to play all my stuff through the GT-8, and it was passable, but still. I did not consider taking the GT-8 out of the picture altogether to troubleshoot, it was just minutes before the show and I was in a panic and I had one channel so I went with that.
so I take in the amp to the Hollywood Carvin store thinking it's messed up and they get it plugged in and all 3 channels worked. I was like, WTF?
so they go, what kind of cables are you using? I say Monster. they look at each other and go, "we knew it." they are saying Monster cables are just slightly larger/wider on the input jack than other brands or the standard jack measurement. and that this damages the female jack receptor over time, with many ins and outs (LOL) like the 4CM requires when you're gigging and that this was what caused my problems. they said that they have had many complaints like mine over the past couple years, and the Monsters have always been the one constant.
I then went to the Mesa store and related this to them and they agreed and said they have heard the same thing. I then got a George L guitar cable from them and some Carvin cables to run from the GT-8 to the amp.
anyone else heard of this problem with Monster cables?
the rest were instrument cables. so would that cause any harm? is that what fucked me up? 
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