Picture this: You go to a gig. You have your guitar gig bag, your pedal case, and of course, your cord and accessory bag. You take another trip to the car to get your amp or, as in my case, you do it in one trip because you have a handcart and have mastered the art of carefully loading it and everything miraculously gets to the stage without having fallen.
You scope out where you’ll be setting up. You get your amp placed, you remove your guitar and put it on your portable stand to start acclimating to the environment. You place your pedal board near your mic. Now it’s time to get your cords.
You open up your gig bag, and your cords are neatly coiled, and you’re proud of your over-under coiling technique because they’re put together so nicely. You pull the cords out, careful to separate them by the velcro ties. You take one cord, undo the velcro, then holding onto one end, toss the coil out to unravel it. Then you fill the space with a resounding,
“F&%K!”
Because despite all your meticulousness in properly coiling your cable at your last gig, you happened to pull the jack through the coils as opposed to making sure it was outside the coils and the end result is that you have a pretty string of knots that you have to undo individually. And that process elicits another string of expletives as your bandmates laugh at your misery, but they’re not laughing at you. They’re laughing because the same shit has happened to them MANY times in the past.
Tell me I’m wrong… If you’re a gigging musician you can’t. You know EXACTLY what I’m talking about.
There Truly Is a Light at the End of the Tunnel!
But finally, there is a solution to this and it’s called the “Cabli” by the brilliant guys at Singular Sound, creators of the famed “Beat Buddy.” Rather than just talking about it, the following video will explain what it is and what it does:
After seeing the pre-launch version of this video, I literally had a “V8” moment. Remember that commercial where the actor hits his head with his palm and says, “I shoulda had a V8!” Well, after seeing the video, I started laughing because not only did that commercial come to mind, but I also said, “Damn! Those guys at Singular Sound did it again!”
Here are the features and specs of the Cabli:
- Holds any audio cable including 1/4″, XLR, MIDI, Right Angle, SpeakOn, and more.
- Can hold up to 30′ of braided cable and 20′ of rubber cable cable.
- Built in detangler automatically detangles as you wind. This is HUGE!
- Included clip lets you hang the Cabli on your gig bag or cable rack.
- Durable plastic shell keeps your cable protected, helping to extend your cable’s life.
- Included handle and 2 sided mid-plate wind both ends of your cable at the same time, resulting in lightning quick winding times.
- Weight: 10 ounces
- Price: $19.99 (but it’s $16.97 right now as an introductory price!)
Look… this device is stupidly simple. But it solves a HUGE problem that I frequently have with my cables. And the fact that I now have a way to pay out only the amount of cable that I need makes this so incredibly useful to me. But a $16.97 introductory price and $19.99 regular price? I’d be stupid not to get a few of these! By the way, if you buy 4 or more, you’ll get a free storage bag!
Saving Time and Space
Having been in a few bands that do clubs and private parties – and even church, stages are pretty tight. So I typically have my amp pretty close to me, and having that extra cord going from my guitar to my pedal board, then the extra cord going from my board to my amp is a bit of a pain because I tend to step on the excess from my guitar and I have to strategically place the cord going from my board to my amp so no one trips on it.
Not any longer. The fact that I only need to pay out what I need is a so awesome! Even if I have to remove the cable entirely from the Cabli, at the end of the gig, I just have to snap and crank! Cable put away in seconds! Love it!
I’m going to get a few of these when they hit the market in the first quarter of 2019. So excited!
Those guys at Singular Sound… They’ve done it again! Click here to check out the Cabli product page.
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