Members aaronl Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 I am sure this has been re-hashed several times over, but I am using George L exclusively now for both connections to pedals and the long guys to go from pedal to amp etc. I realize this is probably not the best idea, and to be honest they seem to sound a little treble-ish I have been looking all over at cable, I know there is some great stuff out there that is like $100 for 10' or some such but my budget doesn't allow for that. And there is Lava cable which isn't as expensive but at $50 a pop to me, a hobbiest I just cannot do it. This looks interesting to me As well as this Etc. any ideas? What should I be looking for when I look at cables? Oxygen free seems to come up a lot anything else? Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BadCompany89 Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 Is the difference in sound between a medium quality and top of the line guitar cable actually noticible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aaronl Posted April 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 Is the difference in sound between a medium quality and top of the line guitar cable actually noticible? That is the same basic question I am asking I guess You just phrased it much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smrz Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 Many people, it seems, can't tell the difference blind tests between $20 and $100 cables. The most important thing to me is that cables are well built and reliable. Lifetime warranties are great but don't do much for you at a gig. For cheap cables, Whirlwind are great quality. For a bit more, the cheaper Lava cable stuff is really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aaronl Posted April 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 OK would any of those listed above be considered good quality? What does one look for when looking at "specs" if you will to determine if they are good or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smrz Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 OK would any of those listed above be considered good quality?What does one look for when looking at "specs" if you will to determine if they are good or not It's hard to say, based on a picture like that or on specs. Those look like they could be ok or not. It's hard to really know. Reliability is really one of those things that's just more dependent on general building practices and doesn't necessarily transfer to ad copy very well. Whirlwind cables, as I said before, tend to be pretty good quality, and they're at least as cheap as the stuff you're looking at. Look them up on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aaronl Posted April 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 ok on the whirlwind front I checked a lot on ebay and there was a LOT of them labeled Fender, am I barking up the wrong tree or are they Fender Whirlwind branded?? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 I bought some 20 ft cables for 2.50 each. They're sweet get them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pbone Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 I can tell the difference between $1 patch cables and George L's with Evidence Monorail cable, but I've never really been able to tell the difference between other kinds of cables. I use hosa ones, and they work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exdeath Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 I use hosa patch cables and they seem to work pretty well. As for guitar-to-pedalboard/amp cable, I use Bullet coiled cable because it's pretty and sounds good, and doesn't have any of the usual problems associated with coiled cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BadCompany89 Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 This may be off-topic, but these look really cool IMO. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Vox-Premium-Vintage-Coil-Guitar-Cable?sku=330241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 My Planet Waves are great: totally tough, excellent plugs and a twisted pair shielded conductor. GP just did a "Cable Roundup" what a load of crap! They rated the cables 1-5 for Shimmer, Girth,Punch, Noise and Vibe (?!) All completely subjective, the only quantitative measure was capacitance/ft which didn't correlate with ANYTHING. Like the Monster Cable/ coathanger thing (google it) its all crap. Buy something reasonable and well made and practice more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exdeath Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 This may be off-topic, but these look really cool IMO.http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Vox-Premium-Vintage-Coil-Guitar-Cable?sku=330241 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Bullet-Cables-Coiled-Straight-to-Angle-Cable?sku=330072 I think the plugs on these look cooler. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mistersuperfly Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Go to www.lavacable.com get some Canare or Mogami cable, they will last you forever and you will not be sacrificing tone in the least bit. Whirlwind's cheap stuff and other cheap brands will fail over time... The mogami cables you get at lava are the same as the 60$ Mogami Gold cables you get at GC, but the ends are hand soldered by someone with military electronics training and are half the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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