Toughest cables

[jawdc54]

Can u guyz recommend a tough as nails good inatrument cable for live situations? Thanks!

[Slowgypsy]

I have these folks custom make all my cable needs: https://www.redco.com/
I'm partial to Canare Cabel and Neutrik Connectors.

[SurferJoe46]

I thought it might be a cheap cable - but after years of stomping on it, coiling it in tight loops and generally having a piano and other gear run over it and getting it soaking wet - the GearFetish antiquities cloth-wrapped cable is one of the finest I've had.

It wasn't expensive, and I surely didn't expect it to last more than a few gigs - but it's running and no noise and the jacks are just as nice as the day I got it outta the shipping box.

I totally-absolutely-undeniably refuse to ever use Monster junk ever again. I don't care if it is guaranteed for life - it's the damage it does to the other gear that isn't covered.

[bongomania]

Samsontech used to make a line of armored cable, where it literally had a flexible coiled-metal sheath around the length of the cable, but they were discontinued a few years ago. Some of the most rugged ones currently available include:

Armor Gold Cables
Solid Cables "Dynamic Arc Ultra" Low Capacitance Cable
Fender® Products

...whether they are "worth the price", or whether any of their tone claims are in any way true, that's up for debate. But they are absolutely rugged as all ****, no question.

For cheap, the most rugged IMO are the DiMarzio fabric-covered ones, and they sound great too.

[DeathFromBelow]

Klotz Cables.

[Rebop]

I've been using the same few Whirlwind Leader Standard series cables for the past 10 years or so and I've used them for over 1,000 gigs. My spares are still in the factory twist ties.