Tangle free cable

[mickebas]

Is there an instrument cable that does not get tangled up?
I've tried what is said to be 'tangle free cables' but for me they still seems to be a tangled up mess after 10 minutes.
Suggestions?

 

[A Bass And Its Boy]

Cloth-wrapped cables are easier to untangle, so they occasionally untangle themselves; and curly cables tend to be much more difficult to tangle when just throwing in a gig bag (but if you DO tangle them they’re the devil).

 

[mikko93]

"Only entropy comes easy" - Anton Chekhov

 

[mickebas]

Cloth-wrapped cables are easier to untangle, so they occasionally untangle themselves; and curly cables tend to be much more difficult to tangle when just throwing in a gig bag (but if you DO tangle them they’re the devil).

There seems to be no real difference in tangle, at least for me, with the cloth wrapped ones.
Maybe it’s not possible to find one and I just need to stand still.
It’s mostly an issue when practicing and recording at home since that’s where I tend to move around more to get to the computer and so…

 

[A Bass And Its Boy]

There’s always wireless. There are some pretty inexpensive solutions for that out there, like the NUX system.

 

[Geepers]

Heavy rubber MXR cables work best for me

 

[FugaziBomb]

 

[mickebas]

There’s always wireless. There are some pretty inexpensive solutions for that out there, like the NUX system.

Yes. You’re right. That’s a solution

 

[SteveLo42]

Is there an instrument cable that does not get tangled up?
I've tried what is said to be 'tangle free cables' but for me they still seems to be a tangled up mess after 10 minutes.
Suggestions?

Knot theory.

 

[rknea]

Is there an instrument cable that does not get tangled up?
I've tried what is said to be 'tangle free cables' but for me they still seems to be a tangled up mess after 10 minutes.
Suggestions?

I use Rattlesnake Cables! They are awesome cables and the customer support is the best ever!!

 

[enjoi1018]

For a short run from instrument to pedalboard/amp, I’ve found having one nice coil cable is so nice. They don’t tangle unless you are basically trying to, and act as a spring as you move around the room, stretching and contracting.

 

[STRMan]

I haven't had a tangled cable since the late 70's, when I had a few of those ones that were coiled like a spring. They would get knotted up by just looking at them. I've played more gigs than I can count and recorded both at studios and at home. Are you simultaneously playing and doing calisthenics?

 

[henryjurstin13]

Last cable I got from Bayou Audio Cables was a pretty thick one, and it helped a lot! And it's only about 12 ft long. Coily cables (there's plenty of people who argue the capacitance/high-end loss) do a pretty good job too.

 

[micguy]

Cloth covered Dimarzio's are what I use - they seem to be reasonably tangle free. Still, if you insist on turning one way a lot, you're gonna have knots in your cables - your behavior is a big part of the equation. Try turning the other way half the time.

Make a video of practice or your next gig, and count how many times you turn one way, and how many the other. As silly as it sounds, a lot of people who can't understand why their cables tangle have no clue that they are spinning one way constantly.

 

[bikeplate]

Yep. Its called a wireless system

 

[SteveC]

Yeah, I don't move around a lot on stage. Sometimes. I just got tired of a cord at my feet getting tangled and stuff. I finally went Shure GLXD+ and am pretty happy. Wireless IEM as well. Honsetly, it doesn't sound as good as when I was wired, but that's the trade off, right?

At church, where I just sit in the same place all day, I stayed wired for both as there's no need to be wireless at all. It sounds better.

 

[sokolasty]

Once I switched to wireless, I use cable only when battery is dead.
And I hate tangled cables, have all them neatly bound with Velcro.

 

[newfuture]

If it's storage that vexes you, Coil the cable over-under when not in use, and cloth seems to be a little better than plain insulation.
If it's during performance, something thinner and limp like mogami 2552 helps, but wireless is the only solution that's 100% effective

 

[Jefenator]

I couldn't detect an audible difference with the Mogami Platinum cable, like so many of the probably-fake reviewers could.
The handling is pretty distinct, though: thicker & stiffer than any other cable I've tried. That might help in your predicament. ($100 worth?)
... or train yourself to alternate your twirling direction while you're playing.

 

[Rich Fiscus]

All cables are self tangling. It’s an immutable law of the universe.