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which cable?
- Thread starter Russell03SVT
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Spectrafelx cables are great, I'd recommend them. I have one of their thick cables, and it's a beast!
- Oct 18, 2012
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I have a couple cable from a local music store that closed down forever ago.
Belden cable, quality plugs. They still work.
Belden cable, quality plugs. They still work.
I prefer the Fender braided cables. Also have one of the Vox coils and it works perfectly well.
I think Rapco, ProCo....the brands you see at the local Sam Ash or GC are fine if it's for playing live and the cable is a reasonable length....say up to about 12 to 15 feet or so. Might make more of a difference in a studio setting but you may have an advantage in a studio to use shorter cables so maybe not a problem there either. If you're really set on getting more expensive cables, I've always had great experience with Lava cables. They go on sale periodically so you might check it out.
To me... a cable is a cable. Ive had everything from cheapo 3 dollar cables to monster cables for bass and cables with flexible aluminum conduit wrapping.
My ears cannot tell a difference, but my eyes and my wallet can. So i just grab whatever i can afford at the time that catches my eye.
If i start having trouble with one i either grab my soldering iron or just go buy another one if im lazy that day. A person can really overthink this stuff.
My ears cannot tell a difference, but my eyes and my wallet can. So i just grab whatever i can afford at the time that catches my eye.
If i start having trouble with one i either grab my soldering iron or just go buy another one if im lazy that day. A person can really overthink this stuff.
I detest them because I want a cable to pass my signal through. ALL the time.
It's too vague... is my tuner battery dead? is the power not on?... oh wait the cable isn't switched on! It's a solution to a problem that never existed.
I prefer cables with the heat shrink over the ends, no worries about it unscrewing on me.
I have an angled Planet Waves Classic; I like it a lot. I also use one of the Reverb $9 20' braided instrument cables, it works great too. I don't see the benefits of expensive cables. Just throwing money away, IMO/IME.
I have an angled Planet Waves Classic; I like it a lot. I also use one of the Reverb $9 20' braided instrument cables, it works great too. I don't see the benefits of expensive cables. Just throwing money away, IMO/IME.
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Up note, down note, blue note, brown note...
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I have had good luck with AXL and even the cheap Musicians Gear cables... Good ends, no breaks in the cable, doesn't add anything to the sound just transmits signal...
Same here. I've got cables from several manufacturers, but I've been using the same 2 or 3 Monster cables since 1999---and they still work.
I've been using the same Samson 20 ft cables since 2006, too, and they're a lot cheaper than Monsters.
Monster is well -known for its poor reliability. That's why so many people brag about having taken advantage of the company's exchange policy. Who's really being taken advantage of given their pricing and totally BS claims? Bass cable?! 
What good does their exchange policy do when a cable fails on a gig?
Only Monster cable I've had - a speaker cable - failed with very little use. Extremely poor construction, despite the artifice of being solid.
What good does their exchange policy do when a cable fails on a gig? Only Monster cable I've had - a speaker cable - failed with very little use. Extremely poor construction, despite the artifice of being solid.
