"BEST guitar cable?

[ozover50]

+1 on the George L. I have a 60' (believe it, folks!) George L cable and it's awesome! Cost me a small fortune...........

"Why that long?" do I hear you ask? I wanted to hear how loud I was playing from my neighbour's living room!

[scoobster28]

For a $2000 Rickenbacker, the cable can cost more. This is for my friend who plays a Squire strat through a Vox pathfinder. He just needs it to work. I did not realize that $25 was going to be below the starting cost for a good cable.

Anyways, thanks for the information guys!

[steambyrd]

I recently added a Janglebox to my effect chain and was surprised at the noise based on reviews I read about how quiet it was. Well, when I replaced my generic right angle pedal chords with Whirlwind in and out, I was amazed at how quiet it got! Cables definitely make a difference...

[teeder]

David,

Please explain the significance of this:

"And rating-wise, it has the lowest capacitance compared to any other cable (at least that's the info I got when I compared it with the other known cables)."

Sorry if that's a dumb question.

[teeder]

Thanks!

[johnhall]

Capacitance will kill the highs; it's exactly the same as the tone control on a guitar. Less is good.

Shielding keeps out the extraneous electrostatic noise. More is good.

Resistance (or conductivity, the inverse) limits the signal strength but it'd have to be a really lousy cable or connections for this to be much of an issue. Anyway, less is better.

Good cable is wonderful to work with, but it's the quality of the connectors and the mechanics of joining them to the cable, i.e. strain reliefs, molding, solder job) that's going to get you through the night.

[teeder]

Thanks JH!
I learned something today!

[johnhall]

Most of my cables I've used over the years I built myself with the Mogami or Belden cable and Switchcraft plugs we used on the ROS kit. With carbonized/linen wrapped shielding, these were rather quiet and I was careful to do extensive heat shrink protection of the leads.

However, more recently I bought a few Monster cables and they sound just as good with a lot less work involved! They're quite a bit stiffer but that actually works for me, as I tend to tie cords up in knots otherwise.

[johnallg]

I really like the Canare GS-6 cable to make my own. Low capacitance; noticable treble difference with a Rick - more of it.

[jwr2]

I used to build my own cables ... but it was too much work ... then I was buying high end cables but they are quite often stiff and inflexible ... now I buy a bunch of cheap cables and carry several with me ... they are very flexible and when they go bad I just pitch them ... sometime the expensive cables get all tangled on stage ... I usually get cables for around $5 ...

[aceonbass]

Butch Ammons at Buyou Cables builds all of my cables for me. He uses the Canare GS-6 cable too and in a variety of colors. I don't think I pay over $25.00 for a 15 foot cable.

[johnallg]

I had first made a cable out of Canare star-quad mic cable using the shield at one end (amp) and the whites for ground and the blues for signal and I though it sounded good. Then I got some GS-6 from Pro Cables & Sound in the Detroit area and what a difference! The bridge pup was clearer and more present. Investigating the Canare site, the cpf rating was a tad lower but made a difference.

http://procablesnsound.com/items/connec ... detail.htm

[kenposurf]

Just placed an order w/Butch for a couple..looks like a good deal and he seems to care about his product.

[myfretless]

I've been using those Acoustic Monster Cables for studio work. They are huge and thick and stiff, but they sound pristine. No outside hum or loss of sound.

They cost an arm and a leg though.

[jnbass]

marry Macca...