Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

[Adieu]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

$40 - 60 Monster or Mogami or Fender for guitar cable. Don't use a guitar cable for speaker. Only use a speaker cable for spkr, 20 guage or bigger depending on power of amp.

Have you SEEN a 20 gauge wire? It's tiny. Like earbud headphone wire tiny (well ok that's probably more like 22 or 24 guage, but you get the idea)


Btw you can also just BUY heavy guage pure copper wire and male 1/2" mono connectors

 

[Ascension]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

Can have an absolutely HUGE impact on tone. In particular if you have a long run between your guitar and your amp or in a loop where you are running to a pedal board and back. Run a cheap small diameter cable and it sucks the high end right out and can be like throwing a blanket over your amp. Don't know what's missing in your signal path until you hear it with a quality cable some times.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

I measure all my cables against George Ls
I have some George Ls
They are bright and clear
Excellent cables

My no brand GC braided cable is darker sounding
My 25 dollar Carvin cables are identical to the 5 dollar no brand

I have some molded end Fender branded cables
They sound alright
I have some monster cables the I just like the feel of
Thick heavy dont sound so much different
The monster cable feel more solid in the jack than the cheaper cables

 

[SlyFoxx]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

New member...4 posts...thread necro back to 2011...seriously WTF??

anybody??

 

[mxaniac]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

anybody??

Probably found the thread via Google search and didn't realize it was 7 years old.

I'll add that I used to work in Telecom and one of the differences in coax quality is the change in capacitance when bent. Junk cable allows the center conductor to get closer to the shield when the cable is coiled up changing the capacitance. This better the cable the less the effect.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

:reporter:

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

I find my opinion has been a bit consistent over the last seven years
But my experience with better cables has expanded

Price is not a good indicator of quality though

 

[Ayrton]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

Planet Waves or DIY with Mogami

 

[Gtrjunior]

Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

anybody??

I still after all these years can’t figure out why every single time somebody posts to an old thread somebody HAS to come along and make the necro-post comment.
Does it bother you that much that somebody still has an interest in this subject?
Should he have further clogged the server with another thread that didn’t need to be created?

Then when nobody bit your bait, you quoted yourself and asked again!!
Who’s post is worse? The guy posting a comment within the thread parameters or the guy calling him out on it?

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

Planet Waves or DIY with Mogami

I like planet waves as well. Good quality for the price.
FWIW, Lake Cable from Redco has the same specs as the PW. I used it in my pedal board build and am very happy with its performance.

 

[Ayrton]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

I like planet waves as well. Good quality for the price.
FWIW, Lake Cable from Redco has the same specs as the PW. I used it in my pedal board build and am very happy with its performance.

Planet Waves (D’Addario) cables have a lifetime warranty as well.

Have to agree on the necroposting. Bumping an old thread to just make a comment is silly. However, keeping all relevant information in one thread makes way more sense than multiple threads on the same topic.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

I like it when my old posts pop back up
I like reading me
And seeing how I think

Enough about cables
Let's talk about me

 

[LLL]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

Yes.

George L's, for example, have low capacitance wire and you can hear the clarity difference.

However, I typically only use one stomp at a time (in conjunction with an amp) these days, so my George L's for the pedalboard collect dust.

Guitar cable is a cheapo 20 footer; it works. Mainly because I'm not sending my signal through a buttload of stompboxes.

Also - never underestimate the power of a good buffer, and know your stomps' input and output impedance.

 

[6stringerguy]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

I used fender cables which were frankly terrible.
I then made my own because I didn’t have much money which were better but still not great
Finally got some American Stage Planet Cables, Rock Solid and have never let me down.

 

[Ben1962]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

I still after all these years can’t figure out why every single time somebody posts to an old thread somebody HAS to come along and make the necro-post comment.
Does it bother you that much that somebody still has an interest in this subject?
Should he have further clogged the server with another thread that didn’t need to be created?

Then when nobody bit your bait, you quoted yourself and asked again!!
Who’s post is worse? The guy posting a comment within the thread parameters or the guy calling him out on it?

And the kicker? If I started a thread asking the same question, I would be told its already been discussed, look it up yourself. I am just a bedroom player, and I am tired of the $25 ones dying with so little abuse. Now, I am just buying the cheap ones. On shorter runs, I doubt there is much difference

 

[LLL]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

I still after all these years can’t figure out why every single time somebody posts to an old thread somebody HAS to come along and make the necro-post comment.
Does it bother you that much that somebody still has an interest in this subject?
Should he have further clogged the server with another thread that didn’t need to be created?

Then when nobody bit your bait, you quoted yourself and asked again!!
Who’s post is worse? The guy posting a comment within the thread parameters or the guy calling him out on it?

Agree 1,000%.

It's a control freak thing - and the types that do this don't even own the forum. It's irritating and presumptuous.

What's the big whoop; what's the big issue or problem... if someone "revives" an old thread? Nada.

Imagine if people were like that in real life... "hey Joe, you can't talk about that subject anymore - we discussed this 10 years ago." :lol:

 

[Darg1911]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

The thing about bumping necro threads is that sometimes the comment which starts the bump is now addressing a completely moot topic. For example, someone from 7 years ago is trying to decide on what guitar to buy and the thread gets bumped with a guitar suggestion. Personally, I don't give a rats arse. But I'll point it out as a zombie thread so nobody else gets suckered into making suggestions on a long, dead issue.

On the other hand, a thread like this can be revived as the topic remains relevant.

That said, I agree with Gtrjunior. The Lake cable is good stuff. Doable but not the most pedalboard friendly. I just use Mogami for the board jumpers and Lake for guitar to amp or guitar to board and board to amp.

And as a side note ... get off my lawn with those solderless connectors ... :bigok:

 

[dave74]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

For the music room (standing in one place basically) I like my older 18ft Mogami-Golds with the little mogami ends, not the bigger Neutrik ends.

If I was in a band-practice or stage setting I'd use my Ibanez-Custom cable. It's pure OFC, 22ft, huge diameter, compact ends, and it always lays flat and doesn't get twisted-up like so many others.

edit; Well, it can get as twisted as any other, but it doesn't seem to mind it as much or look twisted as most others I've had.

 

[Old Guy]

Re: Do guitar/speaker cables really make a difference?

Cable length is much more important than how much you pay for the cable. Once you get past 10 foot of cable, even the best cables will deteriorate your signal. Pete Thorn did a cool vid to demonstrate this. As long as the cable is well shielded, it'll do.