Guitar Cable

boingboing

boingboing

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Hello! I have a bright pickup in a bright guitar

I don't have much experience with guitar cables...

I'd like to make my signal muddier, darker, more mids, more bass

So I was wondering which guitar cable would do that, if you could recommend perhaps the one you tried that fits the criteria

Thank you!
 
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Roll off your tone control, or adjust at the amp. Try a lower value pot. Change the pickup. Adjust the pickup height. Actually, do the last thing I said first.
 
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I did it all...

But changing the pickup...

Hmm, you're probably right

BUT! I would still like a guitar cable that meet those criteria!
 
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I'm using a Q-Tuner right now, I've been thinking about a Custom 5 and keep the Q-Tuner in the neck
 
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Okay, but still, about the cable, something opposite to the Lyric HG type of cable, muddy, warm, the "i didn't like it, it lacked punch, clarity and dynamics" cable that you tried.
 
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You don't want a cable that does that. If a cable did change your sound that much, you don't want it. It will turn everything you plug in to mud.

A good cable should NOT alter your sound in ANY way.



I got 2 words for ya: EQ Pedal.

EQ pedal is inexpensive, tweakable and you can turn it on and off. I'm sure you'll find more than 1 use for it. Can't do that with a cable.

If that doesn't work, then you'll need a pickup swap. Create a post in the pickup up lounge and tell them how your guitar sounds now, and how you want it to sound.


best of luck

Edit: I re-read your post and if you want mud, you'll probably want a distortion pedal. Luckily, there's thousands to choose from. Post a thread in the amp room about the tone you seek and I'm sure you'll get dozens of responses.
 
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Hell, I don't know. If you're that set on this route, then go buy the cheapest piece of crap you can find. Maybe that will do it.

The cheap colored plastic patch cords I bought long ago sucked pretty hard.
 
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I didn't say I wanted a Radio Shack badly shielded cable.

Yes OP wants mud.

But I find that pedals, especially distortion kill the tone...

Maybe it's just me

Oh well, if someone has a cable suggestion to make... if not, I'll make a blind guess
 
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Give us more to go on. Kind of guitar? Wood? PU's? Style of music?

I've warmed up my guitars, and kept the clarity.
 
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blueman335 said:
Give us more to go on. Kind of guitar? Wood? PU's? Style of music?

I've warmed up my guitars, and kept the clarity.
Click to expand...

Okay... it's a Ibanez RGT6EXFX, Basswood body, Q-Tuner (with middle poles down) through a very clean DI Amp.

Well, I'd like to play with the tone of some metal bands, not to necessarily play metal, but I like when the guitar sounds smooth and silky... and not modern

I'd like to have the smoothest sound possible, I know I'm probably asking for too much and will end up dissatisfied, but at least I will know where to go from that... at least that's what I'd like to believe
 
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I remember buying a couple Spectraflex cables, mostly because they were cool looking.
They didn't kill my tone, but they were on the darker less trebly side.

If you want to save some money, PM me, and I'll dig'em out of my crate full of cables.
I'll sell them to you cheap. I think I have two that are tan/black braided 18 ft.
 
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bro, this is not done with a cable... i'm not sure where you got the notion that you're supposed to muddy up your signal through a cable, but that's not where it comes from... you need to adjust the EQ on your amp or even your guitar tone knob

cables (at least good ones) are supposed to produce pure signals, nothing that alters the tone... so any suggestion we give you (for high end cables... or even medium grade) aren't going to get you the desired results

basically, you're barking up the wrong tree
 
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What have you tried in the past, or have in other guitars that you currently own, that you felt at least got you part of the way there?

Can you give examples of bands, or guitarists, that you feel has something similar to what you're going for? That could give you a starting point, at least.

And, again, a cable will not get you what you need.
 
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andrizzle said:
bro, this is not done with a cable... i'm not sure where you got the notion that you're supposed to muddy up your signal through a cable, but that's not where it comes from... you need to adjust the EQ on your amp or even your guitar tone knob

cables (at least good ones) are supposed to produce pure signals, nothing that alters the tone... so any suggestion we give you (for high end cables... or even medium grade) aren't going to get you the desired results

basically, you're barking up the wrong tree
Click to expand...

Yes, I don't expect the cable to make it day and night though, but just to naturally tame some high end, and I also need a new cable, and don't have much money so...
 
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