Pig Hog Cables

[Aceman]

I can't imagine using a white cable.

Racist, much? I use black cables all the time...

 

[beaubrummels]

Who are you, who are so Wise in the ways of Science?

Back off, man. He has a scope and knows how to use it.

 

[NegativeEase]

Well, I like to chew on my guitar cables, so this fixes that issue.

But LLL -your sweatpant threads could catch on the stainless cladding and create chaos

It appears we have a RocknRoll catch 20/20 on our hands

 

[solspirit]

I can't imagine using a white cable. Having it drag on bar/club stages showing all of the beer, dirt, and funk from the stage. I would have to wipe it down after every show.

It's an off white it looks like it was white but hung in someones dirty basement for 10 years. I don't like them at all but I neglected to choose a color when I ordered and this is what I got.

 

[solspirit]

these look cool and aren't expensive but I have to point out - is the stainless cladding really solving your cable failure issue? likely not.

Guitar cables are coaxial with a foam dielectric that this cladding will protect no better from malformation than a properly jacketed regular cable -as it won't prevent the weight on the dielectric if you step on it

Where a cable fails 99% of the time is at the connector -which this Pig Nose's termination system is no different than any other brand using nice high end Chinese connectors that all the good brands use when not using the more expensive Neutrik or Switchcraft ones.

So other than looking very nice and being a quality good sounding cable, I see the main benefit to Pig Hog cables cladding being protection from cuts and abrasions and maybe slammed in doors -which for me isn't the problem I am concerned about at all.

However, at their price point, I'd be down to try them out -I suspect the stainless cladding helps reduce cable memory too -which honestly is the most annoying and common issue

Fuck all that scientifical nonsense . . . They just look bad ass!

 

[solspirit]

I just cant see it. that cladding wont lessen that actual weight on the dielectric changing the shape and creating reflectance and standing waves, the quality of the dielectric foam returning to the original shape is the key -and the stainless cladding wont help that

I want to buy one and put it on a scope, stand on it and see and compare to a rubber jacket only cable.

It's a cool looking gimmick. Just like the braided brake lines and radiator hoses. It does nothing to protect where they always fail.

 

[NegativeEase]

It's an off white it looks like it was white but hung in someones dirty basement for 10 years. I don't like them at all but I neglected to choose a color when I ordered and this is what I got.

So, this is a funny topic - I did a big heavy Metal tour years ago where everyone got fancy new white guitar cables on stages, we tried cleaning them and by week 2 they were so f*cking disgusting that we gave them away.....

I say white cables are for home and studio -not gigs...

 

[solspirit]

Ugh. And probably not even that.

I don't like cables that aren't at least 30% black.

 

[Securb]

I wrap my cable over my strap before plugging into my guitar. Is anyone else using the Armor Clad worried about the cord wearing down the finish on their guitar between the strap and end pin?

 

[solspirit]

I wrap my cable over my strap before plugging into my guitar. Is anyone else using the Armor Clad worried about the cord wearing down the finish on their guitar between the strap and end pin?

This is what I do, I couldn't imagine doing that with an armor clad cable.

 

[JamesPaul]

I already have this worry and always avoid putting my guitar cable between my strap and guitars.

 

[Wound_Up]

It's a cool looking gimmick. Just like the braided brake lines and radiator hoses. It does nothing to protect where they always fail.

Except braided stainless hose and lines used in racing applications aren't a gimmick.

Claiming something is a gimmick because you don't understand it aint how it works.

 

[Wound_Up]

I wrap my cable over my strap before plugging into my guitar. Is anyone else using the Armor Clad worried about the cord wearing down the finish on their guitar between the strap and end pin?

Nope. I don't intend on ever selling my guitars so what they look like is unimportant. Keeping them mint is useless for me. So I wouldn't think twice about it.

 

[Securb]

Solid point. Remember the armor-clad cords on pay phones?
Maybe we need coin-operated guitar amps.

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[jeremy]

i wouldnt get the armor clad ones for the reason you mentioned bruce, luckily there are plenty of other options. white? wtf? terrible idea. i have a seafoam bullet coily cable, which i love by the way, and even that is kinda nasty after being gigged a bunch.

 

[solspirit]

Except braided stainless hose and lines used in racing applications aren't a gimmick.

Claiming something is a gimmick because you don't understand it aint how it works.

I didn't specify racing situations because that's not what's available to the general public.

The braided lines that you buy at 90% of automotive stores are a gimmick.

They provide minor protection from kinking but still fail at the connection because that is always the weakest point.

 

[NegativeEase]

Nope. I don't intend on ever selling my guitars so what they look like is unimportant. Keeping them mint is useless for me. So I wouldn't think twice about it.

Wearing through the finish isn't just an aesthetic concern for players (Certainly not for me and you), but if you wear through the finish you are allowing your guitar wood to ebb with the ambient humidity and will eventually dry out internally. So there's that consideration if the stainless really would wear on the finish,

 

[NegativeEase]

Oh, great. Just great. Now we need cozies for our armored guitar cables. And I think you know which industry is going to be picking up the slack once again.

Haha -thats amazing

 

[Securb]

Been using mine for a bit and I have no complaints. Seeing I have the PIG HOG speaker cable for the new head I might just keep this at home and use it for the same amp

 

[beaubrummels]

I wrap my cable over my strap before plugging into my guitar. Is anyone else using the Armor Clad worried about the cord wearing down the finish on their guitar between the strap and end pin?

There's a solution for every problem.