The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

[Rainmaker]

the guitar or the amp?

Cheers

 

[Artie]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

Hmmm . . . are you talking about a standard 2 conductor guitar cable? If you don't have both ends grounded, you won't get any sound.

 

[Grandor]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

I know what your talking about.

The shielded end goes into where the signal is coming FROM, not where it is going to.

 

[Artie]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

But thats only true when talking about connecting two powered devices. For example, a pre-amp into an amp. They both achieve a common ground by the wall socket. So you can connect the interconnect cable ground only on one end.

This won't work with a guitar. Just try it. Remove the ground connection from one end . . . no sound.

 

[Grandor]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

If I could be bothered ungrounding one of my leads... I'd rather use said motivation to do an assignment...

 

[Zerberus]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

If you´re talking about a "ground-lift" cable, the shield end goes into the "send" and the other into the "return"

But considering your rig I´m curious as to why you´d need one....IIRC you´re not using a rack

 

[Simon_F]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

I don't understand this thread. I'll put either end anywhere. :burnout:

 

[Rich_T]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

I don't understand this thread. I'll put either end anywhere. :burnout:

well i might not go that far, but i don't care which end goes in the amp, and which in the guitar...

 

[Jimbojsr]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

I have a Planet Waves cable where one end is described as being "shielded", and the paperwork told me to put the shielded end into the amp.

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

Re: The shielded end of a guitar cable goes into...

Yeah, the PW cables do say one is shielded and to put it into the amp or effects. It doesn't make a tone difference either way, though.