Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
I've been using the same pile of Fender California series cables for 100 years. No problems and they've been abused.
Can we talk about cheap, Chinese guitar cables?
- Thread starter Cheese Grits
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I've been using the same pile of Fender California series cables for 100 years. No problems and they've been abused.
DFB
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I get the cables,and most of my gear from Drum City Guitar Land.
The shop has been running for 52 years.
I was looking around the shop the first timeI walked in.
Jason was knocking off 20% to 30% off of everything I checked out.
It is also only 2 blocks away.
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I just checked my unopened 20' right angle cable. They are made by Road Hog.
PM if anyone wants it.
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Cheese Grits
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I get the cables,and most of my gear from Drum City Guitar Land.
The shop has been running for 52 years.
I was looking around the shop the first timeI walked in.
Jason was knocking off 20% to 30% off of everything I checked out.
It is also only 2 blocks away.
I have to drive all the way across the city for a local shop. Maybe I should start one.
I've really fallen for Quantum cables. They're good quality, a little thicker so they don't twist up and tangle nearly that much, take a beating, and Elderly Instruments sells them fairly inexpensively.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
I've been using Quantum cables for the past 20 years. We sold them at the music school, so it was easy. About 5 years ago, I ordered new cables from their higher quality line and have been using them since. I expect them to last another 10 years.
gtrjunior
Wannabe
Yeah, the California cables are really nice. I had one years ago but must have lost it. No idea where it went. Lol
gtrjunior
Wannabe
Iirc they are a little pricy. But I've never owned one.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
They are. I think they are around $50 for a 10' cable. They look very well made but I'm not sure I wanna drop that kind of coin on a cable.
Grant Gross
Kick Henry Jackassowski
It depends on your concept of expensive. I've never purchased one, either, but I just dropped close to $40 on a 10-foot Spectraflex cable. Well made, good quality cable.
It's kind of odd to me that people who wouldn't think twice about dropping $2,000-plus on a guitar balk at a $40 or $50 cable.
gtrjunior
Wannabe
You can put me In that category. Lol
However, for the most part a $2K guitar is a lifetime investment. A cable is well, a cable.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
I think I would spend $40 on a Spectraflex cable. They're reputable. Not so sure about Rattlesnake.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
I think they are a new company and their cables look good. They make one called the "snake head" that has a longer shrink wrapped end to thread through your strap.
I may buy one to try them out.
Here is Just Nick talking about them.
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Bob411
thrumming with potential
I'm asking b/c there are a variety of guitar cables on Amazon prime for cheap.
For example: https://www.amazon.com/GLS-Audio-Gu...8&qid=1505566991&sr=8-9&keywords=guitar+cable
But I'm wondering if there is something cheaper? Like Monoprice or something, which might be fine?
I'm going to go look at my options on Ali Express!
I have a bunch of their XLR cables. Good stuff, worth spending just a little more. Clicked on your link and looked at some, they USED to mention the connectors were Neutrik. They just say they are metal now.
Bob411
thrumming with potential
I bought some Monster cables, stupid deal of the day. I swear they are just a hair smaller than any normal plug.
Used to be the other way around. They were a little large, and tended to wreck your jacks for any other cable. I'm sure it was entirely inadvertent, and not cynically damaging people's gear in a premeditated effort to create an illusion that their product was more reliable than others.
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