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[Bob411]

The sound of the bullshit detector going off. Saw this on Facebook. Active guitar cables.


https://www.facebook.com/permalink....notif_t=share_reply&notif_id=1487284877926703

http://newatlas.com/powerwire-active-guitar-cables/47781/

My favorite part: "The PowerWire cables pack a battery-powered preamp installed in the jack, essentially giving any guitar active pickups, which are highly regarded for clean, clear and powerful sonic delivery."

 

[micwalt]

 

[mikesr1963]

Is this a Billy Gibbons joke?

 

[gtrjunior]

They have "clean boost", "sub harmonic bass" and "overdrive/distortion" varieties!!
Lmao

 

[Mark Wein]

Even if it's real I'm going to assume that it's going to be super noisy.


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[Tiltsta]

Weird. Why not just buy an amp you like...or run into a pedal that sounds good? All this tone shaping stuff gets a little silly. Also, now I have to buy a specific cable, make sure it has batteries, and have a back up for when I play? I like the active preamp on a couple of my guitars, but it isn't like I felt like this was seriously lacking on the others.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Weird. Why not just buy an amp you like...or run into a pedal that sounds good? All this tone shaping stuff gets a little silly. Also, now I have to buy a specific cable, make sure it has batteries, and have a back up for when I play? I like the active preamp on a couple of my guitars, but it isn't like I felt like this was seriously lacking on the others.

But this will make those all better! Bigly better!

 

[Deep Eddy]

 

[ellengtrgrl]

An "active cable". Yeah, sure, right. Pass!!!!

 

[miguel]

Not that hard to do with today's electronics. I would bet that it is noisy.

 

[Modern Saint]

I wouldn't call it BS.

I have desire for it but it is no difference than putting active pickups in your guitar. All you are doing is putting it the cable and allowing one to use a cable from 20-40 feet in length. Bottomline, reduced line loss through the cable because of the active electronics your cable has just become a low impedance cable.

As for noise? The quality of the components in the preamp is the key. Noisy components, noisy signal.