hoosierhiver
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Surprisingly, I've never seen this discussed here before. Does anyone have a prefered brand of amp cord?
Hipppie Guy: that's interesting to note that you have found a difference in tone with different cable brands. It has been debated on another forum (acoustic guitar forum) that there are no differences. As a result, I had been using cheap store brand cables all these years. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Sorry to resuscitate such an old thread, but I am feeling overwhelmed with cable choices. Shielded? check. Brands people like? Canare, Mogami, Lava, etc.. Thanks for the above advice!
More questions, sorry if these seem silly or obvs as I am new to this :
1.) Is the right angle connector piece useful/desireable? Does it connect to the amp side or the ukulele side? I got gifted with one and don't know which way it is supposed to connect.
2.) Does length of the cable matter? Does the signal get degraded over long wires? What are your preferred lengths? I'm playing mostly at small venues/cafes etc.
3.) What about those cables between pedals? Should I look for the same quality in those?
4.) What about those coily cables? Worth it or no?
...2. Yes. If you run more than 20'-ish without help from a buffer or preamp you will loose some high-end. Booli could tell you why. I have 10' and 18' cables that I bring to most gigs. If I'm not far from my amp/mixer/pedals and don't plan on running around or jumping off things, I'll use the 10'. Otherwise the 18' almost always is enough, if not you should have a DI between anyways....