Cable recommendation to cut buzz

jjsdad · Jul 14, 2008

My son has a VOX DA5 amp and an Ibanez electric guitar. I get a lot of buzzing noise as soon as I plug my cable into the amp and before plugging it into the guitar, so I figure that the cable must be bad.

Any recommendations on good brands of cables and where to buy them in San Francisco or nearby (or on the internet)?

russ_buss · Jul 14, 2008

if you want to stop by here on the way back from work, i can lend you a few cables to try out. you know, just in case the cable isn't the problem.

jjsdad · Jul 15, 2008

Russ, I tried the cables and the amp still has some buzz, but it's only when the guitar is connected now and only when the volume on the guitar is turned up. So, it's a little better. The amp can run on batteries so I'm going to try that next and see if there's some power problems as well. I'll get those cables back to you tomorrow or Wed.

Thanks!

Danyo Cummings · Jul 15, 2008

Personally, i'd recommend any gold cable. I've used Pro Co, Monster and Mogami (my favorite) for recording and they do well. Hope that helps

jjsdad · Jul 15, 2008

Danyo Cummings said:
Personally, i'd recommend any gold cable. I've used Pro Co, Monster and Mogami (my favorite) for recording and they do well. Hope that helps

Thanks! I've never heard of Mogami, but I'll see if the local music store has them.

SuperSecretJohn · Jul 15, 2008

I agree with Danyo. Gold cables work wonders.

russ_buss · Jul 15, 2008

jjsdad said:
Russ, I tried the cables and the amp still has some buzz, but it's only when the guitar is connected now and only when the volume on the guitar is turned up. So, it's a little better. The amp can run on batteries so I'm going to try that next and see if there's some power problems as well. I'll get those cables back to you tomorrow or Wed.

Thanks!

no hurry on that. it can wait until the dasilva event if you're busy. maybe your son's guitar has noisy pickups? you can borrow one of my guitars if you want to test it out.

Danyo Cummings · Jul 15, 2008

jjsdad said:
Thanks! I've never heard of Mogami, but I'll see if the local music store has them.

No problem! I swear Mogami is industry standard when it comes to recording and for a good reason. Many picky engineers use Mogami Gold

Incase your music store doesn't bring Mogami products in, here's where i buy my cables from: http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-MOG-GGTR25-LIST

jjsdad · Jul 15, 2008

russ_buss said:
no hurry on that. it can wait until the dasilva event if you're busy. maybe your son's guitar has noisy pickups? you can borrow one of my guitars if you want to test it out.

So, after I borrow the guitar, can I borrow your house in case it's an electrical issue in my house?

jjsdad · Jul 15, 2008

Danyo Cummings said:
No problem! I swear Mogami is industry standard when it comes to recording and for a good reason. Many picky engineers use Mogami Gold

Incase your music store doesn't bring Mogami products in, here's where i buy my cables from: http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-MOG-GGTR25-LIST

$50 bucks for a cable?? Is that the going rate? That's more than I paid for my first uke...

(Of course, it sounded like is was less than $50...)

russ_buss · Jul 15, 2008

jjsdad said:
So, after I borrow the guitar, can I borrow your house in case it's an electrical issue in my house?

haha, absolutely. just make sure to feed the dog and bring some DVDs. we don't have cable.

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