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I am looking at getting a 10-15ft guitar cord when I order from musicians friend. I really like what I have heard of the planet waves gold-plated straight. Is this the best one for the money? If not please tell me what other cord you like better and why. Thanks
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Generally speaking, Planet Waves instrument cable looks really nice. And some of them have a "mute" button that silently disconnects the cable before you insert/remove it. They charge a lot of extra money for these features, though, and I've always had very good tone experiences with a middle-of-the-line, non-fancy instrument cable.
Nate
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George L's. Why? Because they sound good, are easy to work with and you can make your own lengths.
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I've got musician's friend cheepies... I've had one go out... not easy to work on should one of the solder connections fail, but they are cheap, and as long as it is a decent cable, there really shouldn't be any problem with sound.
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Originally Posted by Hopeful George L's. Why? Because they sound good, are easy to work with and you can make your own lengths. Those are solderless and thus easily breakable in the context of guitar to amp or guitar to effects or effects to amp. They're great for pedal boards where your pedals don't move at all, but as a guitar cable, I've heard they are not too good to use.
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Originally Posted by ApparentlyNothing Those are solderless and thus easily breakable in the context of guitar to amp or guitar to effects or effects to amp. They're great for pedal boards where your pedals don't move at all, but as a guitar cable, I've heard they are not too good to use.
My experience with these for over a year now leads me to disagree with you. I use them for both guitar to pedal, pedal to pedal and pedal to amp. They are not easily breakable as you say. Because they are solderless, the cable wire itself would have to break, which can happen to any cord. When properly seated and screwed down, they are many times less likely to break than a soldered connection. If it should happen to come loose, because it didn't break, all you need to do is reseat the cable wire end and screw - no need to go through the soldering process. This takes but a few seconds and you can do it right on the stage! Don't be fooled by the small size of the cable, these babies are tough and great!
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Originally Posted by Hopeful My experience with these for over a year now leads me to disagree with you. I use them for both guitar to pedal, pedal to pedal and pedal to amp. They are not easily breakable as you say. Because they are solderless, the cable wire itself would have to break, which can happen to any cord. When properly seated and screwed down, they are many times less likely to break than a soldered connection. If it should happen to come loose, because it didn't break, all you need to do is reseat the cable wire end and screw - no need to go through the soldering process. This takes but a few seconds and you can do it right on the stage! Don't be fooled by the small size of the cable, these babies are tough and great! I was relaying what I've heard elsewhere. I haven't actually tried them out myself. So you could very well be right.
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i use monster cables. why because no matter how many times you break them they always replace them free no questions for life
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I just ordered the planet wave gold plated cord. Next time I buy a cord I will probably get the monster cables(the warenty looks appealing). Thanks for the info
Justin
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Originally Posted by spyrotheleo I just ordered the planet wave gold plated cord. Next time I buy a cord I will probably get the monster cables(the warenty looks appealing). Thanks for the info
Justin
Yeah, but moster cables are not cheap...
a soldering iron, 5 min, and 1/2 cent of solder can fix a break where they are common (at the plugs).