Recommend me a decent cable

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:46 pm

Another guitar lead failed on me at the weekend.

Please recommend me a decent (i.e. one that won't break for no reason) cable.

3 metres, black, with an angled jack. And not for daft money either.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:55 pm

Thread is relevant to my interests.

I tend to gravitate toward any cable that has a nice rigid tweed covering and those big chunky plugs Warwick uses on their Rockcable series (preferably right-angled). Mostly because it's what I'm used to, and because I see cables as consumables, like strings, I don't like to spend that much money on them. I'll try and spend about Â£10 at the most for a single cable.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 3:09 pm

I have had the same 2 Planet Waves cables with 1 right angled jack for about 4 years with no problems at all. They also have a lifetime guarantee, I think. Whirlwind cables have also been very reliable, i've had one for 10 years with no issue.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 3:57 pm

Planet Waves custom series. They're like Â£15 and work brilliantly. If they do break you can send them off and get a new one. I've also had good luck with the classic series, although they break after serious use - but again lifetime warranty means they'll replace them for freeeee.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:40 pm

Another vote for Planet Waves. I've had mine for over five years and they've not broken yet.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:06 pm

The best one I have is a cordial one with right angled neutric silent jacks. There is also a great seller on eBay that makes cables to order with great components. I need to look up the link though

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:11 pm

Dimarzio has been my longest living cable of about 15 years old, followed by Fulltone and Planet Waves... all without issues.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:13 pm

Fuck Planet Waves, expensive and the moulded jack means you can't fix them when they inevitably break.

Get a soldering iron and a half decent cable with unscrewable jacks and sort yourself out for YEARS. I've been using the same cables for about 7 years, no lie.

George · Post by **George** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:14 pm

Doog wrote:Fuck Planet Waves, expensive and the moulded jack means you can't fix them when they inevitably break.

Get a soldering iron and a half decent cable with unscrewable jacks and sort yourself out for YEARS. I've been using the same cables for about 7 years, no lie.

PLEASE show me WHAT JACKS to buy!

Studiospares has over 9000.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:20 pm

Doog wrote:Fuck Planet Waves, expensive and the moulded jack means you can't fix them when they inevitably break.

I used to think this, I always used to repair my own cables. But to be honest I'd much rather have a new cable replace my old one, which is why I use Planet Waves, purely for the lifetime warranty - so far to that I deliberately tried to find the cheapest cable that had a lifetime guarantee. Since moving to Planet Waves I haven't had to buy a new cable in 2-3 years, and when one cable did crap out on me I got a new one for free.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:22 pm

George wrote:
Doog wrote:Fuck Planet Waves, expensive and the moulded jack means you can't fix them when they inevitably break.

Get a soldering iron and a half decent cable with unscrewable jacks and sort yourself out for YEARS. I've been using the same cables for about 7 years, no lie.
PLEASE show me WHAT JACKS to buy!

Studiospares has over 9000.

You want these:

http://www.studiospares.com/connectors/ ... tgJw%3D%3D

http://www.studiospares.com/connectors/ ... tgJw%3D%3D

http://www.studiospares.com/connectors/ ... tZhg%3D%3D

http://www.studiospares.com/connectors/ ... tZhg%3D%3D

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:13 pm

I've had planet waves cheap stuff. They were great when i wasn't playing life, they lasted years. But when i started caring them around and gigging at least once a month they started to get fucked up, all of them! I didn't know about the warranty, but who has a receipt from a 3 year old cable anyway...
I fixed them with some cheap plugs i had, but i'm building my own from now on. It's four solder joints per cable...

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:28 pm

sp3k wrote:I didn't know about the warranty, but who has a receipt from a 3 year old cable anyway...

This is the best bit, they don't require the receipt.

God I sound like an endorsee, I wish I was

!

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:29 pm

on the website they say they do!!

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:03 pm

Really? That was never an issue for me, I just bundled them into a jiffy bag with the cardboard sleeve they come with when you buy them (I always intend to claim the player points but I never have). I just pop an email over to the customer service before I do so and they give me the address. A week or so later the new cable turns up.

George · Post by **George** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:13 pm

Yeah, just the cable and a return address for me. Worked every time. But I got sick of not having a cable. And then I lost it.

onedaycloser · Post by **onedaycloser** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:45 pm

Anything with serviceable ends works for me. Bought a 20 footer from Musicians Friend last year for about 15 bucks, no problemo.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:52 pm

Have had no-name cables for 15 years that haven't broken. They used to have the name and phone number of my guitar shop on them, long worn-off (or the plastic sleeving has stripped off in one case). I only realized recently that 2 of them I still use I got with my first ever guitar.

The ones that have broken have all been ones with unscrewable jacks and I've fixed 'em. It's the best course of action.

I have owned Monster Cables (also the unscrewable jack kind) for a decade that haven't broken as well, though they are expensive.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:35 am

Doog wrote:Fuck Planet Waves, expensive and the moulded jack means you can't fix them when they inevitably break.

Get a soldering iron and a half decent cable with unscrewable jacks and sort yourself out for YEARS. I've been using the same cables for about 7 years, no lie.

yes.

i really like cloth wrapped cables. I have a few of those i have had a very very long time. also wrap your cables neatly, get some ties or some shit.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:29 am

this was the one I mentioned but he seems to not be selling anymore

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/weardaleelectrics/