I mean, does a more expensive cable or one made by a bigger brand name make the guitar sound any better than a cheaper one?
2006-10-30 10:31:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
no difference in sound....
big difference in durability..once a cord craps out it's useless..unless you've got a soldering gun and some wire snips..then you can repair it.
If you just want to play your guitar and not bother with maintenance of your equipment..by all means get the brand name..it'll last longer and when it dies just get another one.
2006-10-30 10:43:11 · answer #1 · answered by chefzilla65 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Quality counts. A guitar cable has capacitance, that is, it acts as a treble filter. The longer the cable the bigger the capacitance, and so the more treble you loose. The thinner the cable, the more capacitance as well, so the more treble you loose. typically cheap = thin. A long cheap cable will change the sound of a guitar considerably. It is also much more likely to fail. Buy a quality cable, that is no-longer than you need. Then buy another one, you should always have a spare. Think about what you paid for the guitar, then about what you paid for the amp. Don't wreck your sound with a cheap cable!
2006-10-31 10:37:45 · answer #2 · answered by ICH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quality of a cable does matter. Some cables have one ring around the end. This is called an unbalanced cable. When you use an unbalanced cable you do not get the sound quility as a balanced. You get a fuzzy noise and some distored sounds. When you use a Balanced cable, a cable with two rings on the end, you get a much better, much more clean sound. If you wont a good cable, especaily if you are going to record, make sure its a balanced cable.
2006-10-31 02:49:58 · answer #3 · answered by jesussaves73 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, unless the guitar cable is frayed or something, basically any store bought cable will do. However, I warn that cheap cables will go bad after awhile if your dancing around...stepping on them etc. Also, the longer a guitar cable the less tone you will get. A nice 10 ft cable should get ya going sittin down and playing, and a 20 footer if you wanna dance around while your playin.
2006-10-30 18:42:46 · answer #4 · answered by Tyson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people claim they can hear the difference between the sounds with gold connectors and very, very expensive cables. I can't. I suspect most people can't. As long as it is not a really cheap, poorly wired cable, a standard one should suffice. You want to make sure you are not introducing any more distortion than you yourself can discern.
2006-10-30 18:42:47 · answer #5 · answered by SympatheticEar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't know squat about electrics (Acoustic man, myself.) but I'm gonna give this one a shot. Back when there was only dial-up (No DSL, it stank!) I got what was touted to be a speed increasing cable for the Internet service. It was a whole nine bucks. It was fat, it was wrapped in a nice silver cover, it had big fancy jacks at both ends.
Well, my download speed went from 32 to almost 53 Kbps! I was amazed! Now I always try to get the good stuff when it comes to cables. (And now I have DSL, but I still have my cable just in case!)
2006-10-30 18:45:42 · answer #6 · answered by rifleman01@verizon.net 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cables do make a difference in audio applications. I won't say it will be better, but it may sound different. Guitar amplification is loaded with distortion to begin with.
2006-10-30 18:33:20 · answer #7 · answered by Pancakes 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
probably because name brands have better quality in some cases and in this case i would get the name brand.
2006-10-30 18:34:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no why would it, a cable is a cable.
2006-10-30 18:33:26 · answer #9 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋