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Good quality connectors also ensure the quality of an instrument cable. With increasing capacitance, there is a reduction in frequency response and therefore, the most minimal length of cable that can be chosen will result in a higher frequency response and as a result a better sound clarity. Picking the right length of cable that you need will also enable one to ensure a good quality cable since with an increase in cable length there is a resulting increase in capacitance. Fixing the ground loop fixes ground loop hum….but that’s another article. NOTE: Don’t buy into the hype of cable manufacturer claiming that their shielding protects against ground-loop hum.

foil shielding – which is the cheapest, the least durable, and offers the least protection compared to the other two.

serve shielding – which is less expensive, but offers even better flexibility, while still providing adequate shielding.

braided shielding – which is the most expensive, but offers maximum strength, and excellent from both EMI and RFI.

To block this interference, 3 types of shields can be used: When playing in a live setting, especially in bars you will encounter interference from a wide variety of sources like stage lights, neon signs, tv’s, refrigeration units behind the bar…the list goes on.īecause guitar cables are “unbalanced”, they are especially vulnerable to interference from radio frequencies, and magnetic fields from nearby equipment. Cable screeningĪ cable with quality screening ensures that the cables center conductor wire is protected from outside interference caused by electric fields and thus keeping noise to very low levels.

premium stranded conductor cable – (up to 40 AWG)Īs you can see, “premium” cables typically have higher AWG numbers, because many small strands result in a stronger, more flexible cable, than those with fewer large strands.įor example, the two most common formulas used to build a stranded conductor are:Īccording to the principle we just discussed, the second formula will almost always result in the better (and more expensive) cable.

basic stranded conductor cable – (32-36 AWG).

These are the gauges of wire commonly used for the conductor in off the shelf guitar cables: Solid conductors consist entirely of 1 single wire, stranded conductors consist of a mesh of fine copper threads, twisted together into a solid core.

stranded conductors – These conductors are stronger and allow more flexibility, but also more expensive.solid conductors – These are cheaper, and easier to solder, but are also weaker in strength and break easily.The center conductor of a guitar cable commonly has 2 basic concepts: However, if you are a gigging musician, and are constantly running into scenarios where having multiple sized cables around is important, or if you just plain like making stuff, then this post is for you and I hope you find it helpful.Ī good guitar cable is one that can transfer tone to either your amp or pedalboard with minimal noise or change in signal from point a to point b.

By the time you factor in your time and effort not only in making the cable, but also the effort in procuring the parts needed to make a cable, you could have bought a decent cable that will last you a long time.

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Now just a disclaimer here to save you some reading, if you only plan to have a few guitar cables and like one or two patch cables…just buy yourself some decent cables (btw I would recommend the Lava series cables, check them out on Amazon) and save yourself some time.

A lot of people tend to walk up to the wall-o-cable and grab the first thing they see on the shelf, and in the process, they miss out on some of the advantages the extra cash offers. It is strange to me how uncommon it is among most musicians to use a good quality instrument cable.

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MAKE A LOOPBACK CABLE HOW TO

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