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Post by Danny on Mar 10, 2007 19:29:59 GMT -7
Your collective wisdom and experience please.
I believe I've narrowed down my search for guitar-to-pedalboard and pedalboard-to-amp cables to one of these three: Cornish, Zaolla, or Two Rock.
Would you all kindly weigh in on the pros and cons of these three (and ONLY these three ... please don't go off on another brand unless you're genuinely convinced, through extensive experience, that Brand X is better than these three).
Check out my signature below to see the kinds of gear I play. As for styles of music, I have to cover the usual very wide range of styles and sounds - from trad country to GnR and everything in between.
Thanks very much for your input!
Daniel
P.S. I plan to comb the thread about 'cable myth-busting' to check for overlap, but this question is rather more specific, so forgive me if I cover some similar territory.
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Post by Danny on Mar 13, 2007 8:21:26 GMT -7
Can ANYBODY give some advice/opinions here? Pleeeeease ...
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Post by nitehawk55 on Mar 13, 2007 17:46:54 GMT -7
Don't ya hate it when you post something and all you hear is one lonely cricket.....chirp chirp.....chirp chirp ;D Actually the fellow ( pcns ) doing the "cable myths busters" thread in the guitar section makes and sells high quality cables , some of which I will be trying soon ,I hope . I do have some Zaolla and Klotz cables and think they are fine but expensive when compared to some other offerings such as the custom ones pcns offers . I am surprised others have not jumped on this thread though .
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Post by Hohn on Mar 17, 2007 19:10:49 GMT -7
I think there aren't any responses because not too many fellas have the Cornish, Zaolla, or Two-rock cables.
I don't think you can go wrong with any of them. I have the Evidence Audio Lyric HG because I can't afford anything more expensive, and I was impressed at the diifference a quality cable can make.
Again, I think any premium cable like the ones you mentioned will do VERY nicely.
Someday, I'll get another pricey cable or two so I can have good tone preservation through the rest of the rig instead of just from the guitar to the preamp.
I'll need to upgrade my pre-to-pedalboard, and pedalboard-to-amp cables.
Justin
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Post by billyguitar on Mar 19, 2007 10:50:30 GMT -7
There is another old thread that is long and exhaustive on this subject. That's why there aren't too many comments. Here is the way I'd sum it all up. There is a difference between good cables but it can be VERY subtle. I happen to own some very expensive van den Hul cables. About all i can really say is they don't sound bad in any way but it's certainly not a turn on the light moment when I first tried them out. As a matter of fact they are too stiff to bother gigging with. I just use them at home. To my ears there's no point in spending big money on cables. I would order a well made set of cables from Pro Cables 'n Sound (Todd is a forum member here) a call it done. You want well soldered ends and fairly flexible good cable. That's all anybody needs, IMO.
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Post by Telemanic on Mar 20, 2007 2:21:38 GMT -7
My Vote goes to Evidence Audio Lyric HG as well. Less $$ than many other boutiques, but i think he nailed the sound with these. Just the right amount of clarity vs. warmth, balance, etc. and they go from totaly "black" quiet, to big dynamics very fast. Totaly subjective, but i cant imagine playing any other cable given a choice. Overall difference to your sound is still subtle, but it's definately there! I look at it as just another important spice in the recipe for gettin my " tone on" !
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