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Post by helmi on Nov 6, 2019 16:14:19 GMT -7
I'm not a effects loop guy,but was curious about something. does the quality of the cables in the effects loop matter as much as the quality of your guitar to amp cables?
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Post by purpletele on Nov 6, 2019 17:03:43 GMT -7
I'm not a effects loop guy,but was curious about something. does the quality of the cables in the effects loop matter as much as the quality of your guitar to amp cables? All black cables Matter! Please don't kill the tone.
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Post by helmi on Nov 10, 2019 17:31:06 GMT -7
It's pretty obvious knowone uses an effects loop. I wonder why Doc even puts them in!
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Post by KeithA on Nov 10, 2019 23:58:48 GMT -7
It's pretty obvious knowone uses an effects loop. I wonder why Doc even puts them in! Ha ha! I'm pretty sure Doc would say that most of his amps don't need a loop. The truth likely lies in the fact that some customers want one included. The only amps that I have bought that I had to have a loop in were the high gain types. Being able to bypass multiple stages of preamp gain for delay and modulation really helps. However, for normal medium/low gain amps I doubt there would be much benefit (i.e., most drive coming from the power tubes). So, to your question, I would say that the quality of cables should be as good as any cable you'd run from the guitar (good connectors, low capacitance, etc). However, I think where the biggest difference would come depends on whether the loop is buffered and cable length. Long cables in an unbuffered loop may have the effect of 'tone suck', as people call it. So, I'd say keep any cables as short as possible but if long cables are required use a buffer in the loop. Again, I'm not sure if the above is accurate but that's the way I understand it 😊
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Post by helmi on Nov 11, 2019 5:13:21 GMT -7
It's pretty obvious knowone uses an effects loop. I wonder why Doc even puts them in! Ha ha! I'm pretty sure Doc would say that most of his amps don't need a loop. The truth likely lies in the fact that some customers want one included. The only amps that I have bought that I had to have a loop in were the high gain types. Being able to bypass multiple stages of preamp gain for delay and modulation really helps. However, for normal medium/low gain amps I doubt there would be much benefit (i.e., most drive coming from the power tubes). So, to your question, I would say that the quality of cables should be as good as any cable you'd run from the guitar (good connectors, low capacitance, etc). However, I think where the biggest difference would come depends on whether the loop is buffered and cable length. Long cables in an unbuffered loop may have the effect of 'tone suck', as people call it. So, I'd say keep any cables as short as possible but if long cables are required use a buffer in the loop. Again, I'm not sure if the above is accurate but that's the way I understand it 😊 thank you!
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