Music Player Network Home Guitar Player Magazine Keyboard Magazine Bass Player Magazine EQ Magazine
Topic Options
#2122021 - 10/05/09 10:22 AM HELP! 49 Guitar Cables at All Price Points
Ashack Offline
Member

Registered: 10/05/09
Posts: 2
I'm looking to get all new cords and I love the "49 Guitar Cables at All Price Points" article but I can't find the comparison chart that went along with it.

If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated!

Top
#2122173 - 10/05/09 05:10 PM Re: HELP! 49 Guitar Cables at All Price Points [Re: Ashack]
Jim Quinn Administrator Offline
Senior Administrator
Gold Member

Registered: 10/01/02
Posts: 867
Loc: Chicago
I found this article online, but no mention of a comparison chart. Perhaps you were looking for the Winner Circle list at the bottom? I don't have the print version to reference.
Hope this helps.

Top
#2122214 - 10/05/09 08:16 PM Re: HELP! 49 Guitar Cables at All Price Points [Re: Jim Quinn]
Ashack Offline
Member

Registered: 10/05/09
Posts: 2
A couple months ago I was viewing that article and there was a link to a jpg that showed the rating each cable received for each category. But recently I haven't been able to find it, I haven't seen the print version either.

Top
#2122215 - 10/05/09 08:18 PM Re: HELP! 49 Guitar Cables at All Price Points [Re: Jim Quinn]
Caevan O'Shite Offline
10k Club

Registered: 04/05/02
Posts: 16329
Loc: The Great Spirit's Handprint o...
That article must have been re-archived recently; I had a link to the previous 'page that had displayed that text, PLUS thumbnails that were links to the very same comparison-charts mentioned above; they were shown on the right of that 'page.

Guess what? That same link that I had squirreled-away now leads to the same exact 'page as that provided by Mr. Quinn above, which is now without those thumbnail/chart/links. Hmmn, go figure!
____________________________________________________________________

For your consideration- a post from another thread, on another forum, discussing this article in particular, and cables in general:

From my own experience-

Quantum cables are also very good, and have a lifetime warranty; I loved my cool lookin' blue woven-jacketed 18' Quantum, and it's woven-jacket made it far less prone to coiling, kinking and getting tangled and snarled-up. After about ten years, mine was still perfectly fine- hadn't needed the warranty, it just got stolen. rolleyes

And the Planet waves cables that Don mentioned (on another thread, on another forum) are also very nice, and many of their models have particularly nice plugs and strain-relief, etc.

I haven't tried the George L's, but a good friend who's pretty discriminating uses 'em. I have not tried the Lava, Fulltone, or Elixer cables; and the only Monster cable I've had is three feet long.

I have a 15' Zaolla with a proprietary 99.9999% (or was it 99.9997%?) pure, solid oxygen-free silver conductor and gold-plated plugs, that was given to me by a friendly Zaolla rep a few years ago; nice guy. It is a very nice cable, but it should be- it retailed for about (US) $97 at the time! It doesn't handle stiffly as you'd expect, and it has a nice right-angle plug on one end that's great for Les Pauls and Teles, and it will still fit a Strat. It gives a nice clarity that's somewhat like using a high-quality unity-gain buffer.

Hearing a difference between the 15' Zaolla and the 18' Quantum depended partly on just what you plugged into; it seemed to improve the clarity and complexity of the midrange, and somewhat subtly clean up and improve the focus of the highs and lows; and it also seemed to improve things overall when plugged into digital modeling gear. Plugging into the average amp at a loud bar gig, I don't think the differences would be all that appreciable. But having the money to afford 'em, I'd strongly consider buying another if this one walked away, as well as a few more of patch and pedal lengths.
_________________________
Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do?

~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~
_ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _

Top
#2122227 - 10/05/09 09:45 PM Re: HELP! 49 Guitar Cables at All Price Points [Re: Caevan O'Shite]
Jim Quinn Administrator Offline
Senior Administrator
Gold Member

Registered: 10/01/02
Posts: 867
Loc: Chicago
Thanks Caevan!
The Guitar Player website re-design went into production recently, and I know they are working hard to get all content up. However, I'm obviously not the best person to answer this specific question.
I'll pass it on in email to the web team.

Top