cables???? question
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 10:45is there such a thing as acoustic guitar cables?? or do cables do both? 
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Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 10:45Re: cables???? question
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 12:06Re: cables???? question
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 15:04For a guitar cable, three things are important - frequency response, movement noise and reliability.
A cable with a high capacitance between the inner core and the shield will trim off the upper end of the guitar's harmonics (though it would have to be pretty high and the cable pretty long to be noticeable). Mind you, as we get older we become unable to hear those higher frequencies anyway. If you can find a CD of frequency recordings up to 20Khz, test your hearing against that of a 15-year-old - you''ll be surprised how much higher he or she can hear.
Movement noise means the noise made as the cable is flexed and the strands of the shield rub against each other. Often overlooked, this is probably more annoying in cheap cables than anything else.
Reliabiity - not only whether it is well made, but whether the plugs are of good quality. Cheap plugs will tend to fracture their cables more easily because they allow sharp bends and are often made slightly too large, so that they can jam in the sockets.
In other words, a good quality cable is a good quality cable and will be very suitable for all types of electric guitar (after all, if it was a truly acoustic guitar, it wouldn't need a cable, would it?)
Ray
A cable with a high capacitance between the inner core and the shield will trim off the upper end of the guitar's harmonics (though it would have to be pretty high and the cable pretty long to be noticeable). Mind you, as we get older we become unable to hear those higher frequencies anyway. If you can find a CD of frequency recordings up to 20Khz, test your hearing against that of a 15-year-old - you''ll be surprised how much higher he or she can hear.
Movement noise means the noise made as the cable is flexed and the strands of the shield rub against each other. Often overlooked, this is probably more annoying in cheap cables than anything else.
Reliabiity - not only whether it is well made, but whether the plugs are of good quality. Cheap plugs will tend to fracture their cables more easily because they allow sharp bends and are often made slightly too large, so that they can jam in the sockets.
In other words, a good quality cable is a good quality cable and will be very suitable for all types of electric guitar (after all, if it was a truly acoustic guitar, it wouldn't need a cable, would it?)
Ray
Re: cables???? question
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 09:39shadowhunters wrote:is there such a thing as acoustic guitar cables??
There are no cables for acoustic guitars, but there are cables for elecro-acoustic guitars...
Didier
Re: cables???? question
Posted: 03 Apr 2011, 22:38thanks guys, by the way I ment electro acoustic guitar
Sam.
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Re: cables???? question
Posted: 04 Apr 2011, 08:05Hi
Yes Taylor Guitars have launched the new V CABLE this is a right angled jack with a built in volume control handy just in case you do have a Guitar with just an undersaddle pick up fitted and not with a preamp with a volume control built in .
The cable is 10 ft long and runs at 250k ohms details can be found at http://www.taylorguitars.com in Guitar Buyer it was rated with 5***** price
£46.50
Yes Taylor Guitars have launched the new V CABLE this is a right angled jack with a built in volume control handy just in case you do have a Guitar with just an undersaddle pick up fitted and not with a preamp with a volume control built in .
The cable is 10 ft long and runs at 250k ohms details can be found at http://www.taylorguitars.com in Guitar Buyer it was rated with 5***** price
£46.50