can anyone recommend me some reliable lead makes? the ones I get always end up cracklin or just not working.
Leads?
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Aug 25, 2008 4:58 a.m. XRAYCAT:
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Aug 25, 2008 7:28 a.m. yettoblaster:
I like Planet Waves.
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Aug 25, 2008 7:52 a.m. jonhope:
Cheap ones - Whirlwind Leader cables - I have two of these that have lasted me the best part of twenty years and are still going strong
If you want to spend some serious money you could go "boutique" and get some Vovox cables - there are in my opinion just about the ultimate in terms of cable quality.
Cheers
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Aug 25, 2008 10:21 a.m. Ratrod:
Spectraflex.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:37 a.m. TwangOmatic:
I generally just look for something with neutrik jacks and make sure the cable isn't too floppy, too stiff or high in memory. I have a ton of high end mic cable from when i worked at Bryston and as long as i buy something with neutrik's i can make my own kick ass cables if they break.
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Aug 25, 2008 11:54 a.m. Rocketman:
What's a lead?
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Aug 25, 2008 12:27 p.m. TAG4:
Rocketman--Are they talking about the cord between the guitar and the amp?? Isn't that the guitar CORD? As opposed to guitar CHORD??
TAG4
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Aug 25, 2008 12:44 p.m. Wishinfora(nother)Falcon:
There's a guy on ebay that sells mogami cable with neutrik plugs for very reasonable prices. He'll make you whatever length or color you want. His handle is audio cable guy or something. That's what I use.
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Aug 25, 2008 1:56 p.m. Deed Eddy:
American cords = British leads. (pronounced leeds)
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Aug 25, 2008 2:24 p.m. stuartm:
Who was it that observed "Britain and America: two countries separated by a common language"?
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Aug 25, 2008 2:39 p.m. Deed Eddy:
"England and America are two countries separated by a common language." Most people attribute these words to George Bernard Shaw although you'll find a remarkably similar formulation in Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost. Winston Churchill used a comparable turn of phrase presumably because, as the son of Randolph and an American heiress, he could speak from personal experience.
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Aug 25, 2008 3:20 p.m. tartan phantom:
I thought that the proper British term for a 1/4-inch to 1/4-inch cable was:
"jack-to-jack lead"???
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Aug 25, 2008 3:38 p.m. Jeff O(nly My Opinion):
Lead is to Cord as Valve is to Tube as Crisps is to Chips as Chips is to Fries
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Aug 25, 2008 7:39 p.m. Deed Eddy:
...as Pick is to Plectrum as Trunk is to Boot as John is to Loo as Cookies is to Bisquits as Bisquits is to Scones as Yard is to Garden as, well, I guess the list is endless really. But that was very good, Jeff O(h you clever boy).
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Aug 25, 2008 8:20 p.m. Shuie:
Or as bisquits are to biscuits.
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Aug 25, 2008 8:54 p.m. Beatles6120:
Also Tape = Cello Tape
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Aug 25, 2008 9:06 p.m. Bear:
Shuie said: Or as bisquits are to biscuits
A funny but true story. My daughter's first husband moved from Manchester, England to the states when they wed. Not long after the nuptials, my wife and I took the newlyweds to our favorite country diner for breakfast. When I ordered biscuits and gravy, my then son-in-law looked at me with this absolute look of horror on his face and asked, "bisquits with gravy?" Not knowing that bisquits are cookies in the U.K. I of course did not understand his concern. He finally relaxed when he saw what my meal actually consisted of.
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Aug 25, 2008 11:01 p.m. Deed Eddy:
My fourth grade teacher would kill me. I should have written, "As cookies are to biscuits." Both grammar and spelling mistakes have now brought my average down to a C-.
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Aug 25, 2008 11:27 p.m. kristian012:
Ok getting back on topic...
Evidence Audio guitar cables are supposed to be the best that money can buy.
They're expensive but it should be the last cable you buy. He makes speaker cables as well.
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Aug 26, 2008 3:42 a.m. stuartm:
Thanks for that detailed clarification on the origins of that sayiing, Deed, I had a feeling that Churchill had said it but I wasn't sure - I must try not to divert threads from the topic in future
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Aug 26, 2008 6:35 a.m. Rocketman:
Ah I thought you guys were talking that stuff used for soldering.
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Aug 27, 2008 2:42 a.m. kristian012:
No wait, wasn't it pencil leads?
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Aug 27, 2008 9:48 a.m. Deed Eddy:
Stuartm, the fine art of thread derailment is something we treasure. Somehow, it always swings back round to the original topic, but then again, it might take days.
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Aug 27, 2008 10:55 a.m. otterbean:
I really like the Rapco Road Hogs cables very much. I also want to pick up a couple of Pro Co Lifelines cables. The ones with the white end and black end.
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Aug 27, 2008 7:22 p.m. Shuie:
Damn, I really thought that was how 'biscuit' is spelt in America! I do like the way American spelling makes better phonetic sense.
Grammar doesn't even play by its own rules. Take 'I before E except after C'. All fine and dandy. But how am I going to explain it to my friend Keith who lives in Leicester?
Tonight, I played a lovely gig with our gracious thread host, XRayCat esq. He's a proper gent, great fun to be around and a real nice gritty player. I'm happy to report that all his leads/cords/cables worked faultlessly.
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