Question guitar and patch cables.

[Spudmurphy]

what happened?

Worked at an exhibition and one of the pedal boards had george L's. It was nothing but trouble and ended up stripping them out. George L had a stand there ironically enough and after the exhib I swore that I would never use them

 

[ScoobySteve]

It's hard to fault George L for that. Being a DIY cable, it's really going to depend on who made the cables and properly tested them. Unless of course it was a rep who made em. Then that's bad.

 

[Music Man]

Mogami with Neutrik I build my own!!!!

 

[steins76]

While I found George L's quality (tone-wise) was perfect for my use (pedalboard), I ended up switching to Lava cables coz they're just easier to work with. I was using George L's for almost 2 years before one of 'em just decided to stop working and I took a lot of tries to get it working again (maybe I'm doing it wrong?).

Anyway, found a seller who was getting rid of a whole bunch of Lava cables so decided to give 'em a go and it was so much easier putting them together. All cables (but one) was working at first attempt - the other one took 2 tries but that was my fault (with trying to have the shortest possible patch lead).

Tone-wise, I can't tell much diff between George L's and Lava. Both are very good.

 

[Smalls]

Mogami and Neutrik for me too, but I'm lazy. I found a company in L.A. that makes custom cables for a really nice price. I've also got a bunch of George L's around. I have had problems with the connection going bad with those, but I'm 100% sure it's user error. I just take em apart, trim the ends and rebuild em.

 

[big_paul]

Worked at an exhibition and one of the pedal boards had george L's. It was nothing but trouble and ended up stripping them out. George L had a stand there ironically enough and after the exhib I swore that I would never use them

thanks for the explanation. thats sounds like a horrible experience.

 

[Mick]

No solderless connection works forever, avoid it! For bedroom use only.
My Pedaltrain is wired with George L and Neutrik plugs.
And of course there´s more to think about a good working board than the cable but use excellent stuff throughout.
Why send an EBMM guitar through ****ty equipment?

 

[Spudmurphy]

thanks for the explanation. thats sounds like a horrible experience.

Gosh, it almost sounds like I'm a demonstrator (which I'm not). That pedalboard takes a hammering.What I personally use is good quality cable and neutriks. - even then with use/abuse I get the occasional signal breakdown problem when setting up.

 

[Spudmurphy]

FWIW I bought my son a pirhana lead about 5 years ago. I've "borrowed" it for gigs, rehearsals, and in my music room. It has performed flawlessly and is noiseless. Very good lead me thinks.
Piranha Professional Guitar Cables - Real Time Music

 

[skydivewrongway]

Personally I have my entire setup with DiMarzio cables. Super reliable and sound gorgeous.

I tried George L's for a while, but I had a couple of them crap out on me (during gigs) so I switched to DiMarzio and never looked back.

Jeez I feel so left out of the cool kid crowd not using Mogami's now! lol

 

[LilSteve]

LAVA for me on all...plus made in USA. Mark is top notch!

 

[ozzyrules]

I've got a 20' Monster cable that is o.k. at best. Thanks for all of this info. I just ordered a 25' Mogami gold.