For recording, how long does guitar cable have to get before I should
start thinking about direct boxes and XLRs?

I have never had a problem with 10 feet but I have with 15 and longer.
having said that, I have a stack of 20 and 25 foot chords. The
environment becomes really important as you get longer

Nat wrote:

For recording, how long does guitar cable have to get before I should
start thinking about direct boxes and XLRs?

Danny wrote:

having said that, I have a stack of 20 and 25 foot chords.

Major or minor?

In article writes:

For recording, how long does guitar cable have to get before I should
start thinking about direct boxes and XLRs?

Long enough to reach from the shower to the guitar.

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Mike Rivers wrote:

In article writes:

For recording, how long does guitar cable have to get before I should
start thinking about direct boxes and XLRs?

Long enough to reach from the shower to the guitar.


LMAO !

Graham.


p.s. there should be some issues involved in operating electrical equipment that close to
a bath / shower.

The OP should consider investing in an ELCB/RCCD device or whatever you normally call
them in the USA.

Kurt Albershardt wrote:

Danny wrote:


having said that, I have a stack of 20 and 25 foot chords.

Major or minor?

Major, obviously. A 25 foot pipe and a 20 foot pipe would produce
a major third. Although it'd be a pretty low-pitched one...

- Logan

Mike Rivers wrote:

In article writes:


For recording, how long does guitar cable have to get before I should
start thinking about direct boxes and XLRs?


Long enough to reach from the shower to the guitar.

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For recording, how long does guitar cable have to get before I should
start thinking about direct boxes and XLRs?

I suspect that the big issue is capacitive loading of the inductive pickup
by cable capacitance and the direct box itself.

XLRs aren't going to help. An active direct box would probably help the
most. A good transformer-based direct box can buy you a lot.

Pooh Bear wrote:

p.s. there should be some issues involved in operating electrical equipment that close to
a bath / shower.

The OP should consider investing in an ELCB/RCCD device or whatever you normally call
them in the USA.

Or a pignose! Sounds really good! Won't hurt you if it falls in the tub!
Probably will even keep working if it falls in the tub.
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Nat wrote:

For recording, how long does guitar cable have to get before I should
start thinking about direct boxes and XLRs?

It's not like there is a length where it's suddenly too long. Whether
recording or otherwise performing, the answer is when your ears tell you
that the cable length is resulting in unacceptible high frequency loss.

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Logan Shaw wrote:

Kurt Albershardt wrote:

Danny wrote:

having said that, I have a stack of 20 and 25 foot chords.

Major or minor?

Major, obviously. A 25 foot pipe and a 20 foot pipe would produce
a major third. Although it'd be a pretty low-pitched one...

You'd need pretty big lungs to work a pipe that long.

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ha

In article ,
(hank alrich) wrote:

Logan Shaw wrote:

Kurt Albershardt wrote:

Danny wrote:

having said that, I have a stack of 20 and 25 foot chords.

Major or minor?

Major, obviously. A 25 foot pipe and a 20 foot pipe would produce
a major third. Although it'd be a pretty low-pitched one...

You'd need pretty big lungs to work a pipe that long.

--
ha

It took a crew of 3 to work our 14 foot pvc bong in college
george

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:33:53 GMT, (hank alrich)
wrote:

Major, obviously. A 25 foot pipe and a 20 foot pipe would produce
a major third. Although it'd be a pretty low-pitched one...

You'd need pretty big lungs to work a pipe that long.

A Bb tuba with its valves down is that sort of length.

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