Geoff wrote:
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From the OP:
I would however like to get my hands on some of this.
http://www.canare.com/ProductItemDis...oductItemID=61
Possibly many of the claimed benefits are somewhat inflated by the
marketing department, and many audible differences are often
psychologically-suggestive rather than real, "bright ringing
characteristics" and suchlike ...
** That is probably one characteristic that is quite real.
Canare GS-6 is a low noise & low capacitance guitar cable, so is optimised to work with unbalanced HIGH impedance pickups as fitted to most guitars.
The inductance of guitar PU resonates with the cable capacitance to produce a very audible peak in the upper treble range - and the less the capacitance the higher the peak frequency.
Though I find Canare good - I have a bunch - I would not get fixated on
the brand (apart from having the reel that you do have !) there are many
(most ?) other cable brands that are fine. And some that aren't, usually
for physical-handling and durability issues.
** Yep, the Canare uses thicker than usual conductors ( so is OK used as speaker to amp lead) and is very tough.
Some guitar cables, though having low noise and capacitance, are too stretchy causing the centre conductor to break internally the first time they get a hard yank.
..... Phil