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Fender new coil cable - DON´T BUY IT !!!
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Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 657 Buenos Aires 
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Posted on May 13 2011 08:41 PM
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle 
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Posted on May 13 2011 08:46 PM
Aren't most cables? Especially if they appear like they are 'marketed'. The longest lasting cables I've ever bought are the cheapest out of package cables they sell at Guitar Center. I still have the originals cables I bought when I was learning guitar. They last forever, and I've gigged with them. |
Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1912 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies 
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Posted on May 13 2011 09:09 PM
I have one of those Fender Koil Kables. What don't you like about it? —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
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Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 657 Buenos Aires
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Posted on May 13 2011 10:40 PM
Sonichris wrote:
It´s noisy, and when you step on it or touch it makes a lot of niose too...the VOX coil cable is a lot better —El Papu & los Fantasticos Reverberantes |
Joined: May 01, 2011 Posts: 578 San Diego
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Posted on May 13 2011 11:22 PM
i never really got the whole coil cable thing, what's the attraction supposed to be anyways? i had one once and it was pretty much just trying to wrap around my legs the whole time —http://dinosaurghost.bandcamp.com/ |
Joined: Mar 16, 2010 Posts: 215 Norwalk Ca
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Posted on May 14 2011 01:17 AM
I have one, its not noisy for me, and I kind of like the noise it makes when you strike it, atleast for me, it makes the reverb crash as for attraction... for me atleast Dr Lehos uses one, so I wanted one too haha —http://reverbnation.com/Bodysnatchers |
Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 919 San Pablo, CA
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Posted on May 14 2011 01:33 AM
yeah i bought it for the same reason, cause garret had em haha but they do suck and yes bigpapu the vox ones are waaay better, i cant afford em right now but like jake said, those guitar center cables are pretty damn good, and cheap and they have a lifetime warranty too! they start crapping out on you, youu take it back and u get a new one, ive only had to do it once. —-Zanti Instagram: |
Joined: Jul 23, 2008 Posts: 488 Edge of the East China Sea
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Posted on May 14 2011 07:48 AM
Big_Ryan wrote:
My straight cables were always tying themselves in knots or loops: the coil cables solve that, take up less space, and stretch out when you walk around. I've been using three of the Vox type for the last couple of years, and they've been great. |
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Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1912 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on May 14 2011 09:45 AM
big_papu wrote:
Yeah, I'll agree. When mine drags across the carpet, I can hear static. "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19361 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on May 14 2011 09:46 AM
Big_Ryan wrote:
http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7653#p7653 —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 657 Buenos Aires
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Posted on May 14 2011 12:39 PM
Brian wrote:
you know about what we are talking about, my friend El Papu & los Fantasticos Reverberantes Last edited: May 14, 2011 12:44:14 |
Joined: Feb 19, 2010 Posts: 98 Seattle,Wa
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Posted on May 15 2011 01:29 PM
I have a fender coil cable. Serves me fine, and I stomp the hell out of it live. Straight cables never stay straight on me and aesthetically, coil is just more fun the way I see it. Vox and Fulltone coil cables are better quality and someday I'll upgrade, but not until my fender cable up and dies. The guitar center cables are a good route. Only cables I'd advise against are Monster Cables. Their jacks are actually slightly bigger than a 1/4", so over time the cable stretches your jack out and makes it so only Monster cables fit in your jacks. Therefore creating the, "Only Monster Cables work for me, all other cables are weak in comparison." When really Monster just effed you over and became proprietary to your gear. |
Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle 
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Posted on May 15 2011 02:13 PM
Nick_The_Grip wrote:
Consider me a skeptic, but I do not buy this idea. Do you have evidence of this? The spring (tip) contact of the female jack seems like it would be unaffected by these very slight differences in diameter. Even when you insert a properly-sized 1/4-inch plug, you deform the spring quite a bit; it is what holds the plug in the jack. And, rather than throwing away your gear, or buying all Monster Cable, why not just bend the spring contact back a bit to increase the tension? — |
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Joined: Feb 19, 2010 Posts: 98 Seattle,Wa
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Posted on May 15 2011 02:51 PM
I would never advocate throwing gear away, and like you said, you can just bend it back a bit. Maybe it is hearsay, but when I used to be a sleazy guitar center salesmen customers came in with this issue all the time. They would use Monster Cables for years, and then when they tried other cables, or tested out their guitar on an amp at the store with one of our cables, their jack was all loosey goosey. And yes, we would open it up and bend it tighter for them. My store manager was the one who put the buzz in my ear that Monster did it intentionally. Maybe he's a crackpot. But its enough for me to mistrust Monster when there are more affordable cables sold right beside them. |
Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 813 Boise, ID
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Posted on May 15 2011 03:22 PM
Only Fender cables I've ever used are short patch cables. I've always been leery of them because about every reviews section I've seen has more negative comments than positive —Shawn Martin |
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Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle
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Posted on May 15 2011 06:23 PM
Nick_The_Grip wrote:
You seem to be approaching this rationally. Hrm...now I am compelled to find the truth. I will explore the Internet in search of this problem. If I am not back in a week, save yourself, leave without me. —Last edited: May 15, 2011 18:24:29 |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on May 15 2011 06:43 PM
LHR wrote:
I can't leave. I've got nowhere to go! —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: May 15, 2011 18:44:38 |
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Joined: Feb 19, 2010 Posts: 98 Seattle,Wa
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Posted on May 15 2011 07:19 PM
Haha, fair enough. I've never sat down and measured a monster cable. Perhaps I should....but I don't have any monster cables. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on May 15 2011 07:34 PM
Monster sells HDMI cables for over $100 when there is no difference in quality possible between a $2 Amazon HDMI cable and a $100 Monster HDMI cable. So... I wouldn't be surprised. Last edited: May 15, 2011 19:34:38 |
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Joined: May 01, 2011 Posts: 578 San Diego
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Posted on May 15 2011 07:35 PM
i mostly use planet waves cables, the ones with the compression springs, people have always told me that the springs ruin your jacks with effect described with the monster cables,,, i think this is mostly hooey because every time i use regular cables i have no issues, i think keeping the clip in the jack bent tight is the real issue here even if monster cable plugs are bigger than regular, how is that a bad thing if they still fit in the jack? id think that having a plug rattle around less would actually cause less wear and tear also if you jack is really messed up, it costs $2 and 10 minutes with a soldering iron to replace it, what the big deal? —http://dinosaurghost.bandcamp.com/ |
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