Guitar & Instrument Cables (cables.shtml) | Updated: 09-Oct-2008 - 13:35
You will be amazed at what a difference a good instrument cable can do. On this page are listed quality instrument cables. They do make a difference. There is a line from one of the cable companies that sums it up. "If you can't hear the difference you don't need it."
(from their site) - Analysis Plus, Inc. has provided electronic and electromagnetic simulation and analysis for a host of companies since its inception in 1993. All the members of our team hold advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering or Physics, and our specialty is the art of computer simulation. We are experts in the use of Saber, Matlab, Ansoft, and Spice, among other tools, as well as in the testing and measurement of physical devices. This expertise allows us to bring the appropriate tool to bear on the task at hand.
The incredible sound of the Yellow Oval in a flexible cable. We use the most flexible outer jacket we know of - Silicon Rubber to create a more flexible version of the Yellow Oval. The conductors are low loss 18 gauge oxygen free copper woven in our patented oval design. It is a balanced design (not coaxial like others) and the best dielectric - TEFLON for proven improvement. To get maximum performance you wouldn't put bicycle tires on a Ferrari - the same is true for your guitar and amp. If you can't hear the difference you don't need one!

Yellow Flex Oval Instrument Cable
Neutrik Silent Plug -The Silent Plug has an integrated "silent switch", which is hermetically sealed and offers life-time durability due to its REED technology-based design. The Silent plugs are designed for musicians switching an instrument, such as electric guitar, under load without creating the pops or squeals typically associated with plugging and unplugging a cable from an instrument or amplifier jack.
Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro uses the Pro Oval Studio Instrument Cable.
I'll have to check these out. Seems cables are getting better and better and more expensive.
More information available on listings's web site.
KLOTZ Audio Interface Systems A.I.S. GmbH
Baldhamer Straβe 39
D-85591 Vaterstetten bei München
Bavaria/ Germany
+49-8106-308-510 Telefon
+49-8106-308-599 Fax(fax)

Klotz-Titanium Guitar Cable
The new high performance Klotz guitar cable is now available from two dealers with a great reputation amongst jazz guitarists: Legato Guitars and J. Hale Music (See Dealers Page). These cables are worth the price. I was skeptical about their values at first but after getting one and hearing the difference I was SOLD.
This cable won the Just Jazz Guitar cable shoot out conducted by David Stephens.
More information available on company's web site.
Monster Cable Products, Inc.
455 Valley Dr.,
Brisbane, CA 94005
Phone: 415 840-2000 / Fax: 415 468 0311
(from their site) - High-performance application-specific instrument cables with specialized technology and construction, tailored to the needs of individual musicians and musical styles.

Monster Jazz and Acoustic cables
This is it: the reference instrument cable used by top artists, award-winning engineers and producers to deliver
every nuance of timbre and tonality during performances and recording sessions. Studio Pro 1000 features
Monster's top cable technologies including 3-way Bandwidth Balanced® construction, patented MicroFiber®
dielectric and Time Correct® multiple gauge high, mid and low frequency wire networks for extremely accurate
sonic reproduction. When you're ready to capture your music with ultimate clarity, detail and depth ...you're
ready for Studio Pro 1000.
More information available on company's web site.
Harmony-Central user reviews: Sadowsky
See the February 1999 issue of Just Jazz Guitar for an article about Roger Sadowsky.
Here is some information from the Sadowsky site.
Sadowsky Guitars is extremely proud to announce the release of the Jim Hall Signature Model Archtop Guitar. The result of 4 years of prototyping and collaborating, the Jim Hall Guitar is designed for the working musician as well as the discriminating collector. Sadowsky Guitars is honored to have this association with the premier jazz guitarist, Jim Hall.
Sadowsky Guitars has maintained and repaired the guitar that James D'Aquisto made for Jim Hall. This guitar has been Jim's main guitar for the last 15 years. Roger and Jim began to collaborate on a Sadowsky model that would be more than just a copy of his D'Aquisto. In addition, Roger and Jim were both committed to the idea that this would have to be a guitar that Jim would personally play, not just endorse. The Sadowsky Jim Hall guitar meets all of Jim's requirements as a player.
After numerous prototypes, Roger continued to refine the guitar by reducing the thickness of the plates to provide a more acoustic response, reducing the depth to control feedback, designing a new ebony tailpiece with a string ground and reworking the neck until if felt just like Jim's D'Aquisto. Special attention was paid to an all nitrocellulose lacquer finish with a distinctive "Jim Hall Sunburst". Incorporating Roger's sense of aesthetics and design, the result is a beautiful looking, feeling and sounding guitar that has been enthusiastically received by Jim.
JIM HALL SIGNATURE MODEL ARCHTOP Frequently Asked Questions: link
See the August 2004 issue of Just Jazz Guitar for an article about the Roger Sadowsky build Jim Hall model guitar.
All pro NY guitarists like Jim Hall and Steve Khan take their guitars to Rodger's shop.
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(from their site) - The first cable was built as a response to a brand new "name brand" cable shorting out on me onstage on an overseas tour. fortunately it was the last date on the tour, as I wasn't going to able to obtain any quality replacement instrument cables whatsoever.
When I got back to LA from that tour, I talked to all of my musician friends about cables in order to find out how theirs stacked up, and if they could recommend a better cable than what I had been using. They all had horror stories about industry giant made cables coming apart on them, shorting out, the tips disintegrating. It sounded to me like nobody was into making a high quality cable that didn't come apart or make you feel dumb for spending good money on something that you would have to regularly return to take advantage of the dubious "lifetime warranty".
More information available on listings's web site.
Whirlwind USA
99 Ling Road
Rochester, NY 14612
Toll free (U.S.) 888-733-4396
585-663-8820 - 585-865-8930(fax)
The heart of the Zaolla cable line, are silver conductors, not copper that have been silver-plated. Being a superior conductor, silver exhibits transmission properties far beyond that of the highest quality oxygen-free-copper. What you can expect from Zaolla cables are a level of clarity and transparency previously unobtainable from copper.
(from the ShoreLineMusic.com web site ) - However, if you're looking for the absolute best possible guitar cable, there is no cable--at any price--better than Zaolla. This is the standard against which all other high-end guitar cables will be judged for years to come. With its cast silver center conductor, redundant shielding, and Zaolla-designed connectors, this cable preserves every nuance of tone produced by your instrument. Yes, Kordex cables are good, far better than nearly every other guitar cable I have ever played through. But Zaolla is the ultimate. It does cost a pretty penny, but it's frankly a small price to pay for unparalleled tone, and it actually costs a lot less than those supposedly high-end cables from the big-name makers.
Living in PA here are a couple of Pennsylvania dealers that carry the Zaolla cables. I have bought gear from both of these dealers in the past.
Eighth Street Music
1023 Arch St.
Philadelphia PA 19107
800-878-8882
www.8thstreet.com
Medley Music
1041 Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr PA 19010
610-527-3090
www.medleynet.com
More information available on company's web site.
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A great selection and information on top of the line pickups and preamps for acoustic instruments.
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