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Jr. Watts
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 9:57 am |
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I was given a couple of Monster speaker cables with 1/4'' plugs. Would someone be kind enough to tell me the difference between speaker cable and instrument cable. They both look to be same in appearance. Thanks. Jr. Watts 
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Mike Schwartzman
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 10:51 am
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Sure Jr...Speaker cables have 2 separate insulated conductor wires, and instrument cables have one insulated conductor wire and a braided shield around it.Usually the speaker wires are a thicker gauge that the instrument cables...Slim
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Jr. Watts
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Calico Rock Ar.
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 11:10 am difference in cables
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Hi Slim. Thanks for your reply. I will try them out for guitar to pedal and pedal to amp when I get my
Sierra set back up. They are new cables so I was wanting to use them if I could.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 11:24 am
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Speaker cables are NOT shielded. Do NOT use them for instrument cables. They will allow electrical interference to be picked up and you will most likely have some noise from them.
Also, NEVER use instrument cables for speaker cables.
There is a reason the cables are not the same.
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Jr. Watts
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Calico Rock Ar.
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 11:35 am difference in cables
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Many thanks Richard. I had not thought about the shielding. If you read my post (Don't try this) you will see how dumb. If it was an old Cummins diesel I would know more about it. Thanks again Jr. Watts.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 1:44 pm
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Hey, hooking up a Cummins diesel to your guitar could be interesting. 
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Quentin Hickey
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Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 5:45 pm
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| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| Hey, hooking up a Cummins diesel to your guitar could be interesting. |
My son has a Marshall mini stack in his bedroom, the cables from the amp head to the cabs are just stereo cables with 1/4 plugs, He misplaced all of his patch cords (teenager) and tried to use one of them as a patch cable for his guitar, man you talk about racket, I though I was hearing a Detroit diesel with the Jake brake flipped on at about 45000 RPM's |
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Dan Moslander
From:
Central California USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2012 8:53 am
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He could use a Cummins or Cat for a generator and really put out some power????? I also read somewhere that one end of your cable is better at the amp and one is better at the guitar. It has something to do w/the way they intsall the wiring to make up the cable????
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Bill A. Moore
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2012 9:52 am
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| Dan I think that goes along with plugging into the bottom plug in the wall, as gravity forces more electrons there. |
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