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How long should my guitar cable be?
I plan on getting a Mogami Gold Instrument Cable Angled-Straight.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Mogami-Gold-Instrument-Cable-Angled-Straight-102670205-i1129217.gc
Now, they offer 18 feet and 25 feet.
Is there a big difference in sound quality between 18 and 25 ft? Will 25 ft noticeably sound a little worse than 18 ft?
Also, do you think 18 feet will be a little too short for gigging on stage (at times)?
20 feet is fine. longer cable=less signal . only my opinion, i have used them up to 2 cords together.
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(PART 1 of 2)
Have you ever thought about building your own pedal effects board? Have you actually built a pedal effects board only to discover that your guitar tone has changed drastically? Believe me, you are not the first to run across this problem. In fact the majority of pedal effects boards will change your tone, and most of the time is it not for the better.
There are many things to consider when designing and building your pedal board. If you’re careful to address critical issues during this process you’ll end up with a great guitar tone. If you’re not careful you may end up with a guitar tone that is less than desireable.
Here’s a few things that will affect your guitar tone when designing your pedal board.
- Length of Cables
- Types of Cables
- True Bypass
- Buffering
- Unity Gain Structure
There are more things than this to examine in Part 2, but for now this will get you on the right track to killer guitar tone when designing your effects pedal board.
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Length of cables - You should try to keep the length of your cables as short as possible. This includes the patch cables in between the pedals as well. The reason is that the longer your cables are, the more tone loss, gain loss, and high end loss occurs.
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Types of cables - Just as the length of your cables can result in tone loss, so can the type of cables. This is something that is sort of a personal preference, but I will say that Mogami and Belden cables are always going to be a great choice. Keep in mind that the most important cable is the first cable used from your guitar to the first effects pedal.
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True bypass - This can be good and bad depending on the rest of the pedals in the chain. If all of your pedals are true bypass, and they’re all turned off, you face the problem of all of your cable lengths adding up to one long cable going into the front of your amp. This is really bad if you are using vintage pickups with low output and high impedance. You should consider some type of buffer to keep the signal steady.
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Buffering - Buffering the signal can help when using true bypass pedals along with vintage pickups, but you’ll have to play around with the combinations. You may run into issues of signal spikes and treble spikes depending on where the buffers are placed in the chain. Best solution is to plug your guitar directly into a fixed high-impedance load that is identical to the amp input. Then distribute the signal to the various effects and amps by low-impedance buffered feeds. This will give you constant signal level, and tone characteristics, which will not change when more effects are added.
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Unity Gain Structure – This is another critical issue when it come to balancing out your sound. Example: if you used a chorus pedal and a delay pedal these devices are usually unity gain. When you get into pre-amps, equalizers and units with gain control, you’ll need to balance all of them out so that one unit is not louder that the other when turned on or off.
Hopefully this will give you some great insight when building your personal guitar effects pedal board. If you carefully design and construct your pedal board, your pedal effects will sound great every time you plug in for years and years to come.
Be sure to check out Part 2 of Guitar Tone using Pedal Effects.
If you have any questions or comments see details below.
Thanks, Bob Molton
For More Great Guitar Tone Tips Go to How To Get Great Guitar Tone
Bob Molton – Guitar Instructional Product Development