tonymckenziecom | 1 year ago
Yes, there are guys out there that don't know that some cables can easily destroy your tube amp or cause the output transformer to fail. Are YOU one of them?
Contents:
0:00 Start
0:23 Intro & Preamble
0:50 Reasons for cable talk
2:55 The rights and wrongs
3:21 Cable example right
4:49 But with the wrong cable..
5:41 Things can get bad
6:24 Correct cable is king
6:54 Hendrix and torn pants!
8:46 A great cable review
9:18 Cable specifications
10:39 The warranty
11:18 Cable close up
12:02 Why these cables are good
13:01 email from nasties?
14:45 Future reviews
What you will learn:
Is this the right cable?
What do these cables cost?
Can it really blow up your amp?
Guarantee? How long is it?
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My website: https://tonymckenzie.com
Cable link: https://northwestguitars.co.uk/products/ernie-ball-6ft-speaker-cable-straight-straight-black
While there are many well versed and practiced guitarists, there are also many guys that sometimes do silly things without knowing the consequences of their error. And believe it or not guitar cables are a perfect example. Get things right and its all hunky-dory right? But get things wrong (even unknowingly) and Boom - its too late - you could have a damaged guitar tube amp with maybe the transformer blown and that can be a very expensive repair.
I was recently needing a longer cable for a tube amp and wandered around a recent guitar show as many guys do; I wanted a specific cable for the task in hand because the one I had was too short. There were the really rubbish cheap no-name Chinese cables for sale there as they always are, some of those promoted as high quality but were clearly not; and then there was the other extreme - very well known brands that cost substantial money - and I really do emphasize far more money.
By the way this video and review is NOT SPONSORED IN ANY WAY and my findings are absolutely genuine.
So I was thinking about cables and the problem that most cables are not even labeled as to what they actually are? We all take cables for granted - and that can be a massive mistake that anyone can make. Flip in the wrong cable when they all look the same and you're on the road to a very expensive tube amp amplifier repair.
But I also thought much about the claims from all of these cable makers and sellers and whether a cable costing £7 or £50 ($10 to $75) was really that different and whether the claims they make are just sales gimmicks.
Ultimately, I did buy two cables, and through this video firstly I advise the problems of using the wrong cables and show the differences, but secondly I make a review of the cables I eventually bought and tell you exactly if they met up to the standards that I (and you) NEED for these critically important cables. Ignore it all at your own peril!
By the way, if you have a line 6 helix or other digital gear the cable thing is probably less important to you... and don't use speaker cables for the four cable method (4 cable method) but if you have a tube amp... (maybe a Marshall tube amp or any of them) make sure that the speaker cable really is a speaker cable and mark it up... now, before you forget... later you will thank me...
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