9956 Posted February 20, 2006 Report Posted February 20, 2006 What sort of wires should i be buying/looking at to wire up a guitar? The only thing on ebay i could find was http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BEST-Shielded-Wire-F...1QQcmdZViewItem which seems expensive, especially as i remember reading shielded internal wire does little. There must be a trade name of the sort of wire to get, which i havent picked up on. In addition if someone could suggest a reputable supplier in the UK i would be grateful. Thanks Quote
Thoughtless 7 Posted February 20, 2006 Report Posted February 20, 2006 Simple one this mate. MAPLIN. S Totally agree. I buy all of my supplies from maplin. Quote
Sambo Posted February 20, 2006 Report Posted February 20, 2006 i think the 100m roll i got from there was less than a tenner :s Quote
fookgub Posted February 20, 2006 Report Posted February 20, 2006 What sort of wires should i be buying/looking at to wire up a guitar? The only thing on ebay i could find was http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BEST-Shielded-Wire-F...1QQcmdZViewItem which seems expensive, especially as i remember reading shielded internal wire does little. There must be a trade name of the sort of wire to get, which i havent picked up on. In addition if someone could suggest a reputable supplier in the UK i would be grateful. Thanks Let's see, £10 per meter... that's... umm... about $5 a foot ?!?!. That's very expensive. Don't get ripped off. Belden mic cable is cheaper and works great. Quote
Thoughtless 7 Posted February 20, 2006 Report Posted February 20, 2006 What sort of wires should i be buying/looking at to wire up a guitar? The only thing on ebay i could find was http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BEST-Shielded-Wire-F...1QQcmdZViewItem which seems expensive, especially as i remember reading shielded internal wire does little. There must be a trade name of the sort of wire to get, which i havent picked up on. In addition if someone could suggest a reputable supplier in the UK i would be grateful. Thanks Let's see, £10 per meter... that's... umm... about $5 a foot ?!?!. That's very expensive. Don't get ripped off. Belden mic cable is cheaper and works great. I think you forget that we pay a lot more VAT on our products. You will do well to beat that price. Quote
lovekraft Posted February 20, 2006 Report Posted February 20, 2006 Walk away quickly, without looking back! Despite a marketing blitz that says different, silver plating has never been shown to make any changes in the sound of good cable, either empirically or in double-blind tests. Try Maplin's VU35Q or XS24B - either should work very well, and at 90% less than the price of this anti-werewolf wire! Quote
gripper Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 If that WAS a 100 meter roll wouldn't it be $.05 per foot? Quote
Sambo Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 The beauty of end of line items. Let em go for nothing ha ha ha! Seriously man, just pop down to maplins. Much cheaper. I think they have stuff at the moment that is about 30p a metre? S Quote
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