Super24 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 My guitar chords seem to get annoyingly tangled after a few months. Are there any cables out there that don't tangle? Maybe I should stop walking around in circles when I practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Sennheiser FreePort wireless guitar system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super24 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Thanks, but I am pretty much just a basement musician for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 At the end of your practice session, try walking backwards for a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Thanks' date=' but I am pretty much just a basement musician for now.[/quote'] You don't have to be rocking out on stage to use a wireless... They are around $200 to $250 new or around $100 used. No chord no tangles.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 My guitar chords seem to get annoyingly tangled after a few months. You must be playing jazz chords! :)/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 You don't have to be rocking out on stage to use a wireless... They are around $200 to $250 new or around $100 used. No chord no tangles.. there is some merit to this. even though expensive at first (brand new - 8-10x more than a decent cable) they really free you up. tangled cords are nasty and you dont have to be OCD to be annoyed by it. i just paid $45 for a planet waves cord and it still tangles. i'm thinking wireless too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 The Roadie Wrap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbYyaUY5Sk Cords? Chords? Come on now, [edited so as not offend the ignant.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 ^ very cool.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibsonByBirth Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Yep the roadie rap works for garden hoses and air compressor hoses too. I hang my guitar chords on hooks on the wall after winding them up. they dont tangle and have a longer life. Check on music 123 for wireless systems. The cheapest is $59. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Yep the roadie rap works for garden hoses and air compressor hoses too. Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 The Roadie Wrap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbYyaUY5Sk Cords? Chords? Come on now' date=' [edited so as not offend the ignant.'] Great post! I learned to do this early on and it saves your cables from kinks and tangles. It's also a lot neater when packing up. Makes me cringe when I see cats doing the wrap around the arm/elbow thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Airplane wings have chords. Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 The Roadie Wrap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbYyaUY5Sk my life just changed. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 my life just changed. thanks. Yeah, mine too - after (I don't want to admit how many) years... Ain't the internet great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Wireless, schmireless... I got nothing. Beyond the FACT that you still got wires... Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBudfrumHull_SG Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Makes me cringe when I see cats doing the wrap around the arm/elbow thing. Guilty as charged ... Hey ! I learned something new today. When I get home I'm gonna re-wrap all my patch cords ... (over, under, over under...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Tangled cords? I betcha at least one end of your cords is an angled head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 The Roadie Wrap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbYyaUY5Sk Cords? Chords? Come on now' date=' [edited so as not offend the ignant.'] I think he's making it overly complicated. Lay out the cord so it is essentially straight and unfettered as it rotates. Grasp on end, then coil it around the grasping fingers in a loop that it naturally wants to form, then continue wrapping in the same direction, one wrap after the other until it is all wrapped up. The loose end is rotating as your coil. QED. I'm gonna try the 'reverse wrap', or whatever it's called, but I think it has been over thunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 After you've done the "roadie wrap" 10,000 times, you don't even think about it anymore, it just happens unless you're dealing with long snakes where you end up cussing a bit during the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I'm gonna try the 'reverse wrap'' date=' or whatever it's called, but I think it has been over thunk.[/quote'] You might be right. Or not. It's all about the chords, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 You wrap your own cords and cables? pshshshshsttt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 You wrap your own cords and cables?pshshshshsttt! Not ALL of us, come on, now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 *whew* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 You wrap your own cords and cables? pshshshshsttt! Well, even if we don't, we have to know enough about it to ***** when is isn't done correctly... Don't we? ...people stay... just a little bit longer... come on and stay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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