EVOL! Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Anyone use these? I am helping a friend record a song for a Sky Saxton tribute album and he gave me a Vox instrument cable as a gift. I'll be returning it when mine comes in the mail, but that is a not relevant here. These cables are *nice*. They sound good and because it is coiled like an old phone cord, it does not get tangled up when jumping and running around. I felt like Pete Townsend with it (only a lot less talented). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 My advice would be don't buy them. They look great, but I bought two and the angled jack plug is too short to fit in an American Telecaster and falls out very easily, also not very good in a Les Paul. I returned mine to the shop and got something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hmmm, Maybe this cable is bad for guitars with side mounted jacks? I play an SG and a Sheraton and the jacks are on the top of the guitar. I just hooked the cable over my strap like I always do and rocked out. No issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 The angled part goes into the amp's jack. Vox = good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 The angled part goes into the amp's jack. If you're sitting down with a guitar like a Les Paul or Telecaster (which I do a lot when I am writing etc) you need an angled jack. If you constantly use a straight jack when you are playing in this position it causes damage to the guitar jack-socket, and also often the lead too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I know... but with those cables the angled part goes into the amp... that's how VOX's ads showed them a couple of years ago, and if you plugged that part to the guitar you wouldn't be able to read the "vox" writen on them :- Just sayin' I think dimarzio makes L cables that do fit teles. I find most teles hard to match with an L shaped plug because the jack is too damn deep in there. Glad to see there are others experiencing the same, I thought it was only me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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