Does the length of your guitar cable affect your tone?

[ralph123]

I have the same cables, 3m and 9m strandtz cable with amphenol jacks.
Whenever i use the 3m cable im getting a good tone, has more treble i should say,
then whenever i use my 9m cable it's different, tone was not that good and it has more bass.

Do you think i have a problem with my cable? (Because both of them i've been using it for a year) OR ganusn lang tlga?


paki sagot naman po ng tanong ko ng maayos thanks!

[kasoy777]

malaki effect ng type and length ng cable sa experience ko. kung di mo naman kailangan ng mahabang cable mas maigsi mas maganda. pero sa mga active pickups di masyado mapapansin kahit siguro wireless, pero di pa ko nakatry ng wireless. nabasa ko lang. 

[spetsnaz1123]

Yes, the length of cable affect your tone. AFAIK, you should always use cables not more than 5m (total length from the amp input).

[r_chino18]

I have the same cables, 3m and 9m strandtz cable with amphenol jacks.
Whenever i use the 3m cable im getting a good tone, has more treble i should say,
then whenever i use my 9m cable it's different, tone was not that good and it has more bass.

Do you think i have a problem with my cable? (Because both of them i've been using it for a year) OR ganusn lang tlga?

paki sagot naman po ng tanong ko ng maayos thanks!

It's because of capacitance. A longer cable will have more capacitance (per foot) than a shorter cable. With this, more high frequencies are filtered out, thus your observation. 

It's no problem actually. It just depends on which one works for you.

[cayle]

Yes it does. Cable length is jsut one part of the equation, just like capacitance. The conductors used and construction contribute to the tone as well.

[teleclem]

Longer = more capacitance. More "loss of highs". Do experiment to see what works good for you in terms of tone & length.

This can be rectified via the use of a line driver (buffer)

[ralph123]

i see thanks for all the replies. i was just thinking of buying a new one, kala ko kasi may sira na dun sa cable ko or naputol sa loob etc.
after all these years of playing ngayon ko lang napansin un. haha thanks guys!