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Martin 18A0138 Luxe Acoustic Guitar Cable
$89.99<p>The advanced LUXE BY MARTIN acoustic guitar cable helps unleash your unique sound. Carefully crafted and engineered for exceptional sound quality and durability, it uses the finest components to transmit mo...4 Payments of $22.50
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Mogami Gold Patch Cable 2ft
$36.95 - $47.95Mogami 2 foot TS Gold patch cable with right angle to right angle connections. Mogami has been the top choice for wiring professional recording studios for decades. Recording engineers have come to depend on Moga...h m s
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On Stage Pancake Patch Cable
$11.95 - $21.95Keep pedals connected, not crowded. On Stage Patch Cable with Pancake-Style Connectors features low-profile right-angle connectors that save valuable space on pedalboards. To accommodate a wide range of pedal config...h m s
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Pig Hog 8mm Guitar/Instrument Cable with Angled Ends
$42.95Pig Hog cables are precisely overbuilt to stand up to the most grueling tour conditions imaginable. They feature extra-thick 8mm wire, performance quality connectors, and tension-resistant stress relief. And with Pi...h m s
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Pig Hog PHLSK2CA Lil Pigs Low Profile Patch Cables
$18.95Pig Hog cables are precisely overbuilt to stand up to the most grueling tour conditions imaginable and are designed to provide the highest quality performance with outstanding value. Pig Hog understands your cables ...h m s
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PRS Classic Instrument Patch Cable 6 Inches 2 Pack
$16.99PRS Classic Series instrument patch cables feature carefully tuned capacitance, designed specifically for excellent signal clarity. The cables’ spiral-shielding provides flexibility and durability for low handling n...h m s
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PRS Signature Instrument Cable with Straight to Silent End
$74.99Your tone is your lifeline! You’ve likely spent a lot of time and care selecting your guitar, your pedals, and your amplifier. Why connect them with anything less than the best? PRS Signature Series instrumen...4 Payments of $18.75
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PRS Signature Instrument Patch Cable 5 Inches 2 Pack
$41.99PRS Signature Series patch cables are the lifeline of your tone. You’ve likely spent a lot of time and care selecting your guitar, your pedals, and your amplifier. Why connect them with anything less than the best? ...h m s
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Samson Tourtek Pro TPIW Woven Fabric Instrument Cable
$39.99Tourtek Pro TPIW Woven Fabric Instrument Cables deliver premium performance and maximum durability for the most demanding live performers. The smooth braided nylon outer jack provides added protection from kinks or ...h m s
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American Musical Supply is your stop for the best instrument cables in the business! Your instrument needs to sound its best and sound consistent when you plug in, so don't settle for no-names from unreliable third parties. 1/4 inch TS (tip-sleeve) instrument cables are absolute necessities for any musician or live sound technician. Make sure you have plenty of them on hand - American Musical Supply is stocked with sturdy, reliable 1/4 inch instrument cables of different lengths and designs (standard, braided, coiled) ranging up to 25 feet long. This includes guitar cables, bass cables, and cables that can be used with keyboards, synths, drum machines, samplers, and other audio hardware. We also carry a wide variety of small patch cables (from six inches to two feet long) for connecting and chaining your effects pedals - flat, low-profile, and right-angle configurations are all available!
American Musical Supply is excited to be your stop for 1/4" instrument cables – including guitar cables, bass cables, keyboard cables, and cables that can be used with drum machines, samplers, and other audio hardware. We offer True 0% interest payment plans - applying is easy. Use your own debit or credit card, enjoy fast and free shipping, and add 1/4” instrument cables to your creative setup.
We make buying 1/4" instrument cables quick and easy - in-stock items that are ordered before 5PM will ship out the same day! (see our Shipping Information Page for more details) Do you have questions about 1/4" instrument cables and want to know which items would be best for you? Give us a call at 800-319-9043 - our experts are standing by.
What is an instrument cable? A 1/4 inch instrument cable, also known as a TS (tip-sleeve) cable, is generally used to move unbalanced mono signal. These TS cables are straightforward - having audio signal travel over the positive ‘tip’ (T) with a ground in the ‘sleeve’ (S). However, due to this unbalanced TS design, extra noise and audio inconsistencies may occur over very long cable runs. It helps to keep your TS cables on the shorter end of things while still remaining comfortable and flexible during your performances.
Most commonly, electric guitars, acoustic-electric guitars, electric bass guitars, keyboards, and audio devices use 1/4 inch TS cables to connect to amplifiers. Most keyboards have two 1/4 inch outputs – which means you’ll need a cable for both the ‘left’ and ‘right’ to move signal in stereo. Otherwise you can just connect one cable to the properly marked output and move that signal in mono. In addition to amplifiers, you can also use these cables to connect your instrument directly to an input channel on a mixer or audio interface (many of these devices allow either unbalanced or balanced 1/4 inch connections).
If you’re an instrumentalist looking for an extra layer of stability and flexibility in your signal chain, a direct box changes the signal from unbalanced to balanced, which helps eliminate the noise issue over long distances. There are both active direct boxes (powered) and passive direct boxes (unpowered) that are suited to different applications and connection types. An example of a DI box in action would be connecting your electric guitar cable and its unbalanced guitar signal to a direct box input and then running the now-balanced direct box output to a mixer/house PA system at the back of the performance venue.
Patch cables (sometimes called effects pedal cables) are short 1/4 inch TS cables ranging from six inches to two feet long for chaining your guitar effects or bass guitar effects together. These cables make it incredibly easy to arrange your effects in order on a pedalboard, making setup a breeze. Simply go from your guitar or bass into the input of your first pedal, then go from the output of that pedal into the input of the next pedal. Repeat as needed until you get to your last pedal output, which will now run into your amplifier’s input. For additional information on properly ordering the placement of your pedals in the signal chain, be sure to take a look at the AMS ‘Pedal Flow 101’ Buyer’s Guide.