Monster Cable RCA to Instrument?

[GuitaristZ]

I have the opportunity to buy monster RCA type cables for home theatre audio...really nice ones...for 15$ believe it or not. They retail for like 80$ :P. Could I take one of these, cut off the RCA jack, stick an 1/4" jack on either end and have a good instrument cable? good idea or no? I was thinking that the RCA type cables have 2 wires...like an instrument cable..

[nnajar]

yes

[GuitaristZ]

so I should go for it? and will it alter the tone in a bad way? the capacitance or whatever?

[GuitaristZ]

I need a definite answer...the store I found is selling 75$ and up monster RCA type cables for like 15$...amazing deals...
they also have Svideo, etc but no instrument cables so yeah I need an answer!!!

[GuitaristZ]

could somebody tell me if a RCA cable has two wires inside? that is probably all I need...an instrument cable has two wires also so yeah...should work I guess. :(

[dan-o-guitar]

I have the opportunity to buy monster RCA type cables for home theatre audio...really nice ones...for 15$ believe it or not. They retail for like 80$ :P. Could I take one of these, cut off the RCA jack, stick an 1/4" jack on either end and have a good instrument cable? good idea or no? I was thinking that the RCA type cables have 2 wires...like an instrument cable..

80 dollar Monster Cables, when discounted to 15 dollars, are only overpriced by 10 dollars.

Once you snip of the plugs, you are left with approximately 12 cents of cable.

As for a technical answer, the last time I checked, even hucksters like Monster Cable use shielded coax, so yes, it would usable as an instrument cable. The real question is one of durability and resilience. A/V cables are usually designed to be plugged in once, and spend their lifetime in an immobile state, much like Gerald Ford.

Instrument cables tend to face much more abuse--unless you are in a shoegazer band in which case, what the hell, go with the AV cable because you will likely never move or change your stance as you play.

My advice would be to look beyond this purported "deal" and buy decent mid-quality instrument cables. If you pay more than $1.50 per foot, you are doing nothing more than giving your money to carnies.

Hope that helps.

[GuitaristZ]

80 dollar Monster Cables, when discounted to 15 dollars, are only overpriced by 10 dollars.

Once you snip of the plugs, you are left with approximately 12 cents of cable.

As for a technical answer, the last time I checked, even hucksters like Monster Cable use shielded coax, so yes, it would usable as an instrument cable. The real question is one of durability and resilience. A/V cables are usually designed to be plugged in once, and spend their lifetime in an immobile state, much like Gerald Ford.

Instrument cables tend to face much more abuse--unless you are in a shoegazer band in which case, what the hell, go with the AV cable because you will likely never move or change your stance as you play.

My advice would be to look beyond this purported "deal" and buy decent mid-quality instrument cables. If you pay more than $1.50 per foot, you are doing nothing more than giving your money to carnies.

Hope that helps.
yeah it really does thanks :)
I already have some quality cables so this is most likely not worth it. Thanks for your help dude.

A/V cables are usually designed to be plugged in once, and spend their lifetime in an immobile state, much like Gerald Ford.

classic :)

[fatback]

Dan-o for Prez! :D

[TedintheShed]

I have the opportunity to buy monster RCA type cables for home theatre audio...really nice ones...for 15$ believe it or not. They retail for like 80$ :P. Could I take one of these, cut off the RCA jack, stick an 1/4" jack on either end and have a good instrument cable? good idea or no? I was thinking that the RCA type cables have 2 wires...like an instrument cable..

I wouldn't do this either- because once you snip the cable you loose the one redeeming factor of buying a Monster Cable- the warranty.