Lava Cable Comparison ...

[Teleplayer]

I've been buying all my cables from Mark the past few years. I always buy a 10' and 12' of the same cable, as one goes from pedal-to-amp and the other goes from guitar-to-pedal. I try to minimize cable length, think of how much room I need on a stage or at practice, and go with what I think sounds best with the rig of choice.

Today, I took delivery of a 10' and 12' Lava Tweed. I really dig it. A lot.

Here are the three pairs I have, with a pic of one from each model:

Lava Ultramafic Frigging monstrous sounding cable. Uber-clear tone/sound. Great balance of impedence and clarity ... without being overly harsh. REALLY stiff cable though. (left in the photo)

Ultramafic Flex Supposed to be a flexible version of the Ultramafic. It's certainly more flexible, but IMHO does not quite have the clarity of the Ultramafic. (middle in the photo)

Tweed Great clarity; not far from the Ultramafic. A bit less expensive, but far more flexible as a cable. (right in the photo)

They are all really nice. Great job Mark.

 

[Lucidology]

Totally agree with you about the Ultramalific stiffer version vs the Flex.
Just received the Flex in the mail a couple of days ago. Thought I was imagining things.
Interesting to read you feel the same way ...

 

[Teleplayer]

Reply

Totally agree with you about the Ultramalific stiffer version vs the Flex.
Just received the Flex in the mail a couple of days ago. Thought I was imagining things.
Interesting to read you feel the same way ...

Interestingly, I find the Tweed to be closer to the Ultramafic than the Flex.

 

[cosmic_ape]

I was disappointed on how much darker the Flex is. I love my regular Ultramafics but they get in the way when gigging.