using my speaker cable as a guitar cable bad?

[Pointbreakd]

I'm about to use my speaker cable as a guitar cable cause i cant find a guitar cable...

is this a bad idea?

 

[aleclee]

Won't hurt anything but your tone while using it.

 

[Pointbreakd]

awesome. thanks

 

[michael patrick]

Like Alec said, it isn't a great idea, but it won't hurt your amp. The other way around (using a guitar cable as a speaker cable) can definitely hurt your amp.

 

[Pointbreakd]

cool. ya im actually just using it to go direct into pro tools to record myself...thanks for the input.

 

[dosmun]

With all of the other gear you have you can't come up with a guitar cable?

 

[gulliver]

With all of the other gear you have you can't come up with a guitar cable?

Too funny ... but then again, my Protools has a plug-in for noise cancelling unshielded cables.

:moon

 

[VaughnC]

Speaker cables are unshielded so, as a guitar cable, they would be very subject to pick up a lot of noise, hum, and maybe a radio station or two.

 

[Pointbreakd]

With all of the other gear you have you can't come up with a guitar cable?

haha i don't have that much gear (I actually just convinced my girlfriend to get me a fender pro junior for xmas).
anyway the other guitarist in my band has the guitar cables in his gear box which is locked up in his room. Inspiration struck and I needed to record...the speaker cable and Guitar rig served the purpose.

 

[Richard Guy]

just get two 1/4 inch jacks and some lamp cord. Wire/solder it up while observing polarity

 

[Guinness Lad]

You can get a guitar cord for $10 at GC. Everyone should have the basic neccesities, it's like only having a guitar with 4 strings.

 

[Richard Guy]

A guitar cord is not a speaker cord.

 

[LSchefman]

I use mind over matter. I don't need no stinkin' cable.

 

[Luke V]

If you want to record a noisy sh***y sounding guitar track, go for it.

 

[gulliver]

Screw it, just go wireless ... you get much better radio stations.

 

[Pointbreakd]

haha wow i haven't been here for awhile I forgot what it was like.


Everything worked out fine.. To be honest the sound wasn't that bad at all. Def served the purpose. And for the record I do have guitar cables, i was just in a rush to record an idea.