Y Cable for my BlackHeart Killer Ant BH1H

Went out and got a Y cable for my Amp head. The Killer Ant, as awesome as it is for a one watt head, has only one output jack for 4 ohms, 8 ohms and 16 ohms. My Marshall mini stack comes with two 16 ohms cabinets and for the past few times I was messing around with it, I could only utilize one cab. With this Y cable I am now able to utilize 2 cabs. This gave it a lot more volume and headroom in terms of sound. A really amazing mini tube amp head from Blackheart.

As usual, I chose Canare cables coupled with Neutrik plugs. This combo has never failed me before and have been using this combo for all my guitar cables. Meanwhile, back to amp testing.

Canare cables and Neutrik Jacks

I've written recently about how having a bad cable can be the weakest link to the destruction of your tone. However, I firmly do not believe in spending atrocious amount of money just for cables. If there are any cables out there that I couldn't recommend more, it will be Canare cables. These cables are made in Japan and are as noiseless as they can be. Canare make cables for microphones, audio equipments and of course guitars. The best part about the cables are, they don't cost a bomb either. The only problem with the cables is, they are usually sold without being wired up.

The good thing however is we get to choose the type of jacks we want to go with the cables and the amount of length we want. In this case for my cables, I chosen Neutrik plugs which I've always gotten good results with.

These cables are also great to be used as pedal connectors. For Singapore readers, Beez is the guy, located at Roxy Square II to look for who custom make these cables.

Noisy Cables?

Today, I plug in Benihanahime for a short practice and I noticed that there is this irritating hissing noise coming out of my amplifier after turning the gain knob to full (I usually play with full gain). Knowing for a fact that my amp is grounded with all my electronic parts in my guitar well wired, there is no way that it can be noisy. After going through a series of checks, I narrowed down the problem to the cable.

We often try to get the minimum best in our quest for our tone but due to my laziness, I just plugged in the nearest cable to me, which was the planet waves classic series cable. After changing the cables (to Canares cables with Neutrick plugs), the hissing immediately disappears.

Sometimes, the smallest things might be the weakest link to the destruction of your tone.