Spectraflex Fatso Flex Right Angle Instrument Cable, 18 Foot, Red

Fatso Flex cables are excellent. I own several, and am very happy with all of them. In particular, the larger diameter of the cable really helps to safely and easily coil and store them when not in use.Additionally, I had questions about the particular shipment that I had received, and I must say that the customer service exchanges that I have had with Spectraflex set them in a class all of their own. Truly a superb customer service experience with a company that obviously cares a great deal about the quality of their product and the satisfaction of their customers.

This is one great looking cable. I purchased this cable December 2010 and it is still working well and stilllooks good. And as Fernando Lamas says, "it is better to look good than to feel good". Well, not when itcomes to cables.This cable is 20 AWG, with an "Ultra-Pure Copper Center Conductor" and 100% copper and conductivepolymer shield. You want a good shield if you are going to be playing loud. Helps keep those ugly micro-phonics away and you want that big time.The capacitance of this cable according to the manufacturer is 39 pF/ft. This is the one spec you wantto pay attention to when buying instrument cables. The lower the number, the least resistance whichresults in a higher performing cable.Out of this cable expect a more corpulent sound and beefy output. It seems the lows and mids are hugeand the highs are very nice indeed. This seems to be a very nicely balanced cable for the money.This cable comes in other colors in the braided cover style. They look terrific but I find this "Fatso" muchharder to coil than the thinner Spectraflex 'Vintage' this company makes. The bulkiness of this cabledoesn't seem to lend itself to easy coiling. It also seems to become twisted a lot easier and thus harderto straighten out and coil for storage. The easiest of my cables to coil, by the way, is the Lava Cable,"Magma", which only has a black rubber jacket and is a dream to coil. If I were to need more cable, quitehonestly I would buy the Lava. Pretty doesn't count for much with me.I gave this cable 4 stars because of its very good sound, is well constructed, has excellent shrunk rubbercovering the plugs, looks darn marvelous, and has about average specs for the money. Yet, difficulty incoiling for storage makes it a bit of a pain in the arse to deal with on a nightly basis.If you want a beautiful, well made cable that you don't have to put away every day buy this one.

Got FATSO a few hours ago.. 1st impressions was louder, high freq's a little brittle and NO noise. If you look up "Best guitar cable" most likely I own most all somewhere's in the top 10. My Amp is a low powered class A. Not alot in the path of the signal. Guitar is a Casino Coupe ( great guitar for blues..thats all I play) Amp is Kustom Defender head in the 4 watt position to an 18 ohms Eminence LADY LUCK.speaker. The Fatso being noiseless is a big deal for me, I busk with demo's and early post war electric tunes. I bought 2 electric strips that is a regulated power going to whats plugged it . (it really made a difference in many ways.. its a good purchase,) but in any event The Fatso eliminated the pain in the butt "noise" .. Also louder then Mogami but not as transparent. I've tried all my cables against the Fatso (15 feet). I have ear fatigue now and decided to stop and give my ears a rest for awhile, But with all that said one thing I do know for sure..They sure are better then the run of the mill cables.. no contest .. I've cut into some with the idea of making short patch chords and found there's not much braid and very thin center lead..not worth it.. I will add some more info as the "break in"?) Good looking cable if you care.. very bluesy... and manageable...

This is my first fatso-flex cable. I think I've had Spectraflex cables before, and they've been fine, but I've owned, lost, lent, etc. so many over the years I can't recall. The look and feel of this cable is excellent. Seems very solid, but it's always difficult to tell with cables. I like the flexibility much better than my Monster cable, which is much stiffer and tends to want to coil back onto itself. The fatso is nice and flexible, and it looks fantastic. It sounds fine, no issues. I'm not one of those who believes all the snakeoil about high-end cables being necessary. Get something decent that isn't noisy, and the tone comes from you and your equipment. No issues in that regard with the fatso.One last thing - you've gotta love Amazon. I got a 10' red and a 14' violet for ~$15 each, while other colors in the same lengths were twice the price or more. So, I wasn't choosey about the colors I got. THey look great, though. Oh, and one thing I'm a bit iffy about is Spectraflex's lifetime warranty. The fine print requires a sales receipt (BS IMO) and says something to the affect of "we will decide if we will replace it". So, way what you will about Monster, but they'll replace anything with no receipt, which is more reasonable, I think. But I'll worry about that when it's time to worry about it, but it's worth considering, as the return process might not be exactly hassle-free.

Un cable de la mejor calidad que he probado

Desde hace algunos años había leído sobre la marca y tenía curiosidad de probar sus cables pero siempre pensé que eran caros hasta que me anime a comprarlo ya que tenía un buen descuento. Primero que nada quede impresionado del grosor del cable, el recubrimiento es mucho mayor que en la mayoría de las marcas, el nylon es de muy buena calidad y los conectores son bastante robustos. Pero la prueba real fue al conectarlo, el sonido de mi guitarra conectada a mi amplificador mejoró notablemente. El blindaje ayuda a reducir el ruido y no hay scratches al mover el cable. En mi apreciación hay una subida en los medios y bajos y una pequeña mejora en los armónicos. Desgraciadamente no puedo emitir un juicio comparado con otros cables de gama alta, pero si lo comparas con los cables estándar son muy buenos. Recientemente reemplace todos mis cables (Peavey, Fender California y Kirlin Premium) por Spectraflex y me encuentro muy satisfecho con el sonido.