Originally Posted by: Dr_simonI was directed to this article by some people at the line6 forum and Id love to know what you think ?

http://terrydownsmusic.com/technotes/guitarcables/guitarcables.htm

Is this true or cork-sniffing horse-poop !

The link is broken, but I am guessing it compares sound with different cable loadings. Rather than buying an expensive cable, a great way to avoid tone loss is to use an active preamp at your guitar output. The preamp has much lower output impedance than your pickups, and can drive the cable capacitance without noticeable loss. That removes shielding, capacitance, and cable microphonics as issues for your tone.

Here's one that you can make with a single FET that sounds great and is easy on batteries. There are others that go into your guitar, or on your strap.

See also Pete Cornish's post on The Case Against True Bypass