dmccombe7 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 1988. Made it myself from 2 core screened cable with centre cores paralleled. Found that on most occasions the centre core was the area of failure hence parallel core idea. Seems to have worked well and several friends from other bands "borrowed" some of my others so there may be more of them kickinga around. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 [quote name='KingBollock' post='1326552' date='Aug 4 2011, 09:58 AM']I've got a lead I've had for about 23 years. [b]Changed the plugs a few times and the cable a couple of times,[/b] but other than that it's till going strong... I've got a hammer with a similar story...[/quote] Does that mean you have a completely different lead from when you started or did you just renew the lead ends ? This made me laugh a bit but not sure if you were joking or not ? Hope so. If not - sorry !! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4-string-thing Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 [quote name='chris_b' post='1325816' date='Aug 3 2011, 04:13 PM']Whirlwind from the late 80's. Still used every week.[/quote] Whirlwind curly one from the early 80's.... not used much now (well, it's curly, after all) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 The two guitarists I've practised with recently seem to get through leads at a rate of knots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='dmccombe7' post='1326923' date='Aug 4 2011, 01:37 PM'] Does that mean you have a completely different lead from when you started or did you just renew the lead ends ? This made me laugh a bit but not sure if you were joking or not ? Hope so. If not - sorry !! Dave [/quote] It was indeed a joke! I have an aversion to smilies so sometimes it's not always so clear. That's why I included the reference to the Hammer, it's a very old joke based on the same idea. I'm not sure how old my current leads are. I use a couple of coily leads that I've had for something like 10 years I think. They work fine but I am intending to make some new ones with better components soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='KingBollock' post='1328188' date='Aug 5 2011, 03:59 AM']It was indeed a joke! I have an aversion to smilies so sometimes it's not always so clear. That's why I included the reference to the Hammer, it's a very old joke based on the same idea. I'm not sure how old my current leads are. I use a couple of coily leads that I've had for something like 10 years I think. They work fine but I am intending to make some new ones with better components soon.[/quote] Gotcha. Made me laugh a lot anyways. Thanks for that. I'm still laughing even reading it the second time. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='KingBollock' post='1328188' date='Aug 5 2011, 03:59 AM']It was indeed a joke! I have an aversion to smilies so sometimes it's not always so clear. That's why I included the reference to the Hammer, it's a very old joke based on the same idea. I'm not sure how old my current leads are. I use a couple of coily leads that I've had for something like 10 years I think. They work fine but I am intending to make some new ones with better components soon.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) I think my oldest guitar leads are some tiny patch leads which came in a set from thomann some time in 2005. In terms of actual proper long leads I think a 6 metre lead i've got is from 2006. I had to replace one of the plugs on it though. Really everything i bought before then was pretty low quality which is why it didn't last long (that's my excuse anyway). I've got a load of other leads from those 2 years in my box of cables underneath my bed which mostly have missing plugs. Edited August 5, 2011 by EdwardHimself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='bigjohn' post='1328545' date='Aug 5 2011, 12:01 PM'] [/quote] Ha! Never seen that before. I just remember my Dad telling the Hammer version when I was a kid, about 30 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 [quote name='bigjohn' post='1328545' date='Aug 5 2011, 12:01 PM'] [/quote] Says it all. Still brilliant. Thanks for the memory. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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