Guitar Cables

American Musical Supply is your stop for the best instrument cables in the business! Your instrument needs to sound its best and sound consistent when you plug in, so don't settle for no-names from unreliable third parties. 1/4 inch TS (tip-sleeve) instrument cables are absolute necessities for any musician or live sound technician. Make sure you have plenty of them on hand - American Musical Supply is stocked with sturdy, reliable 1/4 inch instrument cables of different lengths and designs (standard, braided, coiled) ranging up to 25 feet long. This includes guitar cables, bass cables, and cables that can be used with keyboards, synths, drum machines, samplers, and other audio hardware. We also carry a wide variety of small patch cables (from six inches to two feet long) for connecting and chaining your effects pedals - flat, low-profile, and right-angle configurations are all available!

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  1. PRS Classic Instrument Cable Straight to Straight
    PRS Classic Instrument Cable Straight to Straight
    Featuring straight ends, the PRS Classic Series instrument cables feature carefully tuned capacitance, designed specifically for excellent signal clarity. The cables’ spiral-shielding provides flexibility and...
    $19.99 - $27.99

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  2. Pig Hog PHLSK1CA Lil Pigs Low Profile Patch Cables
    Pig Hog PHLSK1CA Lil Pigs Low Profile Patch Cables
    Pig Hog cables are precisely overbuilt to stand up to the most grueling tour conditions imaginable and are designed to provide the highest quality performance with outstanding value. Pig Hog understands your cables...
    $17.95

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  3. On Stage Pancake Patch Cable
    On Stage Pancake Patch Cable
    Keep pedals connected, not crowded. On Stage Patch Cable with Pancake-Style Connectors features low-profile right-angle connectors that save valuable space on pedalboards. To accommodate a wide range of pedal...
    $7.95 - $15.95

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  4. Gator Cableworks Headliner Patch Cable
    Gator Cableworks Headliner Patch Cable
    Gator Cableworks Headliner Patch Cable 6" Right Angle to Right Angle Gator Cableworks Headliner Patch Cable Features: 6 Inch RA to RA Instrument/Patch Cable 1/4-inch Right Angle to 1/4-inch Right Angle      ...
    $19.99

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  5. CBI BR10 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable One Angled End
    CBI BR10 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable One Angled End
    The best-valued overbraid instrument cable available, designed by CBI for American Musical Supply and made in the USA. The braided nylon cloth provides flexibility with no fray weaving, proven to be very durable....
    $20.99

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  6. RapcoHorizon RoadHOG Guitar Instrument Cable
    RapcoHorizon RoadHOG Guitar Instrument Cable
    Use the best, buy RoadHOG guitar cables from RapcoHorizon. Your cable is the most important piece of your signal chain. Maintain your high sound quality with these cables which are Road Ready and Tour Tough. This...
    $14.09 - $25.99

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  7. CBI BR03 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable with One Angled End
    CBI BR03 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable with One Angled End
    This is the best-valued overbraid instrument cable available, designed by CBI for American Musical Supply and made in the USA. The braided nylon cloth provides flexibility with no fray weaving, proven to be very...
    $17.99

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  8. CBI BR10 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable
    CBI BR10 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable
    CBI not only provides heat shrink over the nickel 1/4 inch barrel but under as well, ensuring maximum strength for years of satisfaction.This is the best-valued overbraid instrument cable available, designed by CBI...
    $18.99
  9. CBI BR15 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable
    CBI BR15 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable
    This is the best-valued overbraid instrument cable available, designed by CBI for American Musical Supply and made in the USA. The braided nylon cloth provides flexibility with no fray weaving, proven to be very...
    $24.99
  10. CBI BR15 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable One Angled End
    CBI BR15 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable One Angled End
    This is the best-valued overbraid instrument cable available, designed by CBI for American Musical Supply and made in the USA. The braided nylon cloth provides flexibility with no fray weaving, proven to be very...
    $21.99

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  11. CBI BR20 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable One Right Angled End
    CBI BR20 Braided Guitar Instrument Cable One Right Angled End
    This is the best-valued overbraid instrument cable available, designed by CBI for American Musical Supply and made in the USA. The braided nylon cloth provides flexibility with no fray weaving, proven to be very...
    $29.99

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  12. CBI GR Gold Rush Guitar Instrument Cable
    CBI GR Gold Rush Guitar Instrument Cable
    CBI Gold Rush guitar cables are Gibson Custom Shop's guitar cables of choice. Gold Rush cables combine high quality with style and are the highest quality guitar cable you can buy. Gold Rush cables are high...
    $19.99 - $28.99

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  13. D'Addario American Stage Guitar Instrument Cable
    D'Addario American Stage Guitar Instrument Cable
    The Planet Waves American Stage Guitar Instrument Cables are designed to reproduce the natural tones of your instrument with zero interference. Made in the USA with audiophile quality wire, the low 28pF/ft...
    $54.99

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  14. DAddario PW-FPRR-202 Flat Patch Cable 2 Pack
    DAddario PW-FPRR-202 Flat Patch Cable 2 Pack
    D’Addario’s Custom Series Flat Patch Cables optimize pedalboard space by allowing you to place pedals closer together while accurately transferring all the subtle details of your playing. Utilizing the latest in...
    $19.99

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  15. Fishman Cable for BP01 10 ft
    Fishman Cable for BP01 10 ft
    The ACC-BP1-301 is an exact replacement for the 10 foot instrument cable provided with Fishman's BP-100 bass pickup. A shielded 1/4" instrument cable, with one right angle and one straight plug, this lead is...
    $14.95

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  16. Gator Cableworks Headliner Instrument Cable
    Gator Cableworks Headliner Instrument Cable
    Headliner Series 10 Foot Strt to Strt Instrument Cable Gator Cableworks Headliner Instrument Cable Features: 10 Foot Strt to Strt Instrument Cable 1/4-inch Straight to 1/4-inch Straight Ultra Low...
    $48.99

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American Musical Supply is excited to be your stop for 1/4" instrument cables – including guitar cables, bass cables, keyboard cables, and cables that can be used with drum machines, samplers, and other audio hardware. We offer True 0% interest payment plans - applying is easy. Use your own debit or credit card, enjoy fast and free shipping, and add 1/4” instrument cables to your creative setup.

We make buying 1/4" instrument cables quick and easy - in-stock items that are ordered before 5PM will ship out the same day! (see our Shipping Information Page for more details) Do you have questions about 1/4" instrument cables and want to know which items would be best for you? Give us a call at 800-319-9043 - our experts are standing by.

What is an instrument cable? A 1/4 inch instrument cable, also known as a TS (tip-sleeve) cable, is generally used to move unbalanced mono signal. These TS cables are straightforward - having audio signal travel over the positive ‘tip’ (T) with a ground in the ‘sleeve’ (S). However, due to this unbalanced TS design, extra noise and audio inconsistencies may occur over very long cable runs. It helps to keep your TS cables on the shorter end of things while still remaining comfortable and flexible during your performances.

Most commonly, electric guitars, acoustic-electric guitars, electric bass guitars, keyboards, and audio devices use 1/4 inch TS cables to connect to amplifiers. Most keyboards have two 1/4 inch outputs – which means you’ll need a cable for both the ‘left’ and ‘right’ to move signal in stereo. Otherwise you can just connect one cable to the properly marked output and move that signal in mono. In addition to amplifiers, you can also use these cables to connect your instrument directly to an input channel on a mixer or audio interface (many of these devices allow either unbalanced or balanced 1/4 inch connections).

If you’re an instrumentalist looking for an extra layer of stability and flexibility in your signal chain, a direct box changes the signal from unbalanced to balanced, which helps eliminate the noise issue over long distances. There are both active direct boxes (powered) and passive direct boxes (unpowered) that are suited to different applications and connection types. An example of a DI box in action would be connecting your electric guitar cable and its unbalanced guitar signal to a direct box input and then running the now-balanced direct box output to a mixer/house PA system at the back of the performance venue.

Patch cables (sometimes called effects pedal cables) are short 1/4 inch TS cables ranging from six inches to two feet long for chaining your guitar effects or bass guitar effects together. These cables make it incredibly easy to arrange your effects in order on a pedalboard, making setup a breeze. Simply go from your guitar or bass into the input of your first pedal, then go from the output of that pedal into the input of the next pedal. Repeat as needed until you get to your last pedal output, which will now run into your amplifier’s input. For additional information on properly ordering the placement of your pedals in the signal chain, be sure to take a look at the AMS 'Pedal Flow 101' Buyer's Guide.

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