mr dave

good call on the scrubby pads (not sure what the real name is but i'm sure i know what you're talking about).

as for cable you can buy shielded instrument cables but they're normally about double the price of a standard line. you'd also have to replace you're whole signal chain to really make it worthwhile. unfortunately Monster pretty much dominates that market and in turn just marks up the price of their goods rather than actually increasing the quality of what they were when they started out. they're not bad cables and definitely deserve their reputation, but you also used to be able to get a foot for just over a $1.

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