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Speaker cable as instrument cable

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#1 ·
I realise you're not supposed to do it the other way around because of the shielding and melting and blowing up and over heating and what-not.
But is it safe to use speaker cable as instrument cable?

At the moment I don't have enough instrument cable to keep my bass plugged in all the time without having to unplug my guitar from the pedal chain. But I've got some spare speaker cable.

I think it would just be a buzzy cable because it doesn't have any shielding but is it safe?
 
#4 ·
Okay. Thanks guys. Tried it out and I think you're right, it is TOO buzzy. I'll just buy some more instrument cable.

Just checking just in case.

But this is actually a good way of identifying unmarked cables. Use the cable as instrument cable and see it buzzes.

Cheers, Foo
 
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