“Not a guitar expert but I can say that in all other areas the fancy high dollar cables are a complete and total waste of money”
Generally agree, but the very cheap guitar cables usually have screw off ends, and those will unscrew themselves and come loose lying on the floor in the middle of the night. I’ve used the cheaper Monster cables and also Planet Wave. The most I’ve paid for a cable was a longer Planet Wave, for $35. Neither the Monster or PW cables have screw off ends and they work fine.
Mogami, are the best cables.