I always suggest copper tubing but then I'm still using steam power.
Lavaman. Army veteran who makes milspec guitar cables.
I don’t know where “planet waves” cables are made but they are great.
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 ,,, The Grateful Dead played for years attempting to get some “better” sound out of ultra-low impedance stage circuitry and guitar pickups and it never made an ounce of difference. I would put the highest importance on reliability , strength and price ,, I would think that cables would be abused and having them fail from being yanked/pulled , caught on things ... and having them inexpensive enough to have multiple backups ... would be most important.
I’m not crazy about Monster products. Good adverti$ing though$
I use Bill Lawrence for guitars and pedal steel. Love them! They sound great.
http://www.billlawrence.com/Pages/Connector_Cable.htm
Don't know where they're made.......
Mogami cable and Neutrik ends. Buy bulkand make your own. Monster cables are garbage. Dont believe the hype about the oxygen free cable. What is exposed tooxygen when they solder it to the jack? That end of the cable is.still exposed. Never could get a Monster rep to answer that one. Monster also uses a proprietary jack. It is slightly oversized from a standard 1/4” jack. They did this so they would not have to pay Switchcraft royalties for using a true 1/4” jack. This doesnt make much of a difference short term, but over time it will widen the plugs of all your equipment, making loose connections if you dont have your Monster cable. The Neutrik NP2 and Mogami w2524 is what I suggest, been using this combination years with no problems.
I have a monster cable for my basses. The plug is ever so slightly larger than the rest of my cables and it can be difficult to pull out sometimes.
Meanwhile, I tend to make my own cables nowadays, often from broken cables at Guitar Center.
Ping for recommendations
I prefer the Lee Oskar harmonica over the Hohner.
Of course, none of this matters if you aren’t master of your instrument...
I have several switch-type planet wave cables that failed on me. i have never tried to collect on the lifetime warranty but it is a pain to do that, so the cables just sit around while some older non-name brand usa cables still work.
If you can find one... Elixir cables. Little to no capacitance loss over any length of cable. Proprietary cable that is patented. No metal core. W.L. Gore company pulled out of this market (they should have priced competetively).
Short story is that their biggest revenue from this type of cable is from top-secret application in submarines and other mil-spec applications. The signal on the line is not detectible so one is given to understand.
Elixir still makes coated strings, again the best and patented.
The line loss data on these cables is astonishing. You could use a 30 ft. cable and it would be like having only 2 feet of conventional cable for the line loss.
I always suggest copper tubing but then I'm still using steam power.