As I've only recently moved into amp heads (having been a combo guy for 35 years), I bought a couple of 3' 16-ga Live Wire cables from MF for $10 each. The quality is great, & I recommend 'em, but they're boring black.
I just now find that GFS has half-decent cables. Their speaker cables are only 16 ga, only 3-, 6-, 10-foot -- $6, $7, $10.
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Hea...16-Gauge-Wire_c_243.htmlFrom MF, a Rapco 16 ga 6 is $10, no 3-foot, & length skips right from 6' to 20'.
While the MF house brand (Musician's Gear) has lower prices than the GFS cables, the latter have a nifty semitransparent-red PVC jacket, as well as black strain reliefs at the jacks. (The MG cables are just black neoprene without reliefs. Other shortcomings: only available in 3-, 6-, 25-, & 50-foot lengths.)
If GFS put out speaker cables in 14 gauge, or even 12, I'd be truly excited. Moreso if they would take the front & offer 2' or even 1.5' as I tend to leave the head sitting atop the cab. Yet-better if they'd offer cables with one or two right-hand plugs. And the three lengths won't get a whole lot of trade from people who need to run PA speakers.
But even as-is, I think I'll be upgrading to GFS.
(Don't even get me started on their boutique-grade or kit high-grade solderless instrument cables -- whoa, Nelly.
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