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Introducing the ZEROCAPTM Ultra Low Capacitance Guitar Cable
Available in 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, and 50 foot lengths!
The ZEROCAP ultra low capacitance cable lets you hear all the frequencies being produced by your guitar. Cable capacitance kills the high frequencies from your pickups, resulting in a muddy sound. The ZEROCAP cable makes your guitar think it is driving about one foot of cable, and the sound opens up in an amazing way. The ZEROCAP consists of quality custom manufactured guitar cable and fully shielded metal plugs, plus special interface electronics housed in a tiny enclosure toward one end of the cable. Connect the ZEROCAP cable between your guitar and amp, turn it on, and you are ready to rock! It's battery powered so there are no power supplies to plug in. What does the ZEROCAP cable do?
With the ZEROCAP cable, the guitar's sound is brighter and flatter. You hear the actual pickup sound, unfiltered by the cable, and you get more of the good sound that has been eaten by cable capacitance until now. ZEROCAP cables sound the same regardless of length? Yes. There is no passive 'premium' cable that can make that claim. Say you buy a 10 foot 'premium' cable for club use, and a 20 foot cable of the same brand for large stage use. The longer cable will have double the cable capacitance and will further murder your tone. All ZEROCAP cables have the same sound, regardless of length, as if they were not there! What about all the other cables in my rig? If you have a pedalboard with cables connecting your pedals, make sure they are as short as possible. There are stomp box connection cables that are only inches long, or less. These have very low capacitance. Understand that stomp boxes all have capacitance as well, so don't insert any more effects than you need in the signal path. And when a stomp box is switched out using "true bypass," the capacitance of the cable and box next in line adds to all the capacitance before it. (This is a disadvantage of true bypass pedals!) So use the shortest cables possible. You can purchase a short ZEROCAP cable to connect your pedalboard to your amplifier. Here's a diagram to help you decide where to use ZEROCAP cables. Basically, any cable after a buffered or powered pedal can be a less expensive plain cable. But the ZEROCAP sounds different. Yes, it does! The more even sound and lack of artificial midrange boost means you may have to adjust your amplifier's tone controls. When you want that extra high end, it's there for you, open and not nasal. Think of it: You have been playing through 500 picofarads of choking cable capacitance since you were a kid. Not any more! You'll notice that the volume control no longer kills the high frequencies in your guitar's tone. Previously, the resistance of the volume control conspired with the cable capacitance to ruin your tone at lower volumes. Since the cable capacitance is now gone, that does not happen and your guitar shimmers as much on 5 as it does on 10. SOUND CLIPS: Compare popular cables to the ZEROCAP in our TONE SHOOTOUT! To understand how cable capacitance affects tone, read our article. NEW! Also check out The Guitar Pickup Tone Database, where you can compare pickup responses directly, and listen to sound clips. But I like the high capacitance muffled tone on some songs. Use the tone control on your guitar to get that sound. Without all that extra capacitance in the cable, the tone control will have a much wider ranging effect on your sound. Most guitarists leave the tone control on 10 because the cable is already killing their tone. Now the tone control actually has a function in life! The ZEROCAP cable is designed for passive guitars without active electronics. You can use it with active instruments, but you will not notice as much difference. It sounds best with single coil pickups which are most susceptible to high frequency rolloff from cable capacitance, but works fine with humbuckers as well. We test every cable with a guitar and amp, and we don't get a lot else done during the day as a result! Why don't you use molded plastic connectors? We use standard machined brass phone plugs because they are made of metal, fully sheilded, and are reliable and serviceable. What happens when your plastic molded plug cable fails? You chop off the plastic part and have your guitar tech install metal plugs! Why not use the best to begin with? How does the cable feel? We use low noise flexible cable made for this application in the USA. The cable is 0.275 inches in diameter and is flexible. ZEROCAP Device Specifications
Where can I get technical support? If you need help using the ZEROCAP cable, please see our contact page. You may call or email. Our goal is to help you get maximum value out of the ZEROCAP cable, so please call or write if you have a question or problem. Technical support is FREE. I want one now! The ZEROCAP cable is for sale now, priced depending on length, plus Virginia sales tax (where applicable) & shipping, and includes the cable, a user manual, battery, and free support. We will accept your money order or check -- please contact us. Due to governmental regulations, this product is available only in the US and Canada! The ZEROCAP cable is also for sale using our secure PayPal shopping cart:
There is a 30-day money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied for any reason in the first 30-days after purchase, you may return the product for a full refund. |
