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Save on Sidewinder Black Snake Head Cables

We are offering a limited run of our Sidewinder Black! This is a great looking weave with black and tan elements. These also come with super limited black shrink tubes with gold ink! Very cool.

"Snake Head" as we like to call them is a cable with the weaving stopping short on the instrument side of the cable. This leaves a portion of raw cable touching your finish. Perfect when running a cable between the strap and instrument body.

We will be offering this for a limited time or until we run out of weave.

Conductor/Shield 99.95% OFBC. Capacitance at 20-25pF/ft. Braided copper shield (95% coverage). 20AWG conductor. Cable milled in the United States.

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  • Conductor/Shield 99.95% OFBC
  • Capacitance at 20-25pF/ft @ 15'
  • Braided OFBC copper shield (95% coverage)
  • 20AWG stranded OFBC conductor
  • 1/4" Neutrik NP2X Plugs
  • Cable milled in the United States
  • Cable hand-assembled in Missoula, Montana
  • SKU: SKU-B6D3D14B

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A Snake Head is a cable that has the outer weaving stop short on the instrument side of the cable. This is a cosmetic feature, especially nice if you have vintage or sensitive finishes and you're concerned about the weaving causing wear on the instrument if you run the cable between the strap and instrument body.
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No, our cables are not directional. If you're purchasing a Snake Head, the Snake Head portion should be on the instrument side, but that only is cosmetic. The cable will work fine if plugged in any direction.
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The Snake Head is only needed if you're concerned about finish wear if you have vintage or sensitive finishes like thin nitro, etc. If you don't care (or even want the wear) a Standard is great for the primary instrument cable. If this cable is going from pedalboard to amp, then it should be a Standard to ensure maximum protection of the cable.
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A silent plug is not necessarily an "upgrade". Typically, a silent plug is for acoustic players who do not have the ability to mute their signal and would unplug their instrument. If you're an electric player with a Tuner or Volume pedal, then you don't really need a silent plug. Silent plugs are great, but they do provide another potential point of failure - so I always recommend, if you don't need the feature, purchase a standard plug.
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Some of our customers swear by gold contacts. Some of our customers can't hear a difference. Gold does provide a better contact surface, but the signal improvement may be hard to notice. Some of our customers (including myself) just like the cosmetic look of the black shells with gold contacts. If you're in a humid climate and deal with corrosion, gold might be better for you as well.
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When people read that, the first assumption is that the copper is somehow 'air tight'. Nope. OFBC is part of the smelting process where the oxygen molecules are smelted out or removed to a point where it's below .001%. This makes a very pure copper allowing for great conductivity.
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We have a variety of wire mills that we work with. All of the wire mills we work with our in the United States. We take extreme pride that our cable is milled in the United States and hand assembled here in Missoula, Montana.
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The weave is a poly-weave, meaning it's a plastic polymer-based weave. We use a variety of brands, but primarily TechFlex. It's designed to be heat and abrasion resistant. It is not a cloth/fabric weave, which tends to fray and stain easily.

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Alan Scharrer
Alan Scharrer
1/19/2021
Fantastic customer service with the highest quality cable that truly improve the musical sounds. Will not buy any other cable.
Thomas Meacham
Thomas Meacham
5/5/2022
My entire experience with Rattlesnake Cable Company has been the best example of customer service. I was sent a video thanking me for the purchase, notified when production began and also when the cable shipped. I purchased a 20' blue Snakehead cable. The quality of the build is apparent and the... Read
Alejandro Campos
Alejandro Campos
8/31/2020
Best cables in the world, I love everything about it, design, looks, craftsmanship, logo, and Hank is one of the best cable owner/sales person around, I have 2 guitar cables and 2 speaker cables, they have almost two years working perfectly, right now I'm saving to get a couple more to be sent to... Read
Alan Scharrer
Alan Scharrer
1/19/2021
Fantastic customer service with the highest quality cable that truly improve the musical sounds. Will not buy any other cable.
Thomas Meacham
Thomas Meacham
5/5/2022
My entire experience with Rattlesnake Cable Company has been the best example of customer service. I was sent a video thanking me for the purchase, notified when production began and also when the cable shipped. I purchased a 20' blue Snakehead cable. The quality of the build is apparent and the sound is clear and noiseless. I highly recommend buying from them and will be telling my friends about them as well.
Alejandro Campos
Alejandro Campos
8/31/2020
Best cables in the world, I love everything about it, design, looks, craftsmanship, logo, and Hank is one of the best cable owner/sales person around, I have 2 guitar cables and 2 speaker cables, they have almost two years working perfectly, right now I'm saving to get a couple more to be sent to Mexico.

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