How old is your oldest lead?

[Marvin]

Did a gig on Saturday and the guitarist frowned when, after asking where I got such a shocking blue lead, I told him I bought it 20 years ago in a local music shop.

Works perfectly.

Anyone else got old leads?

[franzbassist]

Spectraflex, classic tweed braided style, bought in the Bass Centre about 1990 IIRC. The band call it "old faithful".

[razze06]

The red lead I use for home practice is at least 13 years old, works just fine.

[BB3000S]

Have been using the same RAT cable since 1987, but just the other week had to retire it. It will be sorely missed.

[NJE]

Not quite as old as yours but I have three leads (blue, red and green) that my dad made from neutriks and klotz cable about 10 years ago. Incredible leads and have outlasted all the other leads I have bought over the years and far better than the absolute sh**e that Planet Waves produce.

When these eventually die they will be replaced with obbm cables, because they are the dogs doo-dahs.

[neepheid]

I still have the first lead I ever bought - a Proel cable with Neutrik ends from 1996, so 15 years old. Still going strong.

[Bilbo]

My dog has a lead that is nine years old. Does that count?

[chris_b]

Whirlwind from the late 80's. Still used every week.

[Marvin]

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1325813' date='Aug 3 2011, 04:10 PM']My dog has a lead that is nine years old. Does that count?[/quote]
Maybe, if I'd asked the question in off topic

[BigRedX]

I have Bill Lawrence lead from 1979 that I bought for my first solid electric guitar. It hasn't been used for some time but it's still in my box of working leads.

[bigjohn]

[quote name='chris_b' post='1325816' date='Aug 3 2011, 04:13 PM']Whirlwind from the late 80's. Still used every week.[/quote]

I too have a 1908's whirlwind. Lovely it is.

Not a crackle, despite being used, abused and being my only lead for years.

[Al Heeley]

I have one dating back to my student band from the mid 80's, a big thick coil jobby but its a bit buzzy now.

[skankdelvar]

Coily black cable of coiliness from about 1976. Unsupported black plastic 'screw-fit' jack covers at each end; 3/4 inch coil diameter; rare white > ground factory mod.

I don't take it to gigs these days - too many numpties come up to me afterwards and ask if they can have a look at it. I always tell them "Only if you give me £500 deposit and let me shag your Missus."

Edited August 3, 2011 by skankdelvar

[neepheid]

[quote name='bigjohn' post='1325819' date='Aug 3 2011, 04:15 PM']I too have a [b]1908[/b]'s whirlwind. Lovely it is.

Not a crackle, despite being used, abused and being my only lead for years.[/quote]

I think we have a winner

[geoffbyrne]

I have a couple of curly leads I bought in the 70's but don't ask me which year. Stll use them.

G.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1325827' date='Aug 3 2011, 04:23 PM']Coily black cable of coiliness from about 1976. Unsupported black plastic 'screw-fit' jack covers at each end; 3/4 inch coil diameter; rare white > ground factory mod.

I don't take it to gigs these days - too many numpties come up to me afterwards and ask if they can have a look at it. I always tell them "Only if you give me £500 deposit and let me shag your Missus."[/quote]
Sounds like it's been modded to me. Surely it should have a flat metal right-angle jack at one end?

[Commando Jack]

Parents bought me a microphone and xlr lead for recording when I was 16/17 (about 10 years old then). I still use the lead for live gigs, although I've no idea what model etc it is. It still has the blue insulating tape that I put on it when I took it to play with my first band.

[Bottle]

Crikey, most of my usable instrument leads are probably five years old, XLR's probably a smidge older maybe, and some mains leads are close to ten years old. Might be a few patch leads that could lay claim to be the oldest, I've got a couple of R/A pedal jack cables that could be fifteen or sixteen years old (had them pre-university days so < 1995 then)

HTH,
Ian

[Grand Wazoo]

I've got some rack patch leads dating 1980 and they still work.

[Lozz196]

Out of the ones I use, an OBBM lead I bought last year.

Got a couple of Planet Waves leads, that are my reserves, that are about 7 years old.

[Dad3353]

[quote name='Marvin' post='1325779' date='Aug 3 2011, 04:47 PM']Anyone else got old leads?[/quote]
Bucketfuls. Do they work..? No. (perhaps I'm an odd person..?)

[pqs]

My "lead" guitarist is 68

[clarkpegasus4001]

2 leads about 2 years old, both Planet Waves, no problems with them.

[bartelby]

I've got a glow in the dark lead that I bought 16 years ago and it's not failed me yet...

[Matt P]

late 90's for me, bought a few Klotz leads from sound control in about 97, at least one of them is still working, although i bought a whirlwind in about 98 thats my absolute banker, it's just bombproof, it's a bit long (20ft i think) but i know that if every other lead fails, that one won't let me down, best 18 quid i ever spent all i've ever done was put a name label on it.

Matt