The difference comes from the capacitance of the cable.
Gold plated guitar cable.
Eric johnson is one of these people.
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Guitar cables only transfer the signals and they are vulnerable to frequencies around.
People who claim to hear a difference think gold is a little brighter and perhaps better for lead guitar.
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From what i ve read he uses nickel for rhythm and gold for lead.
So before investing in an over priced gold plated guitar cable be sure to check other components as gold plating only makes it last longer.
The mogami gold series guitar cable has an ultra high density uhd spiral shield and conductive polymer sub shield to help kill noise and preserve that signal.
Unlike microphones they don t have any noise cancellation features.
Here is my short answer.
While shopping for affordable guitar cables many people focus a good bit on the material used in the plug.
A conductive carbon impregnated pvc layer will stop all the sort of microphonic pop that you can get from handling cheaper guitar cables.
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While it does not make an enormous difference in sound gold resists corrosion.