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Simplex09
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Oh wow honestly I didn't think about just cutting off the wrapping and re-soldering it. I'm going to try that with one of the cables thanks for the tip!! I actually had a cable that couldn't be unscrewed so I know you can also just cut off the connector and just strip the wires and re-solder to a male end you buy on amazon. But thanks for the tip I'm going to try it I didn't think resoldering it would work.Actually, the OP is obviously trying to get Kurt Cobain's tone, which was on the thin side. He's not trying to get a Grant Green or Wes Montgomery jazz sound, or a Jimmy Page, Carlos Santana or Duane Allman rock sound. His last post with the straight in recording isn't too far off the mark of Cobain's clean tone. A touch more bass might get there. Obviously the one thing that he's missing is Krist Novoselic's bass and Dave Grohl's thundering drums. They provide the bottom that Kurt didn't have.
He still needs to work on setting his DS-1. It's just "fingernails on the chalkboard" irritating, and sounds nothing like Kurt's distorted sound. Cobain also used several different distortion pedals over his career. A different pedal might be the quicker way to get to his goal. He didn't use the same gear over the years.
Changing a tube, or a new cable isn't going to do diddly. I have guitar cables that are over a dozen years old. As long as the solder joints are ok, they fine. If they start to cut out, I get the soldering iron out and fix it. My main cable is one built by a friend with a Neutrik Silent Tip plug on one end. He was selling cables many years ago as a hobby. It doesn't sound any different, but it doesn't go BUZZZZ when you try to plug it in.