FAQs

Q: Why don't you use jacks that twist and lock the cable in place to keep it from being pulled out of the plug?
A: First off, when was the last time you broke a cable by pulling the cable out of a jack? Never, right? A DVCC cable is solidly soldered to the plug innards, to use technical speak. There's no way you're gonna pull that sucker free unless you tie the plug to a phone pole; tie the wire to a car bumper; and then then drive off in the car.

I won't go so far as to say that locking plugs are a gimmick, but they have a problem. The locking design causes wire inside the cable to fail, right at the locking nut. The part of the jack that grips the wire limits wire bending to only 1/16" of cable. In a G & H jack, the bending is spread over a wider area, say a couple inches. If locking plugs were better than G & H plugs, we'd offer them instead.

Q: Why don't you use silver wire?
A: Price wise, guitar cables with silver wire are out of the reach of most musicians. DVCC made some silver-wire cables, but they didn't sell. They cost too much, customers told us, and — frankly — no one (myself included) could hear the difference between the silver-wire cables and the copper-based cables for sale here. (DON'T write us 8,000 e-mails saying that I must be deaf not to hear the difference. Maybe you can. I can't.)

Q: Why no cloth covered cables?
A: Our cables last next to forever. Fabric doesn't. It frays. Eventually it makes the cable look like a dust kitty sausage. People would laugh you off the stage if you plugged that thing into your guitar.

Further, let's face it, guitar cables spend most of their time on the floor, the same floor that people are walking on after leaving the restroom. And you know what's on the floor of a restroom.

You can wipe down a cable if it's covered with synth rubber or even vinyl, but you can't clean fabric covering a guitar cable. That means, you are essentially rubbing your hands on the floor of a restroom every time you coil up that vintage cloth-covered cable. Nice, huh?

What's more, what happens when you rub fabric on plastic? You get static electricity. You wanna tell me what nut job puts a static electricity generator on his guitar cable?

Q: Do you offer quantity discounts or other savings to your loyal customers.
A: Yes, the best place to find current specials and earth-shattering discounts is here. But if you go to that page, you will miss out on all these incredibly interesting questions and answers .... So don't forget to come back here.

Q: Your address is in Fountain Valley, right next to Surf City, USA. What's the deal with the Death Valley name? Are you some kind of poser dude? Your factory ain 't even close to Death Valley.
A: Good question. Much of our time is spent in a tiny town called Darwin, in the mountains above Death Valley, Calif. When we're there, Death Valley Cables are made in Death Valley, well, in the mountains above Death Valley. In a few years, the company and us will be moving there permanently.