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SPECIALTY ITEMS & ACCESSORIES

M.I.T. RIPCORD BASS CABLES -  Possibly the best bass cable ever made and certainly one of the most unusual.  They were frightfully expensive but now are discontinued and Music Interface Technologies is selling off their inventory at a more modest price.   I use and recommend these cables, especially for passive pickups as that is where they show the most improvement in tone.  Frightening clarity that beats any cable I've ever used including Monster Bass cables, Mogami or Canare.  Get them while you still can since M.I.T. got out of the instrument cable business to concentrate on recording studio and high end audiophile wiring.  Skywalker Ranch is wired with M.I.T. audio cables for example.  (If you think these bass cables are expensive, check out their audiophile speaker cables.  This is patented proprietary technology that nobody else ever will have.  If you play a passive bass, this is the single biggest improvement you can make!)    

Bayou Audio Cables - Butch Ammons builds all types of instrument cables, microphone cables, bridging speaker cables, RCA patch cables, Alembic Series cables and other specialty cables PRECISELY to your order using only the finest components available.   Reasonable prices and recommended, but keep in mind that every order is a custom order and Butch builds and tests everything himself.  A few people recently have reported extended delivery times due to increasing order volume.  From time to time Butch suspends taking custom orders and only sells stock cables while he catches up on custom orders. 

Stompin' Ground - Professional custom designed pedal board cases and pedal cables.  Their standard length pedal cables are first rate at a very good price.  I use their cables in my amp rack. 

Lava Cable - High quality cable system for pedalboards, plus you can select your custom cable from a huge selection of the very best names including the ultra high end Zaolla cable that is being used by more and more recording bassists.

Pro Cables & Sound - Custom quality cables with a fast turnaround.  You can select what brand cable, what color cable and what connectors are used!  You can even specify the color of the shrink wrap! 

Italia Straps - Best bass strap I've ever used!  I own three of their 4 inchers.  I strongly recommend their straps.  Classy, practical and guaranteed forever!

Longhorn Leathers - Custom straps since 1993.  Really nice.

Guit Strapped - Each strap is a one-of-a-kind custom work of art.

Tuki Covers - Enough protection for anything short of a real tour.  Very cool product made in Charleston, SC USA!  The best slip covers bar none.  Excellent to protect against minor bumps.  A thick foamy cover that I've use on larger combos such as the Ampeg 200R.  Really responsive company and they are in my old hometown!  Go Bulldogs and go Cougars!

B S Covers - Conventional looking slip covers for amps & cabs made of an unconventional material that is far more durable than the overpriced plastic covers the mainline amp makers sell for about the same cost.    It is more like a GIG BAG cover for your amp than the thin vinyl amp covers you are accustomed to.  A huge selection at a reasonable price and they combine shipping!   On October 1, 2009 I ordered one for my tiny Line 6 Studio 110 rehearsal  amp and one for my son the 6 string player to use on his Vox guitar amp which often rides in the back of an open pickup truck.   The two covers arrived October 23rd one day ahead of my son's birthday.  Very good covers embroidered tastefully with the amp model it fits, which is handy when two or more amp covers are tossed in the same corner at rehearsal.  While in no regard a road case, they will protect against the elements and minor bumps between your car and the gig, or from dust at home during "rest" periods and they won't crack up in super cold weather like factory original covers do either.  They deliver very good custom made covers for cheap.   And you should anticipate a minimum three week wait, after all these covers are custom made to order.  They sell covers on eBay too, but if ordering more than one you'll save money with the combined shipping deal on orders placed through their website.  Just don't be in a big hurry and you'll get a really decent amp cover.