Corkscrew thinking: I read somewhere on a forum that there is a theory out there that a large part of Jimi Hendrix's guitar tone wasn't just down to his fingers, guitar choices, effects, strings, speakers or amplification. It was because he used curly leads. In a strange way I like the madness or just plain attention seeking that's clearly embedded in this piece of thinking.
The output signal is spinning round and round in those tightly wound cable curls and Pow! You suddenly get some really wild guitar sounds as a result. Like there's powerful fluid dynamics in action but without the fluid, just an audio signal. Hmm.
In other news it's also pretty obvious, from live footage, that Hendrix didn't use curly leads all that much or at least not consistently. I'm sure the extensive research on this is forging ahead to some delusional conclusion of sorts. Audiophiles please take note ... of nothing much.
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