About This Item
Description
The Forte is designed to create the kind of first-listen realization that a spec sheet alone cannot convey: plug in and the reference sound is simply there, in a cable that is still flexible and road-ready. This listing is the 10 ft (3 m) version with straight to straight plugs.
Choose the right version
This is the 10 ft (3 m) length with straight 1/4" plugs on both ends. Straight plugs suit top-mounted and recessed jacks, amps and pedalboard runs. The Forte is also made in 20 ft and in straight-to-straight, angled-to-straight and angled-to-angled versions.
Why players choose the Forte
Players choose the Forte when they want the transparency of a reference cable without wrestling with a stiff cord. Each strand of its conductors is enamel-coated, so it measures and sounds like a solid-core cable, yet keeps the flexibility and ruggedness of a stranded design. It is transparent and neutrally balanced, so there is no trying to match it to your gear: you simply hear your instrument and amp as they are.
The Forte is more flexible than the solid-core Lyric HG, which is a bit on the stiff side, while keeping a substantial, well-built feel for stage use.
Key features
- Proprietary IGL-ECS copper conductors, separate runs for the positive and negative signal: individual strands are enamel-coated so they behave like solid-core while staying flexible.
- Semi-balanced, low-capacitance geometry for greater dynamics and dimensionality than standard coaxial designs.
- High-density braided shield attached at one end only, on the output side, to bleed interference to ground.
- Carbon-loaded outer jacket against triboelectric (handling) noise.
- 20 AWG conductor size.
- Neutrik 1/4" connectors with high-copper-content brass contacts and nickel plating; a chuck system holds the cable firmly in the plug.
- Directional: every run is tested, and a red boot marks the output end, which goes to the amplifier.
- Made in the USA.
Getting the best from it
- Connect the red-boot end to the amp.
- The cable settles in after about 40 hours of carrying signal, with roughly 80% of the change in the first 10 hours.
Technical specifications
| Brand | Evidence Audio |
|---|---|
| Series | Forte instrument cable |
| Length | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Plugs | 1/4" TS straight to 1/4" TS straight |
| Connectors | Neutrik; high-copper-content brass contacts, nickel-plated |
| Conductor | IGL-ECS enamel-coated stranded copper, 20 AWG |
| Geometry | Semi-balanced, low capacitance |
| Shield | High-density braid, grounded at the output end |
| Jacket | Carbon-loaded extrusion |
| Directionality | Directional (red boot = output, to amp) |
| Made in | USA |
FAQ
How flexible is the Forte? More flexible and easier to handle than the solid-core Lyric HG, thanks to its enamel-coated stranded conductors, while keeping a rugged build.
Which end goes to the amp? The end with the red boot. The cable is directional and each run is tested.
Right-angle or straight? A right-angle plug at the guitar keeps the cable close to the body and suits side- or front-mounted jacks; straight plugs suit top-mounted and recessed jacks and pedalboard runs.
Do I need to match it to my gear? No. The Forte is transparent and neutrally balanced, so there is no trying to match it: you simply hear your instrument and amp as they are.
Does it need breaking in? It settles in after about 40 hours of carrying signal, with roughly 80% of the change in the first 10 hours.
Will it pick up handling noise? The carbon-loaded outer jacket works against triboelectric (handling) noise, and the high-density braided shield, grounded at the output end, bleeds interference to ground.