January 9, 2010
Lava Cable introduces the Lava Silver WireTM plug. This new plug is made in the U.S.A and has the highest conductivity of any plug on the market. The Lava LSWTM plug comes with a nickel housing and gold-plated stem with a solid 99.99% pure silver core. It has been designed to be the best sounding audio plug available. Cable conductors are soldered directly to the silver core on the straight plug and just have one additional metal transition on the right angle plug. This innovative new plug will enhance the sound quality of any instrument cable.
The new Lava Silver WireTM plug retails for $5.95 for a straight plug, $6.95 for a right angle plug or $11.95 a pair of either type of plug and can only be purchased direct on Lava Cable’s website.
October 9, 2009
Lava Cable, introduces a new improved version of its Retro-Coil cable. The new Retro-Coil cable is now 20-feet long - five feet shorter than the initial version to better minimize the choking effect of high capacitance common in all coil cables due to the large amount of copper used. The Retro-Coil now comes in Purple, Black, and White with more unique colors coming soon. Using a specially annealed low strand count oxygen-free copper conductor and G&H plugs, this cable delivers unmatched sonic performance for a coiled cable. It has been designed to be the lightest, quietist, best sounding coiled cable on the market, and easily fits in any guitar case or gig bag.
The new Retro-Coil retails at $64.95 for a 20-foot cable. Unique among coiled cables all plug options are available: silent plug to straight or right angle, straight to straight, right angle to straight, and right angle to right angle. As with all Lava Cable products, the Retro-Coil comes with a lifetime warranty.
July 1, 2009
Lava Cable introduces the Lava Cable Center™ This is the smallest, most reliable, best sounding solder-free plug and cable combination available anywhere. The capacitance of the Lava Plug™ is the lowest of any solder-free plug on the market. This combined with low capacitance of the Mini ELC cable virtually eliminates tone loss. It is the pedal board wiring choice professional guitarists such as Carl Verheyen and many others. Easy to assemble, each Lava Cable Center™ comes with 100 Lava Plugs, 100 feet of Lava Mini ELC cable along with several stripping tools and a set of cutters. Ideal for making custom in-store cables and re-cabling pedal boards and it fits easily on store counters.
June 23, 2009
Lava Cable introduces a new version of its revolutionary solder-free plug. This new plug comes with a black anodized housing and gold-plated stem and grounding sleeve and is available in both right angle and straight versions. It is the lowest in capacitance of any like plug on the market and the gold plating offers a minor increase in conductivity over nickel to provide for slightly increased sonic performance. Like the nickel-plated version, this plug is also the smallest any like plug on the market allowing for the tightest spacing of pedal using solder-free plugs. The new Black Gold Lava PlugTM retails for $9.50 each and comes in kits with 10’ of Lava Mini ELC Cable, 10 Plugs plus a stripping tool for $113.95.
January 2, 2009
Lava Cable introduces the Lava "Rock" Option or those who need rock hard durabality for the rigors of stage and road use. It includes Techflex Sleeving in muiltiple colors, Industrial Strength hot glue sealed solder joints and extra extenal heatshrink. Prices range from $8.95 (4') to $15.50 (20') to add this option.
December 3, 2008:
More than 8 months in development Lava Cable introduces the Lava CPS™. The first ever completely configurable pedal board. The Lava CPS™ is built out of super strong ABS and comes with various options and the ability to shape your pedal board at will or add a new pedal without having to remove one of your pedals because you are out of real estate. The Lava CPS™will start shipping in about 2-3 weeks and is available for purchase on the website now. Prices range from $24.95 to $399.95 dependent on option purchased.
August 25, 2008:
Lava Right Angle Solder-Free Kits will begin shipping this week between August 27-28. Short ship times of 1-2 days will begin after that.
July 16, 2008:
The Lava Flow Smart Path Control and A/B/Y pedal is reviewed by Premier Guitar magazine and gets a 4.5 out of 5 rating. To read review: click here
July 7, 2008:
Lava Cable adds Sommer Carbokab microphone cable to product offerings. The Carbokab is Sommer Cable’s premier microphone cable with design features that provide the advantages of using solid conductors while using specially coated stranded conductors for superior frequency repsonse, balance and flexiblity. It is excellent for both stage and studio use and especially for long runs where signal loss is an issue.
June 25, 2008:
The Lava Right Angle Solder-Free Plug design has been finalized after testing small prototype run of 100 plugs. This plug is the smallest right angle plug in existence and will be available through Lava Cable dealers and direct on the Lava Cable Website around August 15, 2008.
June 22, 2008:
Lava Cable displays products at first Summer NAMM show in Nashville, Tennessee. The new right angle Lava Solder-Free Plug and Lava Flow A/B/Y pedal were highlighted along with the Lava Clear Connect and Blue Demon cables. The show was a great success with several new Lava Cable dealers coming on board as a result.
You can view Mark showing the Lava Solder-Free Pedal Board Kit to GearWire here: GearWire Interview
or watch Mark being interviewed by Brett of Premier Guitar magazine: Premier Guitar Interview
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