I have searched the web and it says you shouldn't have any continuity between the tip and the base of the plug on the same end.

So if my meter is reading a "1" open (no tips touching) and a "0" when they do, should I be reading a 1 between the tip of the cable and the part above the plastic collor on the same end?

Sorry I'm a little slow!

Thanks

Hang on, I think the typical multimeter reads O for open and l for closed. Does you'rs have a beeper setting on it? You may do better using that.
Anyways put a probe onto the tip of the jackplug1 and the other onto the shaft of the jackplug2. Check whether it reads l or O. Then move the probe on the shaft jackplug2 to the tip of jackplug2. Check again. You should get a different reading. Then move the probe on jackplug1's tip to the shaft of jackplug1 whilst keeping the probe on jackplug 2's tip. The reading will change again.

That will only tell you if the lead is wired up right. It wont tell you if the cable is good. If it's noisy or theres a lack of treble the cable has likely gone bad.

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No no and no

Actually I am getting a buzzing or broken speaker or broken spring sound (hard to describe) on the bassier strings (low e, a, and some on the d). I have tried two different guitars(taylor and fender) and two different amps (fender and peavey). I get the noise on both from about the 3rd fret to the 9th or 10th.

I have changed electrical outlets in the house. So I am trying to figure out if it is the cable or what?

Do you have another cable to try?

Well a cable will cost what £10/$15??? thereabouts. Theres really no need to shell out megamoney for home use, just make sure their low capacitance.
I'd check by replacing the cable, as Akstratistic rightly suggested. If it proves that the cable is ok, having a spare is always good.
Then I'm sorry to say, check the guitar's setups. The only reason I say this is because it's more common for electronic/cable/speaker faults to become apparent because of certain pitches, than it is for them to become apparent because of the position in which your playing. For example, you get G on the 5th fret of the D string and the open G string. It's exactly the same note. If your guitar buzzes the 5th fret G but not the open G, I'd suspect a setup issue. String and pickup height being the two main culprits.

If it's that the sound becomes intermittent (occasionaly breaks up) forget the above about setup. Change the cable, if no different, get the amp in for repair, take the guitar in with you too. It's far easier to diagnose a problem when you can hear it.

All the best.

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No no and no

I am more of an old school person. If there is a popping or crackling noise or no tone when plugged in I'll use a different cable to see if instill get the same issues. If issues are the same, I replace the cable. If not I will use that same cable with another guitar and/or amp to see if it one of those. 99.9 percent of the time it is just the cable.

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any decent wire tester will have an ohm setting. use it to test continuity.
your guitar cord is a shielded cable with tip/sleeve (TS) ends.
the wire probes on the tester are black and red. if you set the tester to the ohm setting and touch the two probes together the meter will beep, light up, or read O.L. on the screen (meaning overload... but don't worry, it just means there's no resistance).
touch the probes to the tips of the guitar cable, and the meter will tell you if they're connected by one or more of the afore-mentioned behaviors.
do the same with the sleeves.
tip to tip should have continuity, sleeve to sleeve should also.
then touch the probes on the tip and sleeve on one end of the cable.... the meter should do nothing. if it beeps, lights, or reads O.L. the cable is bad. the tips should not have any connection with the sleeves. this happens when the wire(s) in the plugs get frayed and start thouching things they're not supposed to.

never use a speaker cable for a guitar cord, and never use a guitar cord for a speaker cable. guitar cords are shielded, speaker cords are not... and they're not interchangeable.

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Sounds similar to the problem I experience with my pickups too high. I'd say if you can determine that the cable is good, try lowering the pickups a little bit and see if that helps. Good luck.

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