FUN!! I just took down all 35 of my mic cables and rewrapped them!

Ha! A new Americanism. I've never 'wrapped' a cable in my life, but I have coiled thousands! I know the forum randomly brings up ancient posts in the new and hot topics now, but it's funny how some things just won't go away as subjects. What I have learned in my career is that so many bigger entities have their own special way of dealing with cables, thick or thin. As I often work in touring venues, one of the most important things to spot on the in, is how their cables are coiled. Then, on the out you replicate their method. The over/under twist, or half twist, or left hand rotate. Some, I'm sure, actually do the same thing but look different when you do it, so if they start twisting their wrists, you need to do it too - because coiling a cable the wrong way is a cardinal sin. Some take it so seriously they will request nobody does it bar them on the out, and then everyone has to wait for them. If I put a cable over a piece of truss or tube - I'd probably say "Wrap that mic cable around that truss, can you?" I never ask somebody to wrap their cables over under though? That's weird!

Fun read, Paul. I have 30 year old Mogami cable that I used touring 48 weeks a year for decades that I never coiled over/under, still perfect today. I wrapped it end to end (rather than coiled) then did a very loose knot. I then stored all the cable in road cases like you see shoes sold in a "shoe box" . I started wrapping cable like this as a boy and just continued doing it up until I built my studio. I'm pretty anal about twists as well and have now mastered the over under technique but admit there are other ways to store cable just as long as you don't twist or fold the cable. Its worked for me. What I dislike more is cable with gooey duck tape so if I do the over under and need it to stay ... I use Velcro straps instead of tape.