Input jack to guitar is designed at a right angle, so the chance that the chord gets pulled out accidentally is rather remote than if it was made with a straight input instead.

The right angle quarter inch will not lock inside a Tele.

The right-angle plug fits perfectly into a Les Paul, but doesn't fit properly into a Strat or a Tele.

The right-angle plug is molded on and the straight plugs innards are encased in plastic.

The only thing to mention is that this cord has a straight plug on one end and a right-angle plug on the other.

Cool cord works well but the right angle end has been made thick, presumable for strength and to put the VOX logo on, but this keeps it from connecting fully into the recessed jack on my Telecaster

One end of the cable is straight, the other is a right angle