Is there a difference between Nintendo 64 controllers used on PAL and NTSC systems?

Is it possible to use the controllers from an NTSC (Japanese / US) Nintendo 64 system on a PAL (EUR) system? Are they the same item or is there a difference?

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As far as I know, the controllers are identical, I'm fairly sure the controllers themselves are not going to have any region-specific differences.

Actually there is a difference between the cables of the controllers. Some controllers (I think the controllers from PAL systems) have a ferrite bead at the end of the cable. There are also different types of ferrite beads (I think 2).

I answered a similar question with additional details here. Basically @electronbeam is correct the standard controllers for all regions send the exact same signal down the wire.

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