Scientific fact: The shortest distance between two guitar effects is a custom-length patch cable.
If your cable routing resembles a ratās nest and youād like more space to squeeze another pedal onto your board, a DIY patch-cable kit can make quick work of a tidier existence. Here, weāve rounded up 10 varying options to help you envision a more shipshape effects center.
Ā Ā ĀSIS/Monorail
With 5' of the companyās super-strong Monorail cable and eight of the smallest plugs on the market, this kit can help make use of every inch of a āboard.
Effects Pedal Cable Kit
This kit provides 10' of the companyās 155-gauge cable and 10 right-angle solderless plugs to assist in ridding a pedalboard of old and unmatched patch cords.
Pedalboard Cable Kit
Including 10' of double-insulated instrument cable with a braided-copper shield, 10 right-angle plugs, and a screwdriver and cable cutter, this kit has everything needed to keep things tidy.
BCK-24
With gold-plated contacts and 24' of low-capacitance, studio-grade copper cable, this kit will provide plenty of options for plenty of pedals, and is designed to transfer a signal with no noise interference.
Piston
Paired with Lavaās low-capacitance ELC cable (10' included), this kitās low-profile Piston plugs are smaller in size than others on the market, which means more stomps on a pedalboard.
CrocTeeth
This pedalmakerās offering includes 10' of thin and flexible MSL cable and 10 solderless low-profile plugs to build custom-length patch cables for clean and uncolored sound.
Pedalboard Patch Cable Kit
With no wire stripping and no screws to tighten or loosen, custom-length patch cables are a breeze with this kit, which offers a variety of cable color choices and small-footprint plugs.
SAPT205
While not solderless, this value-minded kit includes 15' of cable and 12 right-angle, low-profile adapters for easy access to jacks that have minimal space for connecting gear.
CK-6 Cable Kit
Able to make up to six cables, this kit contains 12 solderless plugs and 10' of stranded cable designed for the perfect balance of DC resistance and low capacitance for an unaltered signal.
DIY Patch Cable Kit
This kit includes 10 G&H plugs in a variety of colors, 5' of Mogami 2524 wire, and enough heat shrink (also in a variety of colors) to DIY five patch cables.
New Jack eliminates pops, facilitates faster instrument switching
The Zzyzx Snap Jack cable uses magnets to connect a cable''s core wire to its jacks. A simple pull allows you to separate the cable from the jacks quickly and without any signal pop. A variety of Snap Jack designs give you different options, too -- some allow you to lock the cable to the jack, and some are decorative. The company is also planning to roll out models for XLR and other connector types, too.
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Zzyzx Snap Jack
New G&H Plug on Solid Silvers
Buena Park, CA. (July 19, 2007) - Zaolla announces the release of their new Artist Series Solid Silver cables fitted with G&H plugs. G&H Industries'' Clear Connect Technology boasts maximum signal transfer due to a pneumatic assembly method that doesn''t involve solder. The combination of such a trusted cable with cutting edge connection technology promises to deliver crystal clean signals while being impossible to break or fail during a show or a session.
The cables are availabe in a number of jack configurations (straight to straight, straight to right angle and right angle to right angle) in various lengths ranging from 3 feet to 20 feet.
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