Cable tester?

[Subclavian2]

Forgive me as I’ve done a search and can’t find anything.

Does anybody have any suggestions or reviews of a cable tester. Mostly just guitar 1/4 to 1/4. Some mic stuff too.

Mostly home. Occasional gig

Behringer ct100? That sort of thing. Nothing needed fancy.

I just moved and when setting up my guitar room/studio and have a gremlin somewhere in all my stuff and it’s driving me nuts.

Thanks

 

[311boogieman]

Can't speak to mic cables but instrument and speaker cables are not too difficult if you have a mulitmeter.

testing with a multimeter

 

[teestone]

The Behringer one has served me well for many years.

 

[psychic_driver]

Can't speak to mic cables but instrument and speaker cables are not too difficult if you have a mulitmeter.

testing with a multimeter

Is this the standard professional method?

 

[matttornado]

Try it. if it works, it's good.
Plug it in and shake the cord. if it's silent, it good, if it crackles it's bad. Thats the best tester there is- trying it and listening.

 

[311boogieman]

Is this the standard professional method?

I don't know what you mean by 'professional'. It is an instrument cable

Did you really want to know or are you just haplessly bumping threads to get to your 50 posts?

Either way I personally DGAF, so welcome to Rig-Talk

 

[psychic_driver]

I don't know what you mean by 'professional'. It is an instrument cable

Did you really want to know or are you just haplessly bumping threads to get to your 50 posts?

Either way I personally DGAF, so welcome to Rig-Talk

Tryna hit 50 posts.
I meant how common is it to test your cables with multimeters - they are cables & if they don't work its obvious

 

[311boogieman]

Tryna hit 50 posts.
I meant how common is it to test your cables with multimeters - they are cables & if they don't work its obvious

Fair enough. Welcome aboard. Well, I was kind of asking the same thing then. Multimeter was all I could come up with.

 

[Rayneman]

There is a $39 Mackie cable tester on Amazon or Sweetwater that I bought awhile ago. Works with 1/4", 1/8", XLR, speakon, MIDI, RCA, and more that I probably would never use. Seems bullet-proof and is 9V powered. Toss it in your cable bag and go.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MTest1--mackie-mtest-1-cable-tester

 

[rstites]

Tryna hit 50 posts.
I meant how common is it to test your cables with multimeters - they are cables & if they don't work its obvious

It's frequently not obvious what's wrong in a chain. Checking cables is the place to start. A multimeter with continuity tester is the easiest/fastest way to check cables. The ohmmeter setting can do it, but it's nice to just listen for the tone.

 

[TheBiggestJerk]

It's frequently not obvious what's wrong in a chain. Checking cables is the place to start. A multimeter with continuity tester is the easiest/fastest way to check cables. The ohmmeter setting can do it, but it's nice to just listen for the tone.

This is the right answer. Or plug it and touch an end… if it make noise it works.