What do you guys think of these pancake patch cables?

[Kiteboarder]

I'm currently using Planet Waves solderless cables on my board. I was searching around for smaller profile plugs and I found these cheap-o Hosa patch cables. I know! Hosa = But... dang! these plugs are low-profile! I wonder if replacing the cable with quality cable but using these plugs would be a good idea.

 

[MARK1970]

Why not just order some Switchcraft jacks like that and some cable of your choice? Make your own.

 

[JTyson]

Why not just order some Switchcraft jacks like that and some cable of your choice? Make your own.

+1

 

[bbaug14]

I use those exact Hosa cables on my board and so does the other guitar player in our band. I have NEVER had a problem. They work great.

 

[Kiteboarder]

I use those exact Hosa cables on my board and so does the other guitar player in our band. I have NEVER had a problem. They work great.

Well, I see your impressive list of gear there... And if you can patch them with these and be happy, they must be pretty good.

 

[Kiteboarder]

Why not just order some Switchcraft jacks like that and some cable of your choice? Make your own.

I've seen Switchcraft jacks. I don't think I've ever seen flat ones like these. The whole point is them being flat like this in order to place pedals closer together on the board and save space.

 

[orangekick]

These patch cables are the ones that have died on me the fastest. I have no issue with the Planet Waves cables at all.

 

[RockStarNick]

I have a few of those plugs, and attempted to make my own. they are SUPER slim, but they are a total bitch to solder...

 

[Kiteboarder]

I have a few of those plugs, and attempted to make my own. they are SUPER slim, but they are a total bitch to solder...

Haha! Yeah, but once they're soldered. I bet they are SOLDERED!

 

[chunktone]

I'm currently using Planet Waves solderless cables on my board. I was searching around for smaller profile plugs and I found these cheap-o Hosa patch cables. I know! Hosa = But... dang! these plugs are low-profile! I wonder if replacing the cable with quality cable but using these plugs would be a good idea.

You may want to ask Dave Friedman on the Racksystems forum what he recommends.

 

[turmoil]

since someone else on this board was kind enough to post this when i was going about building my pedal board/rack i will repost it for you. it helped me a ton!

 

[Kiteboarder]

Thanks turmoil.

Using your document there, I did a search and found that switchcraft makes a version of this pancake plug. I found it here...

http://www.fullcompass.com/product/309015.html

So, if I combine those with some MOGAMI cabling and take my time to solder them nicely, I'll end up with some awesome quality cabling that'll save space on my board.

 

[Kiteboarder]

I see the guy also recommends using 3M dual lock. I'm thinking of going for that too. I don't like how my pedals move about with regular velcro.

From the recommendations, it's sounds like it's Bob Bradshaw. I read very similar comments in an article about pedalboards in Guitar Player Mag. Yep, I'm pretty sure it's him.

 

[D-Rock]

I use these

 

[turmoil]

yeah, i believe Bob Bradshaw did write that up for one of his customers.

I used Neutrik/Switchcraft connectors and Mogami cabling to make my rig and i had a blast. the first patch cable i made took me like 30 minutes but after that i could finish most cables in like 5 minutes or so.

 

[Kiteboarder]

I have a few of those plugs, and attempted to make my own. they are SUPER slim, but they are a total bitch to solder...

Dude, I'm finally making these cables. Yes, they are a bitch to solder. There's like nowhere to solder the ground to. I'm trying to solder to the inner body, but the heat disperses too fast.

 

[Kiteboarder]

SCREW THIS! This is absolutely lame! Switchcraft, whatever! Brand name and all the BS! Not having a tab for the ground is stupid. The inner cable is super easy to solder, but the outer one is stupid-hard. If they only had a little tab to solder to!!!!

Crap!!!! And I bought like a dozen of these!!!!!

 

[Kiteboarder]

Never again...! I continued trying... No luck. And, have lots of experience soldering.

I should've bought the cheap taiwanese plugs. At least those have a little tab to solder the ground to.

Oh well, so I have to take all 12 plugs and shove them up my rear end and buy something else.

Yeah, I'm pissed! I thought this would work.

 

[RockStarNick]

Danny... what wattage are you using for your soldering iron?

 

[Kiteboarder]

Danny... what wattage are you using for your soldering iron?

Hi Nick, It's 40 watts.

But you know what? I think I discovered what the problem is. It's the George L's. See, a lot of people have had success soldering George L cables to their own plugs. But I don't think they work well with the Switchcraft 228s. They get really hot because you need to solder to the body itself, therefore the heat dissipates quickly. As soon as I attached the cable, the heat goes from the plug into the cable and melts it. This, because the cable is so thin.

I attempted it with planet waves cable, and I got it to work in one shot.

So, I'm probably going to make them with planet waves cable instead. Or, if I want to go all hi-tech, I'll try and find some Mogami cable. -D