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George wrote:I’ve been looking at StudioSpares for yonks but never know which jacks to buy so end up rage quitting the order. Any of you UK scalers want to go in for some bulk buys on some Klotz cable and decent jacks? It could save some money (postage willing).

I might be interested in this.

Indeed, good point Paul. And they’d still be easily repairable, which is why I’d want to make my own anyway.

Gabriel, still open to the idea. Might be worth doing a proper headcount.

Gabriel wrote:Diago have just released their own brand of cables that looks really nice quality.



http://www.diago.co.uk/cables/patchfactory.html

Eexactly what I'm after.. George L size without the price.

Thanks for your thoughts and input, guys- Shortscale wins again <3

edit: oof.. yeah, the price isn't any different, duh. Hmmmmmmm. Maybe I'll just pick up some thinner cable and make lots of spares :/

I was considering the Lava ones.

But then I realised that I'd rather spend £65 on something other than cables, so shitty patches will have to suffice for now. Plus, they're colourful!

BacchusPaul wrote:There's a guy on ebay (recommended by benecol) who made some cables for me with Sommer Spirit cable and Neutrik jacks. I wouldn't worry in the slightest about them getting damaged onstage. They seem incredibly well made.

Best of all he does it for not that much more than the parts cost, so I'm thinking of getting him to make patch cables for me. Even if they are expensive, they're still cheaper than the kits end up, I know that that the cable is very high in mójóqualitié, and the fact that I can specify length when I'm making them and know that they (very probably) won't fail means that they also undermine the main appeal of the kits.

Might be a wee bit bulky, though.

EDIT: This lad:

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/weardaleelectrics/

I've had cables made up by this guy, very good and not worth the hassle of making your own for the price he charges. He left ebay a while ago but is on ebid, looks like he's about to leave there as well. Closing Down Sale

Also I think one of the budget companies is now doing solderless kits, Stagg I think.

rps-10 wrote:Also I think one of the budget companies is now doing solderless kits, Stagg I think.

I'd be far too afraid that they would be about to break the entire time.

In all honesty I've just been using the shitty £1 patchcables I buy from a local guitar shop for the past 5-6 years without any breaking on me.

I've used George L's cables since 1980.

in fact,

i STILL have one of those first cables i made, and it still works fine.
older brass plugs on it, now most of them are chrome.


i've rarely had a George L's cable fail on me, over the course of using them for 32 years.

and usually, it's because i did some bone headed thing like yank the cord.....

i've also used that little planet waves kit for making pedal board connectors, that worked pretty well,
but the plugs are kinda beefy....



these days, when i have new cables made, i have a Vendor that is close to me, build custom length leads
from Canare or Mogami cable, and use Neutrik ends....

and i can get these for a bit cheaper than the George L's.


but when i'm recording, i swap out everything for the George L's.

i like the way they sound.

Bill Lawrence also makes a superior sounding cable, the design is such that i bet George L stole it from Stich