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Where do you guys get your patch cables?
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Eye make 'em. :omg:
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Nice.
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I just get whatever's cheap. Recently I got some from MF after they took their sweet time.
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I use the ones MBT told me to use.
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I use Lyt cables. Cheapish, sound good, look good. No complaints.
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eBay, Ratshit and DIY (using instrument cables and those flat, wide connectors you can get at RS).

I bought some very nice, straight-end TRS patch cables on eBay, and some others that are total shit (at least 3-4 have shit the bed since I bought them)... They're those little ones you see with the picture that shows a "stepped" display of multi-colored cables--fuck those things!
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Roll my own.

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Guys who roll your own... Where do you buy cable and connectors from!? Also, any good tutorials? I can solder pretty ok, I may try and do my own.
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I buy the $5 cheapies from my local GC. I was just curious if anybody went overboard on expensive cables but it doesn't sound like it!
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radioshack. ive had radioshack cables on my board for years and never had a problem.
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echodeluxe wrote:radioshack. ive had radioshack cables on my board for years and never had a problem.


I can attest to this... Radioshack's longer cables a real crap... Mine always crap out eventually, but I have never had a single patch cable from Radioshack cut out on me...

I have sort of a love/hate relationship with Radioshack...
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the raytownian wrote:
echodeluxe wrote:radioshack. ive had radioshack cables on my board for years and never had a problem.


I can attest to this... Radioshack's longer cables a real crap... Mine always crap out eventually, but I have never had a single patch cable from Radioshack cut out on me...

I have sort of a love/hate relationship with Radioshack...


would u like some batteries with that today?? :lol:
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Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D. wrote:
the raytownian wrote:
echodeluxe wrote:radioshack. ive had radioshack cables on my board for years and never had a problem.


I can attest to this... Radioshack's longer cables a real crap... Mine always crap out eventually, but I have never had a single patch cable from Radioshack cut out on me...

I have sort of a love/hate relationship with Radioshack...


would u like some batteries with that today?? :lol:


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hazelwould wrote:Guys who roll your own... Where do you buy cable and connectors from!? Also, any good tutorials? I can solder pretty ok, I may try and do my own.


http://www.markertek.com/

I use Canare L2ES for patch cables. Personally, I like the Neutrik X series ends, but you can buy something cheaper. They have those flat right angle connectors there. I've been considering finding a smaller right-angle plug, but the Neutriks are sooo good.

I use Canare GS-6 for guitar cables. I don't like it for patch cables at all, though. They make a mini version that may work, but the capacitance is higher than the mini mic cable, so ehhh.

Also, I could do a bit of a photo tutorial, but I don't have anything but the cable I mentioned and the Neutrik plugs. They're pretty different than other plugs...
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