mcvittym
Well-Known Member
I have bought some Hosa insert cables (http://hosatech.com/product/stp-201rr/) for my Mastermind PBC set up. These seem to work fine, but the cables are too long, and therefore take up too much room in the confined space of my pedalboard case.
I have two options for shortening them:
1. the cheap way - remove a section of cable in the middle and rejoin (with soldered connections, heatshrink, etc)
2. discarding the molded 1/4 inch mono plugs and replacing them with eg Switchcraft 226 plugs, which I would attach to the shortened cables.
Intuitively I suspect that the cheap way may lead to trouble eg with screening, RFI, electrical noise etc but I'd be interested to hear from anyone who actually has tried it or who knows why it would be OK or not OK.
I have two options for shortening them:
1. the cheap way - remove a section of cable in the middle and rejoin (with soldered connections, heatshrink, etc)
2. discarding the molded 1/4 inch mono plugs and replacing them with eg Switchcraft 226 plugs, which I would attach to the shortened cables.
Intuitively I suspect that the cheap way may lead to trouble eg with screening, RFI, electrical noise etc but I'd be interested to hear from anyone who actually has tried it or who knows why it would be OK or not OK.