Guitar cables - Make the Best Cables for bass keyboard GUITAR DIY SOLDER CABLE

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Great video. Quality all around. Meticulous.

Good video🎉

Good

Idk why i never thought of putting the tip into w pedal to hopdnit still. Great tip!

I liked the little test you did at the end to compare the old plug soldering to the new ones - much stronger

Great! It's worth this extra time to keep them from crackling and failing

angle connectors are harder to do, especially the flat ones cause you have almost no space

Thank you. But how do you make the best adapter cable, from unbalanced to balanced? And what about speaker cables? Along with balanced cables we use all three types of cables in a typical rig.

Thanks so much man I plan on making new cables.

Well done video! Name brand instrument and guitar speaker cables are so expensive, you'd expect the quality of the terminal connectors to be as good as the cable they use ... but as you have shown, they are not! The one thing you could have emphasized was how important having a quality soldering iron is ... and using a high quality rosin solder.

Very nice, bro!

Nicely done! You forgot 1 step though, and that is cleaning the flux off. It looks much nicer but more important, flux speeds up corrosion, so getting rid of it actually has a function other then aesthetics :) And as said below in the comments, tinning the signal wire helps a lot to get it in the hole, off course only if you don't over-tin the wire (otherwise it won't fit through anymore).

Very pro presentation and skills. I'd never seethe wooden tool used before - so a great tip. That and the use of the guitar pedal! So many great points you made in this video , well done.

Damn im gonna make my own now!

Ótimo vídeo congratulações

Tanks mr tutorial nya, suscces always.

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veeeery helpful, soldered my first jack cable today

Verb good!

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antes que nada es recomendable pasarle una lija a la ficha en donde se va a soldar para que agarre bien el estaño.

on a speaker cable which wire is tip vs sleeve?

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Nice... Good job. 😮😮!

I always thought how the shielding braid is too thick but never thought of clipping it like this, great idea! I wouldn't recommend plugging in any jacks in any equipment while soldering, especially to beginners, because jacks can get extremely hot while soldering and it may damage the insides of the pedal or whatever you're plugging it into. Instead, you can get some cheap wood clamps or just get a stand for soldering.

My entire board is custom length soldered cable. Its time consuming but its worth it to not have a ton of extra cable.

Great instructions 👍

An extra step of coating the wire with a tiny bit of flux and then lightly tinning makes work easier and a better joint. That way you don’t have to deal with stray strands.
And apply a bit of solder to the tip of the iron before each joint. Helps transfer heat to the work quickly. Clean the tip with a wet sponge in between.

YT algorithm is scary.. I literally just soldered a plug last night 😮

Pedantry: To make sure the metal is hot enough for a proper solder. Let the solder start with indirect heat, never let the soldering iron touch the solder wire directly. Heat the surfaces and let that heat melt the solder.

Perfect, thank you! I can't tell you how often these fail :) well.. yeah I probably can and you obviously already knew!

You really should use a proper wire stripper with graduated sizes to strip off the insulation rather than a plain blade, as you mention.. You should also twist the inner as well as the outer braided wires tightly together before inserting them into the contact holes to prevent them from spreading out. And you should also use a heat sink clip between the wires you are soldering and the insulation to prevent it from melting.

This was really helpful.
That looks like a good Cable.
I recently rewired a Fender cable and thought they were brilliant but I was surprised who thin the wire was compared to other cables I have.

only other thing I would want is a spring support on there,

One detail many overlook, don’t forget to slide on the connector housing before you install the connector.

I wish I had an instant solder melting iron like that.

When you separate the wires with the tooth pick, why make two strands and cut one of? Wouldn't both strands twisted into one work?

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The best video on this subject

get a pair of wire strippers!

What is sodder and soddering?

Wow you are the best

I use a connector mating piece clamped in a small machine vise.

For the sound, the cable impedance is essential. A high impedance lowers the resonant frequency of the pickup.
Was this taken into account?

Would tinning the conductor wire before inserting it into the plug connector make things a little easier?

Very, very nicely done, and most excellent out-of-the-box thinking in using a pedal to steady the plug before soldering!
It's shocking how poorly constructed the shop-bought cable was, with both wires a ball hair away from touching. I suppose though, that's called 'planned obsolescence', requiring the customer to buy another sooner rather than later.

Great video. As a person that has done a LOT of soldering, the only thing I would suggest is that you tin all wires and the connection points on the plug prior to making the final solder connection. The solder will flow faster and require less heating time.

Omgs! WONDERFULL MANNNNN!!!!

very good job and scheme how to do it!

Perfekt :)