Help me id this stupid fucking cable.

[Loren Littlejohn]

What I mean is I want to buy 2 more of them but have no fucking clue what planet waves cable this is, I can't find any id on the cord or the connectors that would help me (and yeah I know this is a TRS cable ).

It's 10' long

 

[buzzgate]

http://store.daddario.com/category/394640/Custom_Series_with_Compression_Springs ?

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Fuck yeah, so it's called "custom series" huh. Thanks bro.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Huh, so I literally had no idea this was instrument cable (TEH FUCK):

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Waves-Custom-Instrument-Stereo/dp/B0009EY116/ref=pd_sxp_f_i[/ame]

 

[Lamsy]

Planet waves make great cables, i use them all the time, i order them from thomann! They also carry a lifetime guarantee if you keep your reciept of order

lamsy

 

[mva801]

Well they say instrument on them, but they are just like any other balanced cable. You could use those from interface to monitors or wherever you would normally use a stereo cable. You wouldn't normally use that for a guitar > amp situation though. Amazon's description says you could use that from guitar to interface (but I would go mono into a DI personally), or from the output of a stereo guitar? WTF do those exist?

they make stereo and mono versions of the Custom Pro Series or whatever. I guess that little springy bit is to help keep cables seated in jacks that may be a little loose or noisy.

I use the custom series mono instrument cables for my guitars. I love 'em. And the lifetime warranty is sweet!

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

See I'm thinking (have no way to back this up) that since one end, as can be seen in the pic I posted, has the marking "shielded end" that they wired this cable up to have a floating shield...

In other words, I don't think the other end has the shield hooked up.

I have witnessed this with other cables, only they did it kind of different where they used a twisted pair instead of a single core wire for the tip and the regular braid as the sleeve (so they used balanced cable to wire up an instrument cable).

I literally have just not paid enough attention to this cable. I've had it for 5 years now.

 

[mva801]

See I'm thinking (have no way to back this up) that since one end, as can be seen in the pic I posted, has the marking "shielded end" that they wired this cable up to have a floating shield...

All my planet waves cables have a shielded end. That just means they're directional. They hook up the shield to the ground on one end to prevent noise going into the amp. So the shielded end should always be the out. (connected to the amp)

But that's really just a standard balanced 1/4" to 1/4" cable with springy things on it. You would use it to hook up balanced equip, but I wouldn't use it as an instrument cable. They make the exact same thing but unbalanced for guitar to pedal/amp connections.

 

[nwright]

All my planet waves cables have a shielded end. That just means they're directional. They hook up the shield to the ground on one end to prevent noise going into the amp. So the shielded end should always be the out. (connected to the amp)

But that's really just a standard balanced 1/4" to 1/4" cable with springy things on it. You would use it to hook up balanced equip, but I wouldn't use it as an instrument cable. They make the exact same thing but unbalanced for guitar to pedal/amp connections.

+1

I use Planet Waves instrument cables and they are just TS on the end, not TRS. Those aren't instrument cables in the pics.

 

[Uros]

I am a tech noob, so could someone explain to me why would be wrong to use TRS cable to connect a guitar to the cab? Curious.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Huh, so I literally had no idea this was instrument cable (TEH FUCK):

http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Waves-Custom-Instrument-Stereo/dp/B0009EY116/ref=pd_sxp_f_i

are you using it on guitar??
TRS are for keyboards and rack fx

Have you considered Monoprice cables? Very decent quality and about 1/5th the price.
I use them and Brian Kozicki does. Seriously, they're great.
http://monoprice.com

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

are you using it on guitar??

Ha no. I was using it for reamping actually (as a standard TRS balanced cable).

Since it never introduced any noise I can assume it was fine for the application.


I literally never bothered to look at the ends and see the "shielded end" label on only one of them.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I am a tech noob, so could someone explain to me why would be wrong to use TRS cable to connect a guitar to the cab? Curious.

Technically there really shouldn't be anything wrong with it unless you have some sort of goofy connection issue. In fact there is a system that distributes power through TRS cables to power pedals off either the amp or a power center type deal.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Anyhow, ended up not ordering any just soldered on new ends on some mogami I had around.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

on the planet waves cables I have around here the 'directional' aspect didn't do shit. No noise but direction doesn't matter.
The biggest problem is they go bad too fast. They get microphonic or scratchy when you move them or the wires break just after the strain relief. I've replaced my cables so many times, luckily most retailers are good about the lifetime warranty. I'm talking about the guitar cables here.

 

[mva801]

Have you considered Monoprice cables? Very decent quality and about 1/5th the price.
I use them and Brian Kozicki does. Seriously, they're great.
http://monoprice.com

Actually that place is pretty rad. Just ordered 4 shorter 1/4" > xlr and xlr cables to connect my monitor controller and interface up with my monitors. also got a couple adapters. All for $25 shipped. Nice! Getting rid of some cable clutter behind my desk.

 

[Vinny]

I've gotten into making my own now.
I get 100ft of Mogami for about $79 and gold Neutrik straight ends for $3 a piece. Not too bad

 

[mva801]

Where do you get your bulk stuff from?

 

[egan.]

redco.com

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Yeah the cable I built was from redco. Switchcraft connectors and mogami quad cable.