{"id":395,"date":"2013-10-07T22:52:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T03:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2015-03-26T11:44:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T16:44:11","slug":"lava-cable-solder-free-patch-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Lava Cable’s Solder-free Patch Cables"},"content":{"rendered":"

My current set-up.<\/p>\n

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But what I wanna highlight are the new patch cables. Previously, I had George L cables installed. I had been using them for about 8 years, I think. They were great, but there were a few occasions when the connections became insecure, causing me to spend anywhere between 10 and 45 minutes to figure out where the kink was. A couple of times the issue occurred right before a live set. THE WORST.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I was drawn to the Lava cables because of a couple things: 1) They had the smallest plug of any patch cable I had ever seen 2) assembled cable looked very secure.<\/p>\n

here’s a closer look.<\/p>\n

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For anyone considering these, I have to first warn you that these are NOT the easiest to assemble. I’m not gonna waste time typing out the instructions ’cause you can easily google that. But I will link this video, because I believe that if you assemble them the way this guy says to, you’ll be good. If you don’t have one of those meters he’s using, I think a cable tester like this one<\/a> should do (this is what I used). I will add one thing though. I know this guys says that the cables only need to be “finger-tight.” but USE PLIERS when tightening them. unless you’re ridiculously strong, pliers are the only way to guarantee that they are securely assembled.<\/p>\n