DIY jack cables

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Rabidreject
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DIY jack cables

Post by Rabidreject »

Hello guys,
I shared a pic of my kit in the relevant thread and had a peep at some others and got some - rather, stoll some, good ideas!

I would basically like to routs my cables through my kick drum in order to tidy things up and was wondering if anyone knows the actual name of them female TRS connectors that I could use to fit into holes in my kick drum? I basically can't find a shop in the UK that definitely well the right one....
I'm not making myself very clear I don't think, rather, I can find lots of places that sell them but they also sell 5 or 6 different other types that look exactly the same to me lol. I don't want to just guess and get it wrong so if anyone could give me a link to a product that is correct.
My plan is to fit female jack sockets into my kick and wire them through on the inside to the other side of the kick where they will be wired onto exactly the same but on the other side. I can then use two shorter cables on each side rather than one long one that stretches right across.
Hope that makes sense!
I know jobeky sell a cable with the sort of female jack I'm after but it just goes to a headphone size jack
LooseSends
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Re: DIY jack cables

Post by LooseSends »

You've probably already figured something out by now but really, as long as you get TRS female jacks and be sure to wire them properly - I believe the ED manual has some wiring configurations at the back - you should be good with whatever version.

I would just do a test on one before going permanent with drilling holes in your kick, but a custom wiring job here shouldn't be too complicated.

Have you considered just running already wired, and wrapped cable sets through one hole through the kick instead wiring up jacks? I don't think it would look any less "clean", and there's less potential for signal interference or weak solder jobs, etc.
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