When a cable causes volume loss..

[Goober1206]

What do you do??? What makes an instrument cable cause volume loss to your whole set up?? I hope this is in the right forum..

[Mingo Sanders]

Originally Posted by Goober1206

What do you do??? What makes an instrument cable cause volume loss to your whole set up?? I hope this is in the right forum..

Do you mean that one of your cables has less volume than another of your cables? It's a bad cable. Repair or replace.

[Goober1206]

Well replace is obvios lol but how could I repair?

[seanm]

The volume loss should be very slight and comes from the cable acting as a big filter. You will lose more high end than low end.

[Goober1206]

It's not slightthoigh it's alot very noticeable

[lbwdog]

Maybe a more thorough explanation of what is happening, with what equipment is in order.

[Fuzzbass]

Originally Posted by Goober1206

It's not slightthoigh it's alot very noticeable

As Mingo said, a very noticeable volume drop means the cable is bad. Replace it.

[Goober1206]

To clarify a few things, it is a weird cable. One end is male and one end is female. The female end is attached to the pedal board and the other end goes into the last pedal. There are four pedals. When I plug directly into the spot where the female/male extension cable is plugged into, it works flawlessly. So it's gotta be that cable, but I'd much rather replace it.

[lbwdog]

If one cable is causing significant loss when compared to other cables, then you have a bad cable. The connections to the plugs could be bad, in which case you can cut a few inches off either end and resolder the plugs. It could also have internal breaks somewhere along the length of the cable, which means just throw it out.
It could be just a sorry ass cheap cable, in which case you throw it out.

[Goober1206]

Yeah it's cheap lol I took the actual cable off one I found and I attached the two ends together, but it worked. It seems to have some hum when in use but not very noticeable. I made a post about that problem but nobody answered. I had to cut the cable in half and connect it again in order for it to fit into the board because I added a new pedal today, and now it doesn't work. I'm pretty good at soldering though, I know the connections I made are fine.

[lbwdog]

Originally Posted by Goober1206

To clarify a few things, it is a weird cable. One end is male and one end is female. The female end is attached to the pedal board and the other end goes into the last pedal. There are four pedals. When I plug directly into the spot where the female/male extension cable is plugged into, it works flawlessly. So it's gotta be that cable, but I'd much rather replace it.

hmmmmm...Now I'm confused. Can't picture this arrangement.

I don't see the need for a female end.

[Goober1206]

Amp > P1 Tuner > P2 Distortion > P3 Qtron > P4 DOD EF > Homemade Extension Cable > Modded Fender Jaguar Bass.......... The problem is the extension cable I made, but it worked before

[KramerBassFan]

Is it possible you wired the cable wrong?

I.E., one the male end, you have the hot tip, and ground tip... and on the female end, the hot tip that is on the male end is connected to the ground on the female end, and so on. You get me? Its easy to make little mistakes like this....

P.S. what kind of wire did you use?

[Goober1206]

I took the extension cable to see if it would work so then it was ....Amp > P1 Tuner > P2 Distortion > P3 Qtron > P4 DOD EF > Modded Fender Jaguar Bass.......... And it worked perfect. Problem is I want to repair the cable that's causing this problem. It still sends the signal on so I still hear my bass through the amp, but it's wayyyy quieter

[lbwdog]

So, are you using the amp's effects loop? If so, you would just use all standard patch cables. Same goes if you are putting the pedals in front of the amp's input.
I just can't see where you need a female end.

[Goober1206]

The Reason I have the female end on one cable is because I have the female Jack attached to the pedal board so it has an input Jack

[lbwdog]

Maybe I'm getting the picture now. The cable with the female end is used to extend the normal guitar cable to the first pedal?

Just get a longer cord.

[Goober1206]

Uh.. Not exactly. The female end of the cable is installed into the wood of the pedal board so the board has an input jack. I just wanna know how to repair the cable

[M0ses]

I am still completely clueless as to what this cable is doing. Either way, though, I figure you're better off without it.

[Goober1206]

It is a cable. A cable sends the guitars signal through it from one end to the other. If you know how to repair it, that's all the info you need. Does anybody know how to repair a cable? That's all I'm asking