DIY speaker cables?

[Big Hoss]

Okay, dumb thought...

I have a Rumble 500 V3 combo, and will be getting the Rumble 210 cab in tomorrow.

I will also be getting in a 1/4 to Speakon cable with the Neutrik connectors and a full 10' of cable...

That seems like an awful lot of cable...

Something in the broken part of my brain is screaming....

"Cut it in half and graft on new ends so you have 2 cables!"

How hard would this be to do?

 

[Ben B]

You're right, you probably don't need 10 feet of cable. This could be easy an easy job if you buy 2 Speakon connectors for the new cable. Speakon connectors are not soldered. You just need something to strip the wire and a #1 Phillips screw driver to clamp the wire ends into the connector. It takes me a bout 10 minutes to make a new speaker cable. If you buy a 1/4 connector, then you will have to solder it. If you don't have a soldering iron and solder, then it's probably not worth your time and money to make the new cable.

 

[T_Bone_TL]

...preferably a Posidrive® #1 screwdriver, since that's what the screws actually are (per Neutrik and the assembly instructions.) + head screws come in several flavors - the right tools will leave them working longer. Invalid Link Removed

 

[Big Hoss]

Where might I source the 1/4 plug?

 

[T_Bone_TL]

Redco, Dale Pro Audio, Invalid Link Removed, Invalid Link Removed, Guitar Center, Amazon.com....

 

[Ben B]

...preferably a Posidrive® #1 screwdriver, since that's what the screws actually are

I didn't know it was Posidrive. My eyes aren't good enough anymore to see the "tick marks" on Posidrive heads--at least not #1 Posidrive. The #1 Phillips driver has worked fine for me perhaps because I use Snap-on, so, it's a good quality driver. Maybe a cheap Phillips screw driver would have more trouble with those screw heads. Anyways, thanks for the info. This gives me an excuse to go shopping on the Snap-On truck.

Ben

 

[T_Bone_TL]

The really problematic variant is JIS - don't know if it shows up on basses, but there are several million stripped-out JIS screws scattered across most of the Japanese motorcycles in the world that would probably be fine if they hadn't been introduced to a Phillips driver.

And of course I screwed up the "proper" spelling of Pozidrive...

 

[modulusman]

If you haven't already bought the Cable why don't buy a 10 ft. 1/4 to 1/4 and 2 speakons and cut it in half and connect the speakons.