Members satannica Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 What's the difference between the red and blue box? Is one "better" than the other? Would anyone really not recommend these sorts of kits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 One is made in China. The other is from Hong Kong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BrentMpls Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 The blue kit scrubs away your pedal names, saving you time from having to tape over them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 One is Republican. The other, Democrat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarmo Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Both are not practical. Cable is too stiff and the plugs are too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted December 15, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by Yarmo Both are not practical. Cable is too stiff and the plugs are too big. LOL at some of the replies Is there a better alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BrentMpls Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by Yarmo Cable is too stiff and the plugs are too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 I did really like the Lava kit. I got a CoreX2 one that was OK. I never tried the Planet Waves one. It might be fine but I'd go with the smaller ends of the Lava if it was up to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 I have this one: Super satisfied with it. I made cables for my pedals, and also leads for my guitar to board/board to amp. I have tons of spare cable left over as well, all I'd need is some more jacks to expand on it. The cable is stiff but not overly so, its dead simple to work with, and the jacks are a nominal size that fit well on a board and feel secure when theyre all done up. It's killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adamthemute Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Blue is older I believe. Just different colour jacks.Yes the jacks are bigger than the solderless Lava and George L's, but I prefer the Planet Waves if you're going the solderless route. Much easier to put together and faster. Never once had an issue with them. Lava is more finicky and a bit more complicated to assemble but hey, you save a few millimeters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimash Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 I looked at the kits and decided to go cheap. $11.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Not a bad choice imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Let It Burn... Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Got some pancake plugs and some high quality cable recently. 30 EUR all in but yeah, you have to solder them yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tom92 Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by jimash I looked at the kits and decided to go cheap. $11.00 I use those, they're cool. Also, Blue>Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Bullet Slugs are really nice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I've got multiple PW Pedalboard kits, including both "colors" - the only difference is that the plugs are slightly different in terms of color and cosmetics. Either plug type will work with their cable from either kit.The secret to the PW stuff is to make sure you push the cable into the plug far enough when assembling things. Don't push until you feel resistance - push past that. Once it's fully seated, hold it in place with one hand while tightening the screw with the other hand. When I make them this way, they are rock solid - I've yet to have a single failure. As far as the size of the plugs, they're no worse than most other right angle plugs. If you want them really small, then go with Switchcraft pancake style right angle plugs... short of that, the Planet Waves plugs are about as thin as everything else out there that I've tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pewtershmit Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 soldered cables mo betta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Originally Posted by Pewtershmit soldered cables mo betta. I would have thought so too, and I certainly know how to solder, but I was pleasantly surprised by the PW cables. Super easy to customize, and, if assembled correctly, they're extremely reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted December 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 This is great. Thanks for your input Phil. I think I'll go with these!I use a big Gator Pedal Tote which has more than enough room for a little plug real-estate. I was considering soldering some up, but the parts come up to more than a PW kit and it's less faffing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 bad luck with solderless stuff, specifically coreX2 and not the PW stuff. but i just find, personally, more reliability out of soldered stuff. my advice would be to buy one or two of these solderless kits for the few years it takes to really finalize your board how you want it, then cut and solder cables to fit, only having to make new ones if you buy a new pedal with jacks in a different spot or something.speaking of which, 2016 presidential election will depend on the candidate's stance on establishing a global jack-location standard. top or side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Personally, with the solderless stuff if a cable dies on me I can just unscrew, trim an 1/8th of an inch out, and reattach the plug and she's working again. This takes maybe 30 seconds at a show vs. however long it would take with a scratchy soldered cable to open up, fire up the soldering gun and dab a blob on there to fix. If you ask me, it's a far more practical system. I can keep the extra cable, screwdriver and the trim tool in the front pouch of my Pedaltrain case and not really ever have to worry about buggy cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Or on the other hand you can just keep 2 or 3 extra good patch cables in your case and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Pfft, two or three. We're not all high rollers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Personally, with the solderless stuff if a cable dies on me I can just unscrew, trim an 1/8th of an inch out, and reattach the plug and she's working again. This takes maybe 30 seconds at a show vs. however long it would take with a scratchy soldered cable to open up, fire up the soldering gun and dab a blob on there to fix. If you ask me, it's a far more practical system. I can keep the extra cable, screwdriver and the trim tool in the front pouch of my Pedaltrain case and not really ever have to worry about buggy cables. there is this. but the tradeoff is that theoretically, if you do it right, you dont run into that problem in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Pfft, two or three. We're not all high rollers. Yes we all are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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