TRS cable and jack

hotpickups

i need to make a short length of of TRS cable and a single stereo / TRS jack. I could buy a pre made one I guess and cut it to length but that seems a waste so where can I get suitable cable for switching amp and reverb etc?

english_bob

I use Bitsbox for small orders of electronics guff. 

www.bitsbox.co.uk 

hotpickups

english_bob said:

I use Bitsbox for small orders of electronics guff. 

www.bitsbox.co.uk 

Thanks. What cable should I get ?

english_bob

This one should work

ESBlonde

A length of microphone cable if you have some lying about.

hotpickups

ESBlonde said:

A length of microphone cable if you have some lying about.

Really? Sounds like they'll be easier to get in my local maplins then 

viz

Buy this, chop it in half, then you've got two!

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Balanced-TRS-3-Pole-Neutrik-NP3X-1-4-Straight-Jack-to-Jack-Van-Damme-Cable-/271369265638?var=&hash=item3f2ede61e6:m:mpOQ4Ib9SeWtXFcYacM-uAw&_trkparms=pageci%3A10684534-829b-11e7-a0c1-74dbd18020ec%7Cparentrq%3Aebc005cc15d0abc05e554603fffd615f%7Ciid%3A9

hotpickups

viz said:

Buy this, chop it in half, then you've got two!

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Balanced-TRS-3-Pole-Neutrik-NP3X-1-4-Straight-Jack-to-Jack-Van-Damme-Cable-/271369265638?var=&hash=item3f2ede61e6:m:mpOQ4Ib9SeWtXFcYacM-uAw&_trkparms=pageci%3A10684534-829b-11e7-a0c1-74dbd18020ec%7Cparentrq%3Aebc005cc15d0abc05e554603fffd615f%7Ciid%3A9

Great. Makes sense to do that @viz . Thanks. I'm soldering it up to one of these:-

http://cpc.farnell.com/neutrik/nj3fp6cbag/neutrik-1-4-jack-panel-socket/dp/CN02851

Which wire goes where or does it matter? I know here the shield goes on mono set ups

Gagaryn

doesn't matter so long as you go ring to ring and tip to tip

english_bob

hotpickups said:

ESBlonde said:

A length of microphone cable if you have some lying about.

Really? Sounds like they'll be easier to get in my local maplins then 

Yes, but Maplins are always expensive for this sort of stuff. AFAIK all the main UK electronics supply places charge fairly hefty P&P though (which is partly why I like Bitsbox), so it may work out even.

english_bob

Gagaryn said:

doesn't matter so long as you go ring to ring and tip to tip

*sniggers*

Gagaryn

english_bob said:

Gagaryn said:

doesn't matter so long as you go ring to ring and tip to tip

*sniggers*

My double entendre detector, which is highly developed and normally alert to such things completely missed that. :-)

A girl in my office didn't know what a double entendre was! She asked for an example so I gave her one. :-)

english_bob

Gagaryn said:

A girl in my office didn't know what a double entendre was! She asked for an example so I gave her one. :-)

*fnar*