So I'm moving from using a Rocktron Utopia with a couple of extra pedals to a complete pedalboard with valve amp. I'm not yet sure on the layout of my pedals, but there's a chance that it could be a squeeze, (depends on which pedalboard I buy), therefore it struck me that the jacks on cables can be a culprit of space occupation...!!
I'm not anal about this, and whilst a tidy pedalboard would be nice, it doesn't have to be a work of art. But the pancake ends could make sense, but I have no idea if there are good/bad ones, or if they're just not worth considering.
Anyone with experience in this sort of area, please chime in :-)
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Having just redone my tiny, tiny board after putting everything on realised I couldn't do it the way I wanted due to the jacks on the patch cables,so I ought to be considering pancakes as well. However, my first thought was to move from a flat board to a pedaltrain type one so excess cable and power cables would be out of the way which would be a space saver, less squishing on the cables ( technical term) and generally tidier. I wouldn't go down the route of making custom patch cables as that doesn't seem the best idea if you move everything around every month.
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Does it lessen or increase resistance?
Or does it depend who you ask?
The only problem that I have had with pancakes is the tiny screws working loose (but then that happened with the early Cannon XLRs!) .
Locktite or nail varnish or better, some heatshrink which also give a degree of cable relief.
Resistance in signal cables, even several k Ohms, will make diddly diff' It COULD conceivably be a problem in a speaker circuit but hardly ever is. Anyone's jacks getting hot?
But yeah, give Rob a drink!
Dave.