Pedal board cabling suggestions *** dreams of one big wire***

[shredless]

Not referring to wiring up the board but l dont want a bunch or even 2 seperate wires running from board to amp. I dont want black tape, loom or zip ties… l want 1 fat supple cable from board to amp loop, hell even the guitar input could be in there too.

Ill have a wireless unit on the board plus in and out fx loop. But l dont want 3 cables. Any ideas? Is there long wide heat shrink out there? Or a cable that has 6 runs in it that l could use without noise?

Thanks

 

[Geeze]

You can get rolls of heat shrink tubing - a heat gun works better than a blow dryer. All kinds of widths & sizes.

Russ

 

[fitz]

I've used spiral cable organizers before.

https://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Cable-Wrap-Electrical-Organizer/dp/B0BN3XR4YP/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=spiral%2Bcord%2Borganizer&qid=1706995636&sr=8-3&th=1

They work great, but then I change my pedal boards around and wind up binning them...

 

[Calebz]

For the 3 cables (loop in/out, and signal to the front of the amp), I use some fairly robust cables stuffed into this:

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B01MSQHT48/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=AQ1IBDB6G2RRD&psc=1

Basically creates a single snake. Been using the same one for 4-5 years and it's held up well.

 

[don550]

Look into these guys as a possible solution:

Ultimate Pedal Cabling Solution

PedalSnake, the world's first configurable, multi-channel, all-in-one pedals-to-amp cable system for guitar effects pedals. The Most Elegant Solution.

www.pedalsnake.com

 

[shredless]

For the 3 cables (loop in/out, and signal to the front of the amp), I use some fairly robust cables stuffed into this:

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B01MSQHT48/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=AQ1IBDB6G2RRD&psc=1

Basically creates a single snake. Been using the same one for 4-5 years and it's held up well.

Can u give me the product name? I cant open the link as l dont have amazon

 

[Calebz]

Can u give me the product name? I cant open the link as l dont have amazon

Nylon expandable wire loom, Sort of like this: https://monkeyfabgarage.com/products/coming-soon-expandable-wire-loom

That took way more effort than it should. I buy all this stuff from france and I could not, for the life of me, remember what the name was in English

 

[Calebz]

Looks like this after a few hundred hours of use. I could have run the nylon stuff closer to the end of the cables on both ends, but I played it a safe a little - for a while I was using it for 3-4 different rigs. If I did it again, it would be a little different.


Cables are color coded. 4 wire patch bay on the board is color coded. Holes in the amp are color coded. It's 1 piece and practically stupid-proof.

I'm taking the next step and will probably start gigging with an orange terror stamp. 1 power to the board, 1 guitar cable in. 1 speaker cable out of the board.

 

[tmingle]

I saw a video(not sure who) using breakout boxes to wire a studio using Cat 5 cable.
It makes sense because Cat 5 should be twisted pairs of wires.

Radial Catapult Mini TRS Cat 5 Audio Snake Module with 1/4 inch TRS Connectors

4-channel Cat 5 Analog Audio Snake

www.sweetwater.com

These are TRS. I think they might work with pedals though.