Railboard stereo cable local/quick source?
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glennfin
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 Railboard stereo cable local/quick source?
Hello... I've recently gotten back to playing my railboard after a long pause. Unfortunately all my cables and 95% of my gear are packed for an upcoming move. I'm hoping I can get a stereo cable quickly, possibly from Amazon? guitar center?.. The cable seems to be the same as an insert cable for a mixer. The tip and ring on one end going to two mono cables..
Any ideas?
Thanks
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WerkSpace
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Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:19 pm Posts: 2081 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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_________________ #404 Stick - (1978) Angico hard wood. #6460 Railboard - Black with glow inlays.
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gpoorman
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glennfin wrote: Hello... I've recently gotten back to playing my railboard after a long pause. Unfortunately all my cables and 95% of my gear are packed for an upcoming move. I'm hoping I can get a stereo cable quickly, possibly from Amazon? guitar center?.. The cable seems to be the same as an insert cable for a mixer. The tip and ring on one end going to two mono cables.. It is exactly an insert cable for a mixer. Just much longer than what you'd find in stock in most stores. You should be able to get one of adequate length online though.
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WerkSpace
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_________________ #404 Stick - (1978) Angico hard wood. #6460 Railboard - Black with glow inlays.
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earthgene
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That is correct and all good info here so far. A shorter cable will generally provide a more pure signal, so 3m or 10' should be adequate. Hosa is an entry level option at $9. ProCo are a respectable choice and they color code tip and ring nicely, $32. And at the top end, at only 2m or 6' is a Mogami gold. A big selling point is the Neutrik plug, allowing the cable to be more easily repaired. Which is good because it's $80 before tax and shipping. (edited for syntax and hyperlinks)
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WerkSpace
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Funny thing about instrument cables. I could actually hear the difference in tone between different guitar cables. I took them apart to find out what the actual difference was and discovered that the cables with tons of tiny strands were the ones that sounded better. Apparently, a signal only travels on the surface of a wire (skin effect) and not thru the entire conductor. With more strands, there's more surface area for the signal to travel on and that's what I was hearing. So, not only does the length matter, the quality of the cable matters too. earthgene wrote: That is correct and all good info here so far. A shorter cable will generally provide a more pure signal.
_________________ #404 Stick - (1978) Angico hard wood. #6460 Railboard - Black with glow inlays.
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earthgene
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Correct, quality is a part of the value equation and not all cables are created equally.
The OP mentioned that the intent was to obtain one quickly which is why I listed links to three different cables of varying cost, quality and length.
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glennfin
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Joined: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:40 pm Posts: 167 Location: Winston Salem, NC
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The "skin effect" is typically considered for very high frequencies, like RF, mhz, etc not low frequencies like audio. A real issue is cable capacitance which attenuates high audio frequencies. WerkSpace wrote: Funny thing about instrument cables. I could actually hear the difference in tone between different guitar cables. I took them apart to find out what the actual difference was and discovered that the cables with tons of tiny strands were the ones that sounded better. Apparently, a signal only travels on the surface of a wire (skin effect) and not thru the entire conductor. With more strands, there's more surface area for the signal to travel on and that's what I was hearing. So, not only does the length matter, the quality of the cable matters too. earthgene wrote: That is correct and all good info here so far. A shorter cable will generally provide a more pure signal.
_________________ Glenn Fin
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glennfin
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Joined: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:40 pm Posts: 167 Location: Winston Salem, NC
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Thanks for all the helpful replies. I found one on Amazon that should work.
_________________ Glenn Fin
10 string Nickle Plasma Railboard #6974 MR tuning.
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