Planet Waves cable

FenderBender · 2010-03-16T16:34:44+00:00

A customer brought in a Planet Waves instrument cable that had become intermittent. The cable has molded plugs, but using a multimeter and flexing the cable, it was easy to diagnose that the ground connection had broken off in the plug. I decided to dissect the plug, since the owner was told that the lifetime warranty only applies in the US and I was curious as to how it was constructed. After stripping the plastic molding off the plug I found this: The brass crimp was loose, allowing the plug to flex and break... After removing the crimp... After removing the interior potted molding, revealing the break... \ Notice how thin the metal is... Planet Waves use great shielding techniques (2 cores for signal and the screen connected to only one side)... My opinion in short: Nice cable, nice shielding, but shoddy plugs!

FenderBender

The one I repaired is not marked and the shield was grounded on one side. The guy whose cable it is wanted a right angled plug on the amp side, so I made sure I grounded the shield on the same side so he'll always use his cable the right way around ?

Garth-S

Just checked my cable, and it is marked "shielded end" on the one side ?

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