Hi Everyone,
Since I'm making some XLR to XLR leads for a good mate of mine and I'm going to be doing some repair work on some of my own leads today, I thought that it would be a good excuse for me to do a mini-tutorial thread about making your own DIY instrument leads, and show you how I go about making them.
I'm going to be documenting the process with some pics as well as a write up.
To start the ball rolling, here's a quick re-cap of the four steps for preparing the leads prior to soldering the plugs onto them, they are:
1, Cut.....Cut the cable to the required length.
2, Strip...Strip the plastic insulation off the cable and the inner-conductors.
3, Twist...Twist the individual strands of shielding braid together so that it forms one neat bundle, do the same for the strands of the inner conductors.
And finally....
4, Tin.....Tin the neat bundles of strands by coating them with solder, they should look shiny once you're done.
I will be going into each step in more detail and adding pics soon so stay tuned....