DIY - Make your own Custom Guitar / Instrument Cables... cheaper and better than buying them.

Making our own custom size guitar cables is easy and a less expensive way to get the cable lengths that you need without breaking the bank. You can buy the parts online or at a local store and make as many as you like! Enjoy the video - links to my supplier below.
-Steve
Manotick StringWorks
Ottawa, Ontario
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NextGen Guitar & Amp Parts
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#DIY, #cables, #custom

[@marcosavila8215]

just a tip.. you should had way more cable into the jack, meaning the cable should go further trough the jack clamp, it will work for more "years", you exposed too much the ground wire, self experience as a daily guitar player, great instrument cable you have there tho ...trying to buy 20 or 30 meters, cheers from Portugal

[@fordjohnson1363]

I've found that in order to save money, I'll need to buy 100-500 feet of bulk instrument wire, but hey, that's 20-25 cables!

[@borntohula94]

Great video. Thanks.

[@ManotickGuitarTech]

Glad you enjoyed it! I hope you have subbed to my channel too?

[@borntohula94]

Just subbed 👍

[@derekflow]

This is helpful. If you're looking for any more topics, one thing I am curious about, and maybe would be a good sponsored video topic, is how you can do this with the least amount of tools possible

[@orangeguitarmusik]

I stopped buy those overpriced guitar cables years ago. They’re easy to make and you can make a high quality cable for much less.

[@sweetarion2157]

What makes those premium guitar cables that expensive ? Aren’t they all made technically the same way?

[@ManotickGuitarTech]

Magic dust and gold- lol. Just marketing...buy decent quality cable wire and switch craft jacks and they will be just as good as a "premium " brand

[@jean-marcdumouchel7812]

I've seen guitar cables range from $5 to $42000, they're all made differently using different materials. Don't ever spend more than $100 on an Instrument cable.

[@jean-marcdumouchel7812]

You realize that after the "musician" buys the cable and connectors, the soldering iron, the third hand & a heat gun, he could have bought a much, much better one from me at his specified length.

[@amerd.encourager9636]

Hello its a good video.
Can i ask a question?
Can i use microphone cable xlr to make instrument cable? Thank you in advance

[@ManotickGuitarTech]

no, it has 1 extra wire

[@JBF-GST-Tanda]

How about twisting the two cores together and use them as one? Or use one core and omit the other?

[@jean-marcdumouchel7812]

You absolutely can, I've been doing it for over 40 years.

[@KipCount]

Great video! What size heat shrink tubing would you recommend for this job? Is 1/2" the right size?

[@ManotickGuitarTech]

1/2" should work for most cables... test it out first. Thanks for watching and I hoped you have subscribed to my channel?

[@theAxehound]

I use cheap 16-18 AWG unshielded lamp-cord for speaker cables. Is there a Home Depot equivalent for shielded 18 gauge guitar cable?

[@ManotickGuitarTech]

No idea, really

[@whodatdere1]

Technically RG6. Many companies are using a coax cable for the solderless conenctors. Most of the audio analysers I see use RG58 coax and RF connectors for testing.

[@officialmoondancer]

Eh... Think I'll just buy em 😅

[@natsirakbarm3408]

its actually much cheaper, the higher price of this is just the soldering skill😅

[@athanasiospapadakis4249]

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