Patch leads

[Fraser, Colin J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Allgood [mailto:oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: 03 December 1999 13:35
> To: synth diy
> Subject: Patch leads
> 
> Anyone know the best way to get hold of economical patch 
> leads. I don't
> mind doing them myself, but what cable is best used for 
> flexibility and
> reliability?
> 
> I priced up 25 cables with swicthcraft jacks and VanDamme cable, and I
> could hear my bank manager groaning from 16 miles away. So, I went for
> the ultra-cheap option of unspecified jacks from Rapid Electronics and
> RG58 cable, but even that hurts in when I need 25 of them.
> 
> No wonder, I always went for prepatched synths in the past. What does
> everyone else use?

Banana cables - cheap as hell, and half the soldering :-)

Colin f