lawrence cable question...

[rand z]

i picked up the guitar cable package, with jacks, from bill and becky a few years ago and really like them a lot. good quality, good price and great people who run a wonderful family business. the cables have lasted and sound, imho, superior for clarity and tone. ive been using them for about 2+ years.

the reason im writing this post is that i have had one problem with them... on 2 different occasions the tip of the 1/4 inch plug has pulled apart from the longer barrel. both times it ended up stuck... once in a distortion pedal, and last night, in the input jack on my carvin guitar. it has been hard to remove as there is only a small stem that protrudes from inside the tip. i was able to remove the tip from inside the input jack on the pedal fairly easily. the carvin will be much harder as the jack is totally enclosed and the tip is down inside the jack... a very thin pair of needle nose pliers will be needed or perhaps a thin hemostat or tweezers of some sort.

my question is: has anyone else experienced this problem or am i abusing these cables in some fashion? i dont think im very rough on my equipment but who knows...

but, if this is an intermittent occurance with their cables, im sure bill and becky would want to know and correct this problem. i was able to retrieve the tip and refasten it to the barrel with some super glue. that particular cable i put on my pedalboard as a semi permanent connection between pedals as to not be pulling in/out but maybe once or twice a year. the jack/cable in question is another jack/cable and is used regularly between guitar and volume pedal, in and out a few times a week at gigs.

thanks all.

btw, please continue to support the lawrences and their great pups, cables and business!

rand z tropicalsoul.net

[Arlo]

I just ordered cable and tips from Bill and put one together last week.

I spoke to Bill the other day about this cable and my not being able to get it to work. Funny cause I thought I had done everything correctly in making it. The ends are idiot proof. I felt like I was in the 3% bracket that Bill says can't assemble them correctly.

I thought I had done something wrong. I plugged it into my amp but I got no signal. It felt like it had inserted all the way because it was very hard to push into the jack.

So I took it the other day and tried the same cable in my old Yamaha amp and it worked perfectly. It still went in hard. I had after all assembled it perfectly.

So went back to my Line 6 and tried it again and it wasn't going into the jack all the way. It would seem the tip is the culprit. I pushed a little harder and it went in but it took some effort and I would imagine it will be difficult to remove. But it worked perfectly.

Like you I agree that the clarity and the power I got from the cable was outstanding! I was amazed at the difference. WOW!

I then went and made two short ones for my DBX 163A compressor connection in the amp loop. Dang what a difference!! I wish I would have bought some of this cable sooner. Outstanding results that are instantly audible.

The problem you are having I am afraid will happen to me as well as the tips seem to be over sized a bit. I am going to see if I can use sand paper and smooth the end tip. Maybe a little WD40?

Bill will call me when he reads this and I will ask about it.

I highly recommend this cable!

[rand z]

thanks arlo!

please let me how bill responds.

they are great sounding cables, clear as a bell, and i do like em a lot. sturdy connections too. im sure this problem is correctable.

i hope to order another kit in the near future as im putting together a second pedalboard for my acoustic rig.

rand z tropicalsoul.net

[mudbean]

Ah, I found this, too - I had a helluva time unplugging one of mine from my BYOC pedal jack.

mud

[charlie chitlin]

I'd avoid sandpaper.
Buffing would probably be better.
Do you have a Dremel and cotton wheel?