FLAT PATCH CABLES....Yay or Nay ?

[PCollen]

Good, or bad for pedal interconnections......
What are your preferences...what do you use ?

 

[Mark617]

Me personally, I’m not a flat cable guy.

 

[Killing Floor]

Only.
EBS

 

[schmee]

I have some, they are Ernie Ball. I got them because the bend readily without being stiff. The metal end jacks are very flat, but that is highly over rated feature IMHO. (you can only put pedals so close together before the buttons are too close anyway). They were a bit too much money IMO.
Now there are tons of makers out there though.

Ernie Ball P06221 Flat Ribbon Pedalboard Patch Cable - Right Angle to Right Angle - 6-inch (3-pack)

Audio Cable, Angled 1/4" TS Male - Angled 1/4" TS Male, 6" Long - Black, 3-pack

www.sweetwater.com

 

[Highway 49]

Well, yes, I love my EBS cables - I’m not sure I can tell any difference in sound quality between the black and gold ones but, whichever, they’re just so much easier to work with than the usual chunky cables (unless you’re just using a few chunky pedals on the floor)

 

[Linus Pickle]

They're useful if you've got pedals with in/outputs on the side of the housing and you are tight for space on a board. I have some on my pedalboard and they're fine.

 

[WalthamMoosical]

Made myself an S-shaped patch this evening, wondered why I'd never seen one advertised, went looking online and (esp. with the help of TDPRI) found that they exist--including in flat--and so now I'm ... uhh ... wondering how I never managed to see one advertised. user error as usual

 

[Fiesta Red]

I vote Yay.

Ernie Balls on both my boards:

 

[Tele Fan]

I've been using the one's Sweetwater sales for a couple of years with no issues. Let's me really overstuff my boards

 

[Billy3]

As long as they are quiet, I don't care.

 

[HBamps]

Really like the Ernie Ball ones

 

[Dan German]

Never bothered with them until I needed some patch cables, and the only ones on sale (therefore, the only ones I’m interested in) were the Ernie Ball flats. Now, I am waiting for another sale, because I like them better than my old cables.

 

[FenderLover]

Curious to cut one open and see how they are put together...

 

[teletimetx]

Haven't gone flat yet.

 

[dougstrum]

I believe members of the Flat Earth Society prefer flat cables

 

[schmee]

As long as the cable bends tightly without stiffness, the jacks are the most restrictive part to getting pedals close together anyway, so "MEH"! And pedals too close together are difficult to use anyway.

 

[lousy13]

I use flat cables from Tour Gear Designs. May not be the cheapest but they work for me.

 

[Peegoo]

I believe members of the Flat Earth Society prefer flat cables

Flat Earther, about eight years ago: "We have more than a million believers around the globe."

Me: "GOTCHA!"

 

[BlueShadows]

Who's got extra space on their board for anything other than flat?

 

[mambosun]

Flat cables=more pedals on your board.
I'm perfectly happy with EBS stuff.