Build RCA Cables for Reverb Tanks DIY Handwired Guitar Amplifier Tech - Build Like Leo Fender

Build RCA Cables for Reverb Tanks (How To) DIY Handwired Guitar Amplifier Tech - Build Like Leo Fender
Pretty straightforward this week. Here's my process for building RCA cables for reverb tanks. This set is for a handwired 6G15 standalone reverb unit. This also works for making your own foot switches that use RCA connectors or for longer cables common in Fender guitar amps.
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[@chokkan7]

Thanks for the nice tutorial. I've been doing this for years myself, and I'd like to offer a couple of pointers as well, if it isn't a problem.
When braiding the external shield, if you split it in half, and then make two braids, it can be soldered 180 degrees apart; this spreads the load, and makes the end product more stable. Also, prior to soldering the central connector, if you slip two short lengths of shrink wrap onto the wire (one small diameter, one slightly larger), you can bring the small one up to cover the central conductor after it's soldered into place. I then put a small lock tie around it after heating, cinch it up tight, and then clip it close. After the external braids are soldered, the second shrink wrap is placed and heated (covering the lower edges of the plug); this really helps with stability, and it just looks better.

[@Mr.T711]

Cool, I’d like to build a set for my Peavey but it has the Molex at the amp side. My reverb cable likes to pickup the radio now and then since I live next to two radio towers.

[@FreshOldSchool]

Thanks for watching! I’d buy a new matching molex connector and wire them from that. It’s not the type of connection that’s causing the interference but the lack of shielding and the length (capacitance & resistance) of the wire that are acting like an antenna. I’d use RG174 coax. So basically make a pigtail out of your new connector and the coax. Keep the original cable just in case. You can use the original and a multimeter set for continuity to confirm the pinout for the wiring.

[@Mr.T711]

@@FreshOldSchool probably what I’ll do. Just would have been super quick to solder standard metal rca ends. Thanks!

[@mikejamieson419]

This would be a great video if we could actually see wtf u are doing

[@sentbycyberliferk800]

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