So I’ve been through a whole bunch of different patch cable brands - all the typical branded ones - Boss, Dunlop, Ernie Ball, Fender, Hosa, Mooer and Planet Waves (D’Addario) - before I stumbled across my current favourites ’EBS Gold Flat Patch Cables’ on the Andertons website.
I have a very extensive pedal chain consisting of some 36 pedals currently and I did not much like the usual thick-ish cable or jack-heads. The EBS ones are still the trimmest flattest versions I have comes across, they do have some evolving competition from the new Rockboard Flat Patch Gold Series which comes in a much wider variety of lengths, although I’m not sure about the way ends over-run the jacks - I much prefer the streamlined shape of the EBS jack heads.
Daniel Steinhardt of GigRig and That Pedal Show fame swears by the Evidence Audio Solderless Monorail system - but the jacks / caps on those are rather regular-shaped and the wire nowhere near as flat as either Rockboard or EBS especially.
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Finally Free The Tone is a decent quality competitor to Evidence - and they do things very slightly differently to Evidence and at a similar price point. There are a whole bunch of slightly lower quality solderless options from companies like Boss, Donner, Hellion, Lava Cables, Mr Power and Planet Waves.
My personal pick of the bunch is still EBS, although if I need longer lengths - then I would source those from Rockboard. If I had to go solderless, I would pay the premium and go with either Evidence Audio or Free The Tone - depending on my needs. The Evidence Audio Kit seems to provide you with everything you need, although Free The Tone has a few advantages of its own.
EBS (Efekt Bass System) are Swedish Electric Bass technology specialists and are responsible for my current favourite patch cables. The are the slimmest of those available with the smallest and skinniest end jacks - they sound just as good as they look.
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Just recently launched, these are now available at Thomann, they’re not quite as neat and tidy as the EBSs, but come in a greater variety of lenghts - which makes the 3 varieties over 1m particularly useful:
This is the current king of solderless patch cables, Daniel Steinhardt swears by them and they are on all his pro GigRig guitar rigs and pedalboards. All the plugs / jacks are right angled - which is no different to the above two hard-wired alternatives. These come in 2 different kits - SIS1 has 8 jacks and 5 foot / c150cm of cable, and SIS2 has 10 jacks and 10 foot of cable c300cm - and they come in burgundy red and black cable varieties - you can buy additional jacks / plugs for $7.95 / £5.99 each and addition cable at circa $2.95 / £3 per foot.
This high quality Japanese brand is less well-known than Evidence, yet adds its own twist by providing both straight and right-angled jack plugs. The kits come in 3 varieties - variously with straight and angled jack plugs but always with 300cms of cable.
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I can see the benefit in being able to cut the cable exactly to size - but using a combination of EBS and Rockboard cables will pretty much handle all scenarios and can give you the tidiest of boards or pedal chains. All of these are premium and use premium components, so high quality sound is a given. There are certainly lots of different choices out there, and sure - some of these are a few pounds dearer overall, but you really do get what you pay for here, and these cable solutions should benefit you in several ways.
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These feel great in the hands. They have a good weight to them - not heavy but substantial enough to exude reassuring quality, premium-feeling patch cables indeed.
The flexibility is quite alright for a set of flat guitar patch cables. They are not the softest feeling wires I've tried but since these are fresh from the mail I expect these to soften up after some use.
Also, being 3 inch cables, they'll most probably be relegated to simple right to left setups that aren't too reliant on extreme flexibility.
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Being flat cables, they quite prefer being flexed up and down than side to side. Twisting okay too but not as natural feeling as your regular rounded cables so this will definitely work better with some layouts over others.
Based on my experience with patch cables, no one type is best for all layouts but flat cables are a space-saving good bet for many of your typical configurations.
The cable texture reminds me somewhat of a stick of gum. The slightly textured matte white has a tinge of cream - I feel like due to the color, these could get dirty quite quickly and easily.
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I'm very pleased with these short, little flat ribbon patch cables. Approximately 3 inches might be enough for most simple setups, but if you're serious about building complex boards I suggest buying an assortment of lengths, optimally of different colors to signify the lengths at a glance.
These Ernie Ball 3 Flat Ribbon Patch Cables don't take up a lot of space, sound transparent enough, and feel robust and high quality.
The name itself is an easy giveaway of its main feature, which is the use of premium 24-karat gold plating on the contact housing and 1/4 plugs. Both add to its overall look and performance (the gold helps prevent corrosion - it does not improve your signal).
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More importantly, even with its gold plated contacts, this patch cable retains a very reasonable price tag. The EBS PG-10 also comes with a flat profile cable and flat right angle plugs, which makes this patch cable easier to position, and if implemented properly, saves you a lot of precious pedalboard space.
I appreciate is the EBS PG-10's compact profile which is a dream to setup, almost giving me space for 2 extra pedals on my board. The flat cable design is very easy to work with, cutting down pedal substitution time and cable checking/maintenance by a considerable margin.
It also works with a lot of asymmetrical layouts that might be harder to wire with regular round cables due to the flat cable's unique flex characteristics.
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If you need some flat patch cables and having 24 Karat gold-plated connectors is something that excites you, I recommend the highly rated EBS PG-10's.
Pedal couplers are simply two plugs connected back to back, removing the need for any cabling. They are ideal for linking pedals together that have identical input/outport jack placements to each other.
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