Cusack Music Cable Tester

Gordon Hartin · Post by **Gordon Hartin** » 26 May 2018 10:23 am

I just picked up this cable tester and went through all of my George L cables. Although all my cables were working, about half of them tested bad, so I clipped the ends And remade them. The cable tester checks both the grounding and the impedance of the cables.

Pretty useful device.

Gordon

Steven Paris · Post by **Steven Paris** » 28 May 2018 6:12 am

Gordon Hartin wrote:I just picked up this cable tester and went through all of my George L cables. Although all my cables were working, about half of them tested bad, so I clipped the ends And remade them. The cable tester checks both the grounding and the impedance of the cables.
Pretty useful device. Gordon

Sounds about par for the course for those AWFUL solderless connectors. I've had NOTHING but headaches with them.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 28 May 2018 6:29 am

Gordon Hartin wrote:I just picked up this cable tester and went through all of my George L cables. Although all my cables were working, about half of them tested bad, so I clipped the ends And remade them. The cable tester checks both the grounding and the impedance of the cables.

Pretty useful device.

Gordon

If the cable tests "bad", does the device tell you what the problem is?

Gordon Hartin · Post by **Gordon Hartin** » 28 May 2018 7:36 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QxUK5b6r0I

Here's a clip to see how to use the Cable Tester.

Gordon

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 28 May 2018 10:16 am

I've got a Behringer tester that only shows continuity (or lack thereof). I've found that cables that have been laying around read as glitchy until you either work the dirt/oxidation off with a bit of in/out or a spritz of DeOxit.

I made a box to test resistance. It surprised me to find that nearly all my old GeoL's were reading very high until I clipped and re-made them. It was a night & day difference in readings. I assume that the contacts oxidize and need refreshing (clipping).

Ken Metcalf · Post by **Ken Metcalf** » 28 May 2018 4:58 pm

Cheap and easy

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 29 May 2018 8:54 am

That Behringer is the one that I use when I made up a Bullet solder less cable for someone.

Erv

Bruce Derr · Post by **Bruce Derr** » 29 May 2018 9:01 pm

The Behringer cable tester is indeed a great design. I considered getting one but couldn't bring myself to do it. The identical Ebtech unit that they used as, um, inspiration, is probably no better functionally, and certainly costs more, but if you want to give the owners of the original design their due, and get a USA-made product, here's a link:

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Ebtech/Swi ... 5046369.gc

Jerry Erickson · Post by **Jerry Erickson** » 31 May 2018 4:36 am

This one goes to eleven.

http://hosatech.com/product/cbt-500/[/url]

Steven Paris · Post by **Steven Paris** » 31 May 2018 5:15 am

Jerry Erickson wrote:This one goes to eleven.
http://hosatech.com/product/cbt-500/[/url]

That link no longer works

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 31 May 2018 5:34 am

I use the Behringer. I carry one in my pack seat.

Bill Sinclair · Post by **Bill Sinclair** » 31 May 2018 6:18 am

Steven Paris wrote:
Jerry Erickson wrote:This one goes to eleven.
http://hosatech.com/product/cbt-500/[/url]
That link no longer works

Maybe this one?

http://hosatech.com/product/cbt-500/

Steven Paris · Post by **Steven Paris** » 31 May 2018 7:14 am

Yeah, that works better! I like that tester a LOT more because it allows connection of a ohmmeter to tell you the real impedance of the cable.

Bruce Derr · Post by **Bruce Derr** » 31 May 2018 9:02 am

It doesn't provide that feature. The test leads are for checking continuity of a cable that doesn't mate with any of the tester's built-in connectors.

Still looks like a decent unit.

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