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Topic: Cusack Music Cable Tester |
Gordon Hartin
From: Durham, NC
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Posted 26 May 2018 10:23 am
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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.
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Steven Paris
From: Los Angeles
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Posted 28 May 2018 6:12 am Re: Cusack Music Cable Tester
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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. _________________ Emmons & Peavey |
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 28 May 2018 6:29 am Re: Cusack Music Cable Tester
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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? |
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Gordon Hartin
From: Durham, NC
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Jon Light (deceased)
From: Saugerties, NY
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Posted 28 May 2018 10:16 am
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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).
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Ken Metcalf
From: San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 28 May 2018 4:58 pm
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Cheap and easy
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 May 2018 8:54 am
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That Behringer is the one that I use when I made up a Bullet solder less cable for someone.
Erv |
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Bruce Derr
From: Lee, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 29 May 2018 9:01 pm
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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/Swizz-Army-Cable-Tester-1274115046369.gc
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Jerry Erickson
From: Atlanta,IL 61723
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Steven Paris
From: Los Angeles
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Posted 31 May 2018 5:15 am
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That link no longer works _________________ Emmons & Peavey |
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Jack Stoner
From: Kansas City, MO
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Posted 31 May 2018 5:34 am
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I use the Behringer. I carry one in my pack seat. |
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Bill Sinclair
From: Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Steven Paris
From: Los Angeles
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Posted 31 May 2018 7:14 am
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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. _________________ Emmons & Peavey |
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Bruce Derr
From: Lee, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 31 May 2018 9:02 am
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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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