Easy DIY Snake Cable for 4CM/5CM Setups 

I have the exact same question - can one of these be used for amp channel switching?

so when you have 4cm setup, only 3 of the cables will go the distance between your board and amp the 4th cable is between your guitar and the board. A 5cm setup follows suit.. most commonly that 4th cable in the 5cm is to a lead channel or handles some channel switching aspect. hope that makes sense.

@@christianthompson7495 I see!!!! TIL about the 4 and 5 Cable Method. I was about to make cable snake like this to connect an electronic drum to its respective pads and didn’t understood the reference. Thank you so much.

4cm one cable is your guitar to the pedalboard. Not needed to be in the snake. You would just need 3. One to the amp, one from the FX sent back to the board, and the third to go back to the FX Return. You would want a 4th cable if you are going to 2 amps or if you need one to change channels on an amp.

@@NicleT Right on! Good luck with the snake.

It's a coaxial cable, very low capacitance, and can be used for audio. Most of the early cables used in the guitar world were all Belden RG cables designed for A/V stuff as well. I wouldn't have recommended it if it weren't a good candidate. This is common use among pro rig builders and this type of cable.

Most guitar cables are COAX cables, same soldering as any other guitar cable.

You have to solder the plugs just like with any cable.

It's an ideal cable for this location (output of pedalboard and effects loop). It's very low capacitance (around 25pF per foot) and the construction is high quality as it would be with any Canare brand cable. Made in Japan, one of the most respected cable makers of all time. I wouldn't recommend it if it weren't good.

I prefer stranded to solid core for this application. The stiffness of solid core can make stage use impractical.

There is one issue with this approach. All my looms also transfer power via power cables. On one of my pedalboards I run a talk box with a pedal format amp on-board. This pedal requires 24vdc so i have to have 2 power cables. Or at the very least a way to jump the power from the power supply to the amp pedal. An example would a power supply like the voodoo labs 2x4 plus that has a power outlet on it. So while this makes the cable management very neat. I still need 1 or more cables running the same length as my patch cables. @Mason, do you have any advice around how to manage that more cleanly?

@@christianthompson7495 You can run DC through a coax, every power supply cable provided by most manufacturers is a coaxial cable (Voodoo Lab for example). You'd just need to get enough channels to make sure you accommodated your DC power and Audio.

@@VertexEffectsInc Awesome! Thanks for making that clear. Looks like I might be making a couple new looms for my rigs, ha ha

@@VertexEffectsInc i am confused. Are you saying that i can attach a 3 prong wall plug to a coaxial cable and connect directly to a power outlet/use as an electrical extension cord??