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Re: RE: Recommended Cables - GK Guitar Synth Compatible Cables



If you're inclined to soldering, you can get the male 13-pin connectors from Digi-Key:
 
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=CP-1013-ND
 
You could take a long cable, cut it, and put new connectors on the exposed ends.
 
Mark Smart
http://www.marksmart.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Mech <mech@m3ch.net>
Date: Monday, October 1, 2007 13:43
Subject: RE: Recommended Cables - GK Guitar Synth Compatible Cables
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com

> At 10:24 AM -0700 10/1/07, tEd ® kiLLiAn wrote:
> >
> >  DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE TO GET GK 13-PIN COMPATIBLE
> CABLES IN EVEN SHORTER
> >  LENGTHS?
>
> Ted,
>
> Check Ebay (<*ducking*> yes, i'm serious).
> There's a seller over there who occasionally
> offers these up.  I think their User ID is
> 4wells.  Don't worry, they're not shady or
> anything (I've bought these things from them in
> the past).
>
> It turns out that Roland *does* make 13-pin
> cables in a smaller size (like somewhere around 3
> or 5 feet, IIRC).  But, unfortunately, Roland
> doesn't seem to sell these direct.  They come
> bundled as extra cables with devices like the
> US-20 GK Unit Selector.
>
> That seller to which I was referring has somehow
> gotten a stash of these things (don't know if
> he's unbundling them from the US-20's or what).
> Every once in a while they come up; you've just
> got to keep a watch out, or try contacting him
> directly.
>
> Oh yeah, I just found the URL to one of his
> completed (sorry!) auctions for a 4-foot GK
> cable:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ROLAND-4-FOOT-GK-CABLE-FOR-GUITAR-SYNTH-AND-
> VG88_W0QQitemZ120160649039QQihZ002QQcategoryZ47075QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> You might also look around to see if Roland lists
> these as a replacement part, and have your bench
> tech or authorized service center order them.
> They do exist, they're just not very easy to find.
>
> Just a couple of leads, but I hope it helps a little.
>
> --m.
> --
> _____
> "the wind in my heart; the dust in my head...."
>