v-custom cable/contact cleaner suggestions?

[mudyax]

Greetings oh great and wise vdrummers:

Question: I am building a practice kit at home and plan to swap my existing v-custom cables out to use on the practice kit. I will need to replace the cables on the v-custom kit and want to know what are good cables to buy for such an application? Do I need Roland cables? Will standard instrument cables (higher gauge) be sufficient? They seem far more bulky and unwieldy than the roland cables....and what about the geometry of the tips? Who offers the best prices on roland or generic cables?

Also, what is the standard school of thought regarding cleaning cable tips and brain inputs? How often? With what product?

As usual, thanks in advance for your great input!

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[IndustrialDrummer]

Originally posted by mudyax:
Also, what is the standard school of thought regarding cleaning cable tips and brain inputs? How often? With what product?

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There is a product that i've seen in musiciansfriend or interstate that has both male and female ends which are designed to remove corrosion and such from your cables. I can't remember the name since my catalogues are not near me, but I know I've seen it. Check in the guitar sections of catalogues, where they sell string winders and such. Should be in that section.

[mudyax]

Thanks industrialdrummer....will do.

[rudi-mint]

The name of that tool is conduct tool. I have one and it works great!!!!!!


Kurt

[mudyax]

Thanks rudi-mint. I'm off to musiciansfriend.com right now to check it out. Sounds very cool! Thanks for the tip!