Enabling any instrument lead to be silent

[kiat]

Just sharing an idea others have no doubt had, but I could not find when searching here.

 

A simple addition to my gear to make any instrument cable silent (and right angle).

* Neutrik silent right-angle jack 

* Sommer Spirit XXL instrument cable

* Neutrik locking jack socket

 

I got to this point having gone down the rabbithole of switching to IEMs for myself and one or more of the bands I play in. Specifically assembling dual cables into one: instrument out, mix to IEMs back. This adds a bit of effort initially but pays off with reduced cables and keeping them as a set (I have a similar cable from my multi-pedal to the personal headphone amp, so the wired IEM signal flows alongside the instrument signal route).

Edited July 16 by kiat

[naxos10]

Nice solution kiat👌

[BigRedX]

The downside is that it adds another potential point of failure where the two cables join.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

This is very much like a similar cable I put together, but using stereo components to enable me to mount a stereo wireless unit on the strap when using my 4003's rick-o-sound output.

[kiat]

On 17/07/2025 at 08:17, BigRedX said:

The downside is that it adds another potential point of failure where the two cables join.

 

True.  It depends if the solution solves a specific problem and if the tradeoff for a player makes it worth it.  For me it does as:

• I have an active bass and it helps having a wireless transmitter (dongle or, later, a body pack like that with Mi-Pro M58) that is tucked away from the guitar jack socket and not swinging around etc.
• I prefer having a Neutrik silent jack on my bass irrespective of the length of cable I need to use - this way I only need to buy one of them.

 

 

21 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

This is very much like a similar cable I put together, but using stereo components to enable me to mount a stereo wireless unit on the strap when using my 4003's rick-o-sound output.

Nice, would that be two jacked cables into one stereo socket?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

24 minutes ago, kiat said:

Nice, would that be two jacked cables into one stereo socket?

No, just a stereo plug into the ric-o-sound output to a stereo socket into which I plug the transmitter of the Lekato WS Stereo wireless.

 

Edited July 21 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[Chienmortbb]

4 hours ago, kiat said:

Nice, would that be two jacked cables into one stereo socket?

Silent Plugs are only available in TS or mono configuration.

[kiat]

On 21/07/2025 at 20:26, Chienmortbb said:

Silent Plugs are only available in TS or mono configuration.

The question to Jean-Luc was about making a stereo cable, his jacks aren't silent.

[Chienmortbb]

My mistake.