SnapJack - Have You Guys & Gals Seen This?

[Zaphod B]

This is a shit hot product. It's an instrument cable with breakaway (detachable) 1/4" jacks on both ends. The cable is silent on break and reconnect. The jacks are held together magnetically and will come apart under a given amount of tension.

So you can switch between guitars (or amps) without having to put the amps on standby (or turning the volume down), or even turning your guitar's volume down.

Expensive but way cool. Check it out:

http://zzyzxsnapjack.com/

 

[Flamin Lip]

Killer Idea!!! I wont spend my hard earned musicians welfare check on it, but AAA+ for innovation.

 

[starbuck26]

It's a PHENOMENAL idea.

Until you lose one of the jacks.

 

[Zaphod B]

It's a PHENOMENAL idea.

Until you lose one of the jacks.

They sell those separately, too.

I think the idea is that you keep the jack ends (semi)permanently-installed in your guitars and amp, so you don't have to worry about losing them.

 

[faderbug]

what's the chance you disconnect them accidentally by straying too far from your amp for instance?

annoying during gigs.

 

[Zaphod B]

what's the chance you disconnect them accidentally by straying too far from your amp for instance?

annoying during gigs.

What what I can determine, they require more than just a little tug to disconnect. But you have a valid point.

 

[Nicole_Rose]

what's the chance you disconnect them accidentally by straying too far from your amp for instance?

annoying during gigs.

as zaph says a valid point, but i've gone too far with a regular guitar cord and had to run back and plug it back in. i'd prefer a wireless system myself. a bassist friend of mine has one and it's sweet

 

[cusebassman]

as zaph says a valid point, but i've gone too far with a regular guitar cord and had to run back and plug it back in. i'd prefer a wireless system myself. a bassist friend of mine has one and it's sweet

Wireless systems are great - used to have one on my bass setup when I actually played bass live Bought it used in already pretty rough shape, and it died right around the time I stopped playing bass in a band... worked out pretty well

As for this thing, if you are pulling so hard on the cord connected to your amp, wouldn't you want it to disconnect? I realise that that would mean you wouldn't be heard anymore until you run back and plug back in, all embarrassed... but I play through a Fender Blues-series amp - the controls and jack are on the top-back of the amp; if I were to walk too far away, I'd pull the amp over and probably blow a tube

 

[wesmac]

niiiiicee....

 

[faderbug]

as zaph says a valid point, but i've gone too far with a regular guitar cord and had to run back and plug it back in. i'd prefer a wireless system myself. a bassist friend of mine has one and it's sweet

well yes and no. i lead my cable between my strap and guitar and that way it never gets unplugged. the other end is strapped to the amp handle with a velcro strap.

anyway i like the silent break/connect feature - that's something really handy.



wireless indeed is very cool.

 

[Zaphod B]

I've never used a wireless system, mainly because of the comments I've seen about tone loss due to signal compression/expansion.

I'm seeing some new digital wireless systems on the market that claim to overcome this problem.

 

[cusebassman]

I've never used a wireless system, mainly because of the comments I've seen about tone loss due to signal compression/expansion.

I'm seeing some new digital wireless systems on the market that claim to overcome this problem.

These threads keep reminding me that even at 24, I've lost a decent bit of hearing, and a lot of the high-end of the audible spectrum, but when I would use my wireless with my archtop, I wouldn't notice much tone loss. Maybe it was a good system, and maybe I didn't use it enough to notice (I don't gig much, so I only used it a handful of times).

And again, as someone else said, they loop their guitar cable through their strap and attach it to the handle of their amp - so if you go too far, you pull the amp over Guess you just need to pay attention.

 

[xstatic]

Seems kind of cool at first though. The problem I see is that if it disconnects easily enough to keep a guitar from tipping over like in their demo video, it seems like it will also disconnect way to easily in regular use. If it doesn't disconnect that easily, than it probably won't help much either.

 

[TelePaul]

Pretty cool! That swapping-cables sound is disgusting!

 

[Zaphod B]

Seems kind of cool at first though. The problem I see is that if it disconnects easily enough to keep a guitar from tipping over like in their demo video, it seems like it will also disconnect way to easily in regular use. If it doesn't disconnect that easily, than it probably won't help much either.

I always loop my guitar cable under my strap when I'm standing, so the guitar end has never been a problem for me.

Every cable I've damaged has been at the amp end, from the cable getting jerked on too hard, or from just getting stepped on. This new cable would at least eliminate the amp-side damage for me.

 

[castlerock]

what's the chance you disconnect them accidentally by straying too far from your amp for instance?

annoying during gigs.

i always anchor my cables anyway. duct tape on the floor and looping through the strap on my guitar. i did break loose of the duct tape once though.