Neutrik Silent Plug Problems
I built some cables for a few people and had them returned because the Neutrik Silent plug end failed. Both cases the end was a 90 degree end and the cable I was using is Canare GS-6 cable. What happened is that the "silent" function stopped working. Sent the ends back to Neutriks for failure analysis and their response was:
"Based on what we found we suspect that the connector was mechanically overloaded. It looks like as the lateral load exceeded the limit which caused the press seat between plugfinger and housing to get loose. Kindly note that the silent plug cannot accept that much lateral force (~ 6Nm) as the standard right angle connector as the seat is much smaller due to the silent switch."
Two different people and different guitars, so no commonality there. May have been something in my construction but cannot figure out what.
Has anyone else experienced any failures with these ends?
Guitars: '06 Les Paul Classic Goldtop, '07 SG classic, '79 ES335TD Blond, '88 Telecaster, '08 Custom Shop Strat 57 NOS, Framus '69 Goucho Acoustic, '72 Framus Caravelle hollow body, '09 Hagstrom Swede, '10 Ibanez AG95 and '69 Heit
Amps: Fender Blues Deluxe Tweed, Marshall JCM 900 50W full stack, Roland Cube 20XL and '69 Checkmate!
Pedals: (all DVM) Tremolo, "Rabid Rodent" distortion, "Zonkin Yellow Screamer" OD/Boost, "Gee Ain't That Swell" volume swell, and "Mega Muff" fuzz