Thomann SK140 Jack mono Angled

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this jack. Given the price, I expected to use this only for soldering practice to not waste any expensive parts while learning. It's an easy jack to solder and I would recommend it to beginners wanting to learn this very useful skill. I am a guitarist and have now gigged with a cable using this plug for a few months and I've had no troubles with it so far.

One thing to keep in mind when using this style of plug is that you should use something like a heat shrink to make sure you won't strain the connection when disconnecting the cable and this is not included.

I love these angled jacks for pedals or having one angled end on your long lead for the guitar.

If you have made any cables with solder before than this should be no different. Very straight forward - and these pieces are far easier to solder than some of the other jacks I have had in the past!.

There is this plastic separator that keeps the parts under the sleeve from touching that I really like. I haven't seen it before but it's a great addition and nice for peace of mind.

Honestly if you are looking at these - you know what they are for and you should grab some and fix up your old cables or make some fresh ones!

Bought these to make some decent sized patch cables from the piles of guitar cable I have lying around from all those stupid moulded plugs that you can't repair.

This wonderful 90 degree angle was just perfect for my needs to allow me to squeeze more pedals onto my board and keep wasted space down to a minimum. Im firmly an amateur at soldering so if I can use these and make my own cables then I expect anyone with half a brain to be able to get something useful out of these.

The only downside is that it doesnt have any strain relief on the cable so there is the possibility of the cable being yanked and broken so its perfect for short static cable runs but maybe not as your main guitar lead that gets stood on all the time.