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The Lava Solder-Free Pedalboard Kit includes 10 feet of Mini ELC Cable, 10 Lava plugs and a stripping tool.

Lava Cable DIY solder-free plugs developed with G&H Industries-is specifically designed with tight tolerances to match the Lava Mini ELC cable. The Lava Plug is the first solder-free DIY plug on the market not to use a set screw to make the ground connection. Instead, Lava Cable plugs employ a sleeve that makes a 360 ground and outer jacket contact.

The right angle plug was introduced at Summer NAMM 2009 and it may be the smallest DIY solder-free right angle plug on the market – with a body width of .435 in., for spacing between pedals of less than 1 in. – or less than 1/2 in. when staggered.
Lava Mini ELC Cable Pedal Board Kit with Right Angle Plug 10 ft. Cable/10 Right Angle Solderless plugs/stripping too
Lava Mini ELC Cable Pedal Board Kit with Right Angle Plug 10 ft. Cable/10 Right Angle Solderless plugs/stripping too
Lava Mini ELC Cable Pedal Board Kit with Right Angle Plug 10 ft. Cable/10 Right Angle Solderless plugs/stripping too

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3.6

10 Reviews

33%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend

Very clean looking and quality feel.

Most Liked Positive Review

4

Great Cable Set

This is a great cable set and will produce a pseudo professional (non-soldered) wiring of your pedal board. The end product looks great and produces great sound as well. I wired boards my first board with the Planet Waves kit and expanded my pedal collection so that I had to buy a second board. This second board was wired with the Lava kit If you are struggling to decide which one to get here is my comparison. The Planet Waves kit cables are very easy to put together. After my first attempt to wire my board with the Planet Waves kit, I had only one patch cord that I had messed up. I did some trouble shooting to find out which cord was the culprit, took it apart, put it back together and I was in business. The Lava Cables kit is trickier to put together but if you watch some demo videos on YouTube and take some small sections of cable and practice a couple of times, you'll be in business. The trick is to strip the insulation in exactly the right distance from the end of the wire (too long is more problematic than a little too short) and not cut too deep when you strip it. All this is a reason to practice a little first. If you take the time to practice a little, in the end the Lava kit is much more professional looking. In addition, the cable itself is much thinner and easier to manipulate in small spaces. The design of the Lava right angle plugs is also much more versatile than the Planet Waves design and allows for connections in all kinds of weird angles. The only real flaw in both kits was that the supplied wire cutter in the Planet Waves kit and the combo wire cutter/stripper in the Lava kit both wore out too quickly. Just about the time you're putting together the last 1-2 patch cords, they start to get pretty dull and it's much harder to make clean cuts/strips of the cable. Either one will work, but now that I know exactly how to use the Lava kit, I'm going to rewire my first board with the Lava kit. I like the way it looks and sounds much better.

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Most Liked Negative Review

3

It was good. But now the plugs are last year's models

Great for being last year's model kit. The cable itself is top tier. The Extreme Low Capacitance (ELC) work great with true bypass and buffered pedals alike. The worst part are building the twist on ends. Figure out how much cable you need, then add 1/4-1/3 inch to each side because the cable shielding will need to be longer than the core inside, but also because you will constantly break part of the interior shielding while making your cables. Fortunately LAVA now has Piston ends which are easier to assemble (like George L ends) and even more compact than anything in the comparable price range.

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Reviewed by 10 customers

  • after 3 yrs, 8/10 cables shorting out

    1

    submitted5 years ago

    byJom the Runner

    fromSan Jose, CA

    i dont know why i didnt just stick with solder. after building my amp with p2p solder, it was foolish of me to try nonsoldered couplings in front of the amp. the threaded joints slowly back out and over the last few years more and more fails appeared in my chain. perhaps locktite would work but im not going to bother...just switching to a solder based patch cable

  • Very clean looking and quality feel.

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted7 years ago

    byJBRITTERSOUND

    fromFlorida

    The straight and right angle connectors are very well made, easy to assemble and reassemble, once you get the hang of rolling the shield back over the sleeve evenly and cutting/stripping the cable to the proper length. My picture does not show the right angle connectors, but they cleaned up my cables a lot. I am going to try the custom 9v power cables from them next.

  • Space saver.

    4

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted7 years ago

    byJB

    fromundisclosed

    Cool kit, takes a minute to get it right.

  • Best Pedal Board DIY Kit - EVER!

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted7 years ago

    bySCOTT

    fromundisclosed

    I love Lava Cable. I especially like the Mini ELC kit. It is solder free and very easy to make patch cables. The directions leave a bit to be desired (says the OCD, detail oriented, & precise player). Even still, easy to follow and easy to make.

  • handling is OK hard to put together

    3

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    submitted7 years ago

    byMichael

    fromundisclosed

    At first it's a little hard scared of getting shorts

  • It was good. But now the plugs are last year's models

    3

    submitted8 years ago

    byFirebrand

    fromMid-West Michigan

    Great for being last year's model kit. The cable itself is top tier. The Extreme Low Capacitance (ELC) work great with true bypass and buffered pedals alike. The worst part are building the twist on ends. Figure out how much cable you need, then add 1/4-1/3 inch to each side because the cable shielding will need to be longer than the core inside, but also because you will constantly break part of the interior shielding while making your cables. Fortunately LAVA now has Piston ends which are easier to assemble (like George L ends) and even more compact than anything in the comparable price range.

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