A common occurrence in the electric guitar world is to throw out an old patch cord when it stops working, and then go out and spend $20 on a new one. If you’ve got five minutes and a soldering iron you can save that $20 for something special, and in the case of this super cool old telephone cord style patch, a fix is a must!

Home » By Alastair Miller » Lesson » Repair a Patch Cord

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I started by de-soldering the joints so i could expose fresh wire to make new joints.

It took no time to spot the culprit. As you can see, the white wire has broken away from the solder joint.

Once apart i can strip back the wire enclosure to expose enough wire to get a good joint.

Next cover the end of the wire with solder.

Lastly solder the wires back to the point you took them out from and screw it back together, and your left with a good as new patch.

Five minutes work and my patch is good as new.  §