Your storage solutions - esp for cables
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Your storage solutions - esp for cables
I have a new spot and for once need to be efficient with my use of space. What are folks using as far as storing cabling, especially? I’m thinking some kind of hook/dowel situation on the walls would be a good plan. Are there some ready made things that aren’t unnecessarily expensive?
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I use wall-mount coat and tie racks.
Wrap the cables in a circle. Put a 6" tied loop of shoelace or string around the cable loop and through itself to hang longer cables. Extra pedal cables get a looped wire tie tied on one end.
Wrap the cables in a circle. Put a 6" tied loop of shoelace or string around the cable loop and through itself to hang longer cables. Extra pedal cables get a looped wire tie tied on one end.
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Re: Your storage solutions - esp for cables
I've got a two drawer file cabinet (old, heavy and less prone to rattling at hight volumes). Mics in one drawer, cable in the other.
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I have an over the door towel/coat rack.
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I've got a couple of the premade "coathooks on a piece of wood" that you can pickup at Home Depot/Lowes/Walmart. They work for hanging cables and headphones. I have some snakes that I put into clear plastic bins/totes with lids so I can stack them on shelves (the black plastic kind - "Plano" I think is the brand from Walmart - about $15 each for the shelves).
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Re: Your storage solutions - esp for cables
I have a few pre-made coatrack that have five straight dowels on a slight upward angle. Most of my XLRs are on those. 1/4" are on top of the Hammond. Headphones in a small light dresser type thing, and their extension cables are on the headphone amp rack.
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I forgot the over-the-door I have, yeah - that gets the lesser-used cables.
And the Plano boxes is great for tube mic's to keep 'em with the power units and the special cable.
Another thing would work OK mebbe, what I use for mic's: a over-the-door shoe-pocket thing.
https://www.amazon.com/MISSLO-Organizer ... 0_ac_d_pms
I used these coat racks:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q6 ... UTF8&psc=1
I also have one of these and it's good, but relatively costly:
https://www.amazon.com/Penn-Elcom-R1315 ... ref=sr_1_3
PS: I am not affiliated in any way with Amazon, I just waste much of my disposable and otherwise income there.
And the Plano boxes is great for tube mic's to keep 'em with the power units and the special cable.
Another thing would work OK mebbe, what I use for mic's: a over-the-door shoe-pocket thing.
https://www.amazon.com/MISSLO-Organizer ... 0_ac_d_pms
I used these coat racks:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q6 ... UTF8&psc=1
I also have one of these and it's good, but relatively costly:
https://www.amazon.com/Penn-Elcom-R1315 ... ref=sr_1_3
PS: I am not affiliated in any way with Amazon, I just waste much of my disposable and otherwise income there.
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Yep I hang mine on nails.
Re: Your storage solutions - esp for cables
I just kind of happened to have a spare keyboard stand around, so most of my mic cables hang off of that. Then I decided to move the dresser out of my kids' room to give them more space, so I moved that to studio. It's got four drawers - headphones and stuff, mic and stuff, adapters and DIs and stuff, and more common cables, snakes, and stuff. I thought about getting some sort of drawer organizers or containers or something, but realized I had like every box for a microphone or pedal or anything that was kind of little just sitting around "in case I need them", and that this was as good a use as any. Not fancy and maybe not particularly pro looking, but it makes a real difference for me, and I pass the savings on to my customers.
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