Bose L1 Snake

[mayfly]

We've played many shows with our Bose L1 towers, but I was getting tired of stringing all the cable runs.  Each tower has two balanced mic inputs, two unbalanced inputs, and a seven pin MIDI cable for the remote control.  All of these must be strung with long cables to the mic stands up front for use.  It's a PITA for each show.

So, I thought one day that it would be great if Bose had a snake that was tailored just for the L1.  Instead of waiting until I grew old for Bose to make one, I whipped one up myself.

Here's the start:

We've got 30 feet of Radial 9 pair snake cable, an off-the-shelf Hammond box, some heat shrink, and a bunch of nutrik connectors.  The connectors are from Mouser, the cable direct from Radial, and the box I just had lying around.

Here's the floor box with the holes drilled and the female connectors mounted.  The strain relief is a 240VAC item.

Here's the floor box with the snake cable installed and all the ends soldered.    The MIDI connector requires 7 conductors, so I had to use 4 pairs of the snake to connect it.  To avoid ground loops, the box is only grounded using the ground from the channel 1pair.

Here's the finished product - ready just in time for the show tomorrow night!

 

[Volitions Advocate]

Smart!

 

[blue313]

Damn man, you do nice work!  :rock-on:

 

[mayfly]

Damn man, you do nice work!  :rock-on:

Cheers Blue!

It actually was not that hard...

 

[Nando Vallart]

I'm not really sure if I understood for what is the use of it :tard:

 

[mayfly]

Hey NT,

It's just bundling several cables that all go to the same place into one cable.  Makes it easier to setup/take down.

Same concept as a PA snake.

 

[Volitions Advocate]

I'd say you could market those to the L1 user crowd, but they might not like the idea of it because it feels to much like an "old triple system"  :doh:

 

[mayfly]

Update.  Just got in from a gig where we used the snake.  Worked Great - even the remote!
I even gave it it's own special carrying bag  :glasses9:

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Update.  Just got in from a gig where we used the snake.  Worked Great - even the remote!
I even gave it it's own special carrying bag  :glasses9:

This is the stuff my dad is into if he talks electronics. He used to do this, and from what i've seen, much more complex things when he was the sound tech for a band.

 

[DangerousR6]

Hey NT,

It's just bundling several cables that all go to the same place into one cable.  Makes it easier to setup/take down.

Same concept as a PA snake.

Kind the same concept as an HDMI cable... :dontknow:

 

[DangerousR6]

Update.  Just got in from a gig where we used the snake.  Worked Great - even the remote!
I even gave it it's own special carrying bag  :glasses9:

Hey Trevor, you might could get a patten on that....Start your own company...... :icon_thumright:

 

[mayfly]

Update.  Just got in from a gig where we used the snake.  Worked Great - even the remote!
I even gave it it's own special carrying bag  :glasses9:

Hey Trevor, you might could get a patten on that....Start your own company...... :icon_thumright:

Nah - too easy for someone else to reproduce.