Matty Ghost Trap Ribbon Cable Mod (Pics)

Equipment Ghost Traps
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I think it’s more the real cable makes it look better plus doesn’t have the possibility of breaking like the plastic one. The plastic is fairly thick, but I wouldn’t trust hanging the pedal from it if it would get bumped or something.

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Just did this to my pedal. Fantastic! Thanks!

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oh hell, i just realized i threw out a crapton of grey ribbon cable. Oops.

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Well Instead of creating a whole new post I decided to just add to this one.

Thank you Rockman for the tut. Its amazing how simple it is.

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I havnt added the ties yet so forgive me.

The trap looks a 100% better. :cool:

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Simple and effective. Thanks for posting this!

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I really need to grab some cable and do this mod…the results looks so good. I’m thinking I’ll glue the end of the cable, though? I worry that it’ll unroll/pull loose, even if the pedal is super light…

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I glued mine My Matty Trap Mod! - Ghost Traps - GBFans.com

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same here, glued and rolled up. holds great, wore it all day on a fob by the ribbin cable and it held.

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This is excellent. Bookmarking to do to my Matty trap soon.

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Quick question Rock Man,

So when you used the exacto to cut the ribbon down, it was at 26 pins correct? I was wondering did you have trouble getting the ribbon to fit into the groove? when I used a 26 pin ribbon it stuck out the bottom and I could not get the bottom plate back on. Any help would be grateful! Thanks!!!

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He made the cut between 16-17. The matty trap can only fit a ribbon cable around 16..

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The Matty trap is based on a GB2 trap, which has a 20-pin ribbon cable. A 20-pin ribbon cable fit just fine on mine!

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Looks great! Definately worth trying!

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Just did this the other day. Came out awesome. So simple too.

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Thanks for the response guys, i will try again with a 20 pin cable and repost my results.

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I just kept peeling wires off the 26 until it fit nicey nice.

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Sorry I didn’t see this until now. I just counted the wires on the molded piece and matched it to the actual cable. But in the end, do what you feel is right. :slight_smile:

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I am SO gonna do this. Thanks for posting a great tutorial… now where did I put that ribbon cable I found that time?

Alex

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I did it with mine, huge improvement! :slight_smile:

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Yep, I did this yesterday within minutes of finding the ribbon cable that I had scavenged a while back. Only took about ten minutes, tops, and looks a lot better. Thanks so much for this tutorial!

Alex