Dear Audio Professional,
Congratulations on your purchase of the Mercenary Edition STD instrument
cable extender. As you probably know, since you bought the STD, long
instrument cable runs have a detrimental effect on the tone of your
instrument and are much more susceptible to extraneous noise. The STD is
the best sounding and most cost effective way of extending your musical
instruments cable. Utilizing extensive listening tests with the STD running
at 60 foot lengths the STD will match or outperform some of the finest
boutique ten foot guitar cables. The STD is built solid in California and
with a little care should give you a lifetime of trouble free performance.
We are very proud that the STD was chosen by Mercenary Audio to
become part of a select group of products with the Mercenary Edition
seal of quality. Thanks Fletcher and the whole Mercenary team!
Yours truly,
Jonathan Little
std faqs
Q. My STD has low sound level and sounds kind of crappy.
A. Maybe you left the XLR plugged in and the batteries are low?
Maybe the dealer you bought it from demoed it to someone who
left the XLR plugged in and the batteries are low? I get at least one
e-mail a week from someone asking me this question. Why people
don't check the batteries first is beyond me! I have been blamed
even for ruining a session because the batteries were on there last
leg and the guitar sound was crap. Why they didn't stop and check
the batteries is crazy. The batteries will last a very long time if you
just remember to unplug the xlr when done. It's not my fault!
Q. I have a pedal board (or pedal), where do I plug the STD cable
in before or after the pedal board (or pedal)?
A. The STD is designed to be plugged directly in to a passive in-
struments 1/4" jack (it should be noted active instruments typically
can run very long cables without an STD). This buffers the signal
before it even hits the cable and is the reason the STD works so
well. However the degradation by plugging in after a pedal board
is, after much listening, pretty minor, just be sure to use a good
cable between your guitar and the pedal board!
Q. I plugged my STD 1/4" plug into my speaker output. Now my
STD doesn't work.
A. You blew up the transistor in the STD special purpose cable.
You must send the cable back to Little Labs for repair. (Keep your
base unit it will remain unaffected).
Q. These funny looking allan head screws used to hold the STD
