GreyBLES HIT THE MARKET
July 1, 2017
The first line of instrument cables introduced by G&H, GreyBLES, hits the market. http://www.ghplugs.com/product-line/ Read more
THE STUBBY PLUG
August 1, 2016
G&H introduces the Stubby Plug to the market. Read more
JOE HALLORAN, REST IN PEACE
April 1, 2016
Joe Halloran passed away. Read more
FIRST SHIPMENT OF SOLDERLESS CONNECTOR KITS
November 1, 2015
G&H Plugs first shipment of Solderless Pedal Board Kits! Read more
JOE & JIM PURCHASE ABBATRON
July 1, 2014
Brothers, Joe Halloran and Jim Sitter purchase Abbatron. Read more
QUIET PLUGS FIRST SHIPMENT
April 1, 2013
Our first order of Quiet Plugs ships out to Gibson Guitar. For the win! Read more
XLR PLUGS
April 1, 2013
Over the years a lot of small changes were made and custom plugs were created for specific customers. There were a lot of requests for an XLR. The challenge was, what can we do to make a real improvement? As we gained more experience with materials and learned more about how little improvements in conductivity can be heard by the musician, we came up with our first XLR's. The originals sounded great, but there were supply issues. The XLR... Read more
G&H CHANGES HANDS
March 1, 2010
In March 2010, Abbatron purchased G&H from Paul and Bob. Bob Ganger retired during the transition and Paul Haas stayed on board to continue with product development and customer support. Read more
SOLDERLESS PLUGS
November 1, 1997
This patented plug currently represents the peak in the evolution of our plugs. Our first solderless plug came in the late 90's when we took an idea from some plugs made decades before; however, our version utilized a needle to make the hot and a mechanical crimp to do the ground. The housing was pressed on. It was the predecessor to the X24 plug for Lava Cable and the patented Pure Plug used in (Clear Connect from Lava, Genesis Pure from Analysis Plus, and GreyBLES from G&H). With this plug, material transitions are minimized and machine crimped connections minimize contact resistance losses. Read more
TT PLUGS
January 1, 1989
The TT plugs were the next request from Whirlwind. They wanted TT plugs that were solderable, weren't wire specific, and were shielded... and by the way, "it would be nice if you could put two next to each other in a patch bay". That last requirement made it a little tricky. Standard threads wouldn't fit, but fortunately CNC's don't care if it's a standard thread. We made it work. Read more
DUAL BANANA PLUG
November 1, 1988
The dual Banana plug was first brought up by Whirlwind. They wanted one that would take larger diameter 30 AMP speaker wire. Other customers confirmed the need and mentioned that the springs on the bananas available often broke. Paul had a sample of a lantern spring in his “junk drawer”, which he'd picked up at a trade show some 20 years before and it was one of those things where you knew it would find its application someday. This was its time. The sculpting of the body, the lantern spring contacts, two slots for using a wire tie strain relief, and the clamp type termination made for a plug that would accept large diameter wire, fit in the back of an amp, and not break. And so was born, the dual banana plug. Read more
QUIET PLUGS
June 1, 1988
Paul was visiting Proco and checking out some inventory they were trying to unload. Among the lot were a few Switchcraft silent plugs. One of the salesmen flicked the button a few times and it flew off. He said that was precisely why they were getting rid of them, and although they worked great, sooner or later either the button would fly off or dirt would get in the contact and prevent shorting. Paul asked if they were in demand and the... Read more
STEREO & HIGH CLARITY MONO PLUGS
April 1, 1988
The stereo plug came next, along with the high clarity mono plug. The stereo plug was another necessary addition to the line, like the right angle. But while we were doing that, we made provisions in the tooling for the mono version, which became the High Clarity plug. By this time we'd made numerous custom plugs with unplated copper terminals. As we made connections more solid, improved the conductivity of the materials, and eliminated material transitions in the signal... Read more
1/2″ RIGHT ANGLE PLUG
January 1, 1988
You can't stay in this business with just a 1/4” straight plug. The next product to come along was the right angle plug. The big complaints about the Switchcraft were loosening screws that held it together and difficulty soldering the ground to the steel case. We came up with the RF2P that eliminated the screws and had a ground clamp that was easy to solder to. It was the first ever patented 1/2” right angle plug. Read more
FIRST PLUG SHIPMENT
September 1, 1987
The first plugs were shipped in September of 1987. That first year G&H sold exclusively to Proco Sound, as they debugged and improved their production processes. After that first year many other customers quickly came on board, and soon after their first international customers. Read more
EST 1987
May 1, 1987
G&H was established in 1987 by Bob Ganger and Paul Haas. Paul had been working as a manufacturing consultant with Proco Sound when the company ran into problems with the grounds loosening up on the Switchcraft 280's they'd been using to make their instrument and speaker cables. On behalf of Proco Sound, Paul worked with Switchcraft, visiting their factory and discussing the problem with their production people. Switchcraft made many efforts to address the problem, but the never got to the bottom of it. Paul discussed the problem with Bob with whom he had worked for several years and they came up with a simple solution; crimp the ground to the sleeve of the plug. They discussed finishing the design and decided to use OFC copper for the hot conductor because of its conductivity. When they had it complete they presented their prototype to Charlie Wicks, the owner of Proco Sound. He liked it but was unwilling at first to change; however, very soon after that Switchcraft told Wicks that if he didn't like the plugs the way they were, they... Read more