Yeah, I did. I stripped it like on the photo below (only a bit shorte). I didn't know that inner black stuff was conductive until Casey mentioned it. The first patch cable I made with the Planet Waves cable was not done right. These new ones are.
I put most of the first board together yesterday. I do need to do a tweak here and there, but it's 95% finished. I should have pics soon. Oh! And I need to play through it too. I'm doing that tonight.