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Cut a washer out of something non-conductive (actually, wouldn't matter if it WAS conductive I guess) and slip it over the shaft of the plug.

A TS-TS cable will work. If you HAVE a TRS-TRS cable try that too. There's a slight possibility you'll get more signal and less hum. But if the TS-TS sounds fine, don't fuss! …

A simple adapter will be just fine. It is common in this type of equipment for a balanced output on a TRS jack to fall back to unbalanced when a TS plug is inserted.

Practically, the 250mA output will probably be just fine. Try. It's a pretty poor power supply that can't cope with a nominal 12% overload.

Probably not robust enough for a stage cable that will be trodden on and otherwise maltreated. Ever looked inside a multi-way 'snake'? 22 and 24 gauge are standard. Electrically it will be fine. …

Perhaps that cable was feeding a powered monitor in a home studio setup? …

There's nothing 'second rate' about the phono input, though an unbalanced connection is more vulnerable to noise pickup. If this isn't a problem in your setup, and using the phono inputs allows a mor …

The low level into high impedence of a guitar signal can be sensitive to cable capacitance. Which is a lousy bit of electrical design, but we're stuck with it. …

Yes, it's your cable or your amp. Or, as @Tim suggested, a dirty socket either on the guitar or the amp (more likely the amp, as you got no buzz when touching the plug). …

(The manual also speaks of low-resistance plugs and cable. This is merely confusing. … A cable for this job needs to be adequate, but adequate is enough!) You will get a better recording by using two cables. But it will be better in terms of stereo effect, not signal quality. …

If the cable is simply acting as an XLR extention cable - female wall box or plug at one end, male at the other, it's reasonable to expect standard wiring, pin 1 to 1 through the shield, 2 to 2, 3 to … You also need to look at what's at the other end of the cable, and how it's connected. …

You might even get a signal through with just a single-core cable, no screen, where a cable connects two items of mains-powered equipment (and are in a country civilised enough to provide an earth connection … Where signal levels are low, like a microphone cable, we DO use a 'balanced' connection, two cores plus a seperate screen. …

A mixer will typically output Line level, whether balanced or unbalanced, on jacks, XLRs, or phonos. The XLR channel inputs however will doubtless expect mic level, which is much lower. (Balanced XLR …

The main criterion for choosing your cable is length. It should have sufficient of this to reach the speakers in their new location. If they don't, it's a showstopper. …

Screened cable comes in various sizes. But it doesn't HAVE to fill the exit hole. The strain is taken at the clamp inside the plug. …