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- Which solder for guitar wiring? - Harmony Central
Which solder is optimal for guitar wiring? I seem to have a spool of this lead-free rosin-core solder solder It contains 97 3% tin, 0 7% copper, 2 0% rosin flux core Would this work well for guitar wiring? In the past I've used Radioshack 60 40 rosin-core solder, but I've run out Should I just
- Any way to wire a guitar without soldering? - Harmony Central
It'd be nice, if you're swapping out pups just to see how they sound, to be able to do it without de-soldering and re-soldering several times Is there any GOOD way to wire without soldering? If only temporarily?
- 25 or 40 watt soldering iron gun for guitar electronics?
I noticed using a 25 watt iron while replacing my electronics on my strat that it was very difficult to get a proper hot joint It took what I felt is an excessively long time to heat it enough to melt the solder, a couple minutes give or take Is a 40 watt iron or gun a better way to go for guit
- Replacing pickups without soldering - Harmony Central
This nonsense about soldering drives me fuckin' crazy - if you don't absolutely KNOW how to properly use a soldering iron - or if you don't know the difference between a soldering iron a soldering gun - you can do more damage to your equipment than you think Blown caps? Overheated POTS? Bad cold solder joints? Tell me about it
- How to strip insulation on very thin wires? - Harmony Central
Im assuming you will be soldering this So if you are soldering, just use the tip of the iron to burn off the coating, and the wire will be in perfect condition
- Soldering iron wattage - Electric Guitars - Harmony Central
Before I go out and buy a soldering iron to do pickup and guitar wiring with, I want to make sure I'm headed in the right direction As I understand it, the best all-around wattage for working on a guitar is 40 watts and the best brand of iron to get is a Weller Am I correct?
- Soldering and heat sinks: please educate me. - Harmony Central
I have some soldering practice from modding stompboxes, changing pickups, etc But this stompbox I'm building has some transistors in it, and I've been told that the heat from the iron may damage the transistors, and I need to use a heat sink to avoid that However, I don't really understand what heat sinks are, or how they work
- Low heat solder strips. Anybody ever hear of them?
The trick to soldering is to heat the metal of the connection THEN add solder and it will flow around the connection and bond the metals atomically Using a solder strip will 9 times out of ten cause a cold solder joint because you're melting the solder before the metal below is hot enough to bond with it
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