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- Working on a electric guitar with 2 humbuckers, 1 volume, 1 tone, and a . . .
1) when soldering to the pot shell, flatten the wire before you tin it [a quick squeeze with a pair of pliers will do it] 2) Where you have not folded back the lug, hook the wires and solder them to the jumper lead rather than the shell; or if the lug is folded, hook the wires and solder to the lug
- 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
- Build a DIY Pedalboard I O Box - Effects - Harmony Central
Build a centralized patch bay for your pedalboard Here's a really simple project that doesn't require any advanced electronics knowledge, and only the most basic of soldering skills But first, you might think there's no real reason to DIY I O boxes for your pedalboard, because you can simply plu
- PPIMV in a 2204?? - Amps - Harmony Central
The next thing to do is to push the volume 2 pot out of its hole and secure it by soldering the grounded lug of the volume 2 pot to the back of the volume 1 pot (ground to ground) so it's secure and MAKE SURE it is not touching anything on the board
- 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
- 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
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