25 or 40 watt soldering iron/gun for guitar electronics?
Apr 29, 2009 · 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 …
Soldering iron wattage - Electric Guitars - Harmony Central
Jan 11, 2010 · 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 …
Soldering and heat sinks: please educate me. - Harmony Central
Apr 26, 2008 · Most decent quality soldering irons are temperature controlled. Soldering to the copper "land" area on a circuit board doesn't require as much heat as soldering to a terminal lug. Unless you …
soldering wires to speaker terminals - Harmony Central
Jun 8, 2014 · Hi, I have some questions concerning wiring the speaker (Weber 12" Alnico Blue Dog) in my 1X12 cabinet: 1. I might choose to SOLDER the wires from the jack to the speaker terminals, as …
Replacing pickups without soldering - Harmony Central
Nov 26, 2006 · 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 …
Any way to wire a guitar without soldering? - Harmony Central
Mar 7, 2008 · 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 …
Connectors instead of soldering - Harmony Central
Dec 29, 2005 · There was a discussion on this a long time back, a few years probably, but has anyone tried to replace pickups by using connectors instead of resoldering wires onto the pots directly? For …
Which solder for guitar wiring? - Harmony Central
Mar 27, 2009 · 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 …
Soldering to the back of a pot? - Harmony Central
Aug 28, 2008 · whats the best way to go about this? I tried to tin the pot first but the solder does not seem to melt when I touch it to the pot. I'm kinda wondering if I've already burned pot or 2 because …
Working on a electric guitar with 2 humbuckers, 1 volume, 1 tone, and …
Mar 7, 2025 · 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 …