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 and heat sinks: please educate me. - Harmony Central
Apr 26, 2008 · 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 …
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 wires to speaker terminals - Harmony Central
Jun 8, 2014 · Soldering wires to speaker terminals is one of the easiest soldering jobs to do, but if you don't want to solder then get some crimp-on spade connectors and use them to connect the speaker.
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 …
Anybody ever solder their balls? - Harmony Central
Aug 30, 2008 · In another thread, I described a vibration I'm getting from the saddle region of my Martin. I *think* that rattling ball ends of the wound strings are the culprit. In doing a little research, I found …
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 …
Soldering to the back of a pot? - Harmony Central
Aug 28, 2008 · I use a Weller 100/140 watt solder gun for guitar soldering work. I can almost instantly bring the soldering tip up to the proper temperature (at 140 watt trigger setting) then back off to 100 …
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 …