Sleeve and Tip Jack Soldering? - Harmony Central
2010年9月22日 · All soldering is pretty much performed in the same manner if that's what you mean. If you've never soldered, I recommend getting some scrap wire and practicing on that. Get some, say, 16 awg and some 20 awg. Once you get to where you can make good solder connections with 2 different sizes of wire, you can solder pretty much anything.
25 or 40 watt soldering iron/gun for guitar electronics?
2009年4月29日 · Pfft. I have a soldering station and I still use my Rat Shack 15/30w switchable pencil iron for really small stuff. It has a super pointy tip and my soldering station iron doesn't. It has what they call a pencil tip but it's rounded. I have a spare for it, so I may sharpen it with my Dremel and see how long the point lasts.
Any way to wire a guitar without soldering? - Electric Guitars ...
2008年3月7日 · you can crimp it with some sort of blade or bullet connector im guessing, but im honestly gonna say soldering is normally the best way that your wire doesnt disconnect at the connection point, i also dont know if it will affect tone or anything cuz ive never done it before... maybe someone else could further help you with any problems with that decision good luck
Which solder for guitar wiring? - Harmony Central
2009年3月27日 · What you want is something with rosin in it. Flux does two things. first, at soldering temperature, it cleans and prevents the formation of metal oxides. Secondly, flux acts as a wetting agent in the soldering process, reducing the surface tension of the molten solder and causing it to better wet out the parts to be joined.
soldering wires to speaker terminals - Harmony Central
2014年6月8日 · Please DON'T just wrap the wire around the terminals, even though it will work for a while, eventually it will vibrate loose and cause problems. 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.
Speaker Wiring: quick connect clips VS soldering
2009年2月28日 · the speaker jack is pretty much a "quick connect clip" as it is, so you don't really lose anything using them on the speaker terminals as long as you make sure they're good and tight. they certainly make life easier if you plan on swapping out speakers.
Replacing pickups without soldering - Harmony Central
2006年11月26日 · They will work as long as you use connectors of the appropriate wire gause, but as said before.. they will occupy a lot of space in your electronics cavity. Soldering will provide a much neater and more secure connection. Also, as far as changing pickups out again later, butt connectors will waste just as much or more wire.
How easy (or hard) is it to swap a strat pickguard?
2008年6月22日 · I have decided to go for the MIM Classic Player 50 strat and I'm expecting to not fall in love with the one-ply white pickguard. I'm useless with a soldering iron. Is it possible to buy a fitting 8 screw PG (tortoise shell ) and simply remove …
Will soldering set off a smoke detector? - Harmony Central
2007年1月9日 · I need to solder speaker cable to my speaker, will this set off a smoke alarm? I really would rather not be the cause of the fire department coming down and get the wardens in my dorm all pissy.
PCB vs Point to Point Wiring - Effects - Harmony Central
2014年6月27日 · In older electronic devices (including most vintage Fender amps), vulcanized fiberboard eyelet boards were often used to mount the electronic components. They require hand insertion of the various parts and hand soldering, so considerable human labor is involved with this manufacturing approach. Fiberboards have their share of issues.