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First of all I am not new at changing my own pickups out. I have probably replaced pups in 7 different guitars, all Strats and Teles except for one Les Paul and one Tom Anderson. But I still don't feel like I'm very good at it though I have always got he job done one way or the other and I usually know a cold solder joint when I see one. I seem to struggle every time and my soldering of the ground wire to the volume pot always looks messy. I try to wipe the tip on a wet sponge after every solder but it still gets tarnished black and seems to stop melting the solder as well as it did when it was clean.
Is it a good idea to use a fine metal sandpaper on a soldering tip to get the black off ?
I am always afraid I am going to overheat the pots and burn them up because it takes me so long to get my grounds soldered on pots. I have less trouble at the soldering points on the switches.
When unsoldering the wires from the old pups from the volume pot, should I get all the old solder off the pot before soldering the wire of the new pup to the pot?
When soldering to the pots should I first melt the solder to the end of the wire then remelt it to the pot or should I hold the wire on the pot and melt the solder onto it there?
I would appreciate any soldering tips you guys could offer or any links that give info on how to do it right.
I think I may need to do some practice on an extra pot I have laying around and some leads from some trashed pups. I am determined to get better at this before I do my next pup replacement, which I plan to do in a few weeks. My next mod will be to install some pups in a Strat, Twangbanger in bridge and APS-1 RW in middle and APS-1 in neck. But I'm not going to attempt it until I know I can do a good, celan professional job of it.
Is it a good idea to use a fine metal sandpaper on a soldering tip to get the black off ?
I am always afraid I am going to overheat the pots and burn them up because it takes me so long to get my grounds soldered on pots. I have less trouble at the soldering points on the switches.
When unsoldering the wires from the old pups from the volume pot, should I get all the old solder off the pot before soldering the wire of the new pup to the pot?
When soldering to the pots should I first melt the solder to the end of the wire then remelt it to the pot or should I hold the wire on the pot and melt the solder onto it there?
I would appreciate any soldering tips you guys could offer or any links that give info on how to do it right.
I think I may need to do some practice on an extra pot I have laying around and some leads from some trashed pups. I am determined to get better at this before I do my next pup replacement, which I plan to do in a few weeks. My next mod will be to install some pups in a Strat, Twangbanger in bridge and APS-1 RW in middle and APS-1 in neck. But I'm not going to attempt it until I know I can do a good, celan professional job of it.
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