Hi guys,
I'm trying Triple Shots for the first time, but I'm not the best solder-ist (?) and this will be a relatively complex design. I have a dual volume knob setup with a Shadow killswitch pot on the bridge pickup volume knob and a phase push/pull switch on the neck pickup volume knob. Both pickups (a Full Shred set) have Triple Shots.
Before putting all this in, I want to make sure my Triple Shot solder joints are good. I am concerned that I will either have cold solder joints or I will accidentally burn up the Triple Shot PCB. Additionally, the guitar is a Jackson KV3, so the guitar body is pretty shallow. I want to leave plenty of pickup lead, but I'm also concerned that coiling the wire and muscling the pickup down into the cavity may physically break the fragile Triple Shot solder connections.
I thought I could take a multimeter and measure resistance from each point on the Triple Shot board to the end of the Triple Shot lead somehow, but I'm not sure if this would work.
I assume I would get 0 if it doesn't work, and some number of resistance if the solder joints are good and the PCB is working.
That way if the guitar doesn't work I'll know it's probably from a solder joint that isn't part of the TS--most likely the little posts on the Bournes push/pull phase pot.
Thanks.
I'm trying Triple Shots for the first time, but I'm not the best solder-ist (?) and this will be a relatively complex design. I have a dual volume knob setup with a Shadow killswitch pot on the bridge pickup volume knob and a phase push/pull switch on the neck pickup volume knob. Both pickups (a Full Shred set) have Triple Shots.
Before putting all this in, I want to make sure my Triple Shot solder joints are good. I am concerned that I will either have cold solder joints or I will accidentally burn up the Triple Shot PCB. Additionally, the guitar is a Jackson KV3, so the guitar body is pretty shallow. I want to leave plenty of pickup lead, but I'm also concerned that coiling the wire and muscling the pickup down into the cavity may physically break the fragile Triple Shot solder connections.
I thought I could take a multimeter and measure resistance from each point on the Triple Shot board to the end of the Triple Shot lead somehow, but I'm not sure if this would work.
I assume I would get 0 if it doesn't work, and some number of resistance if the solder joints are good and the PCB is working.
That way if the guitar doesn't work I'll know it's probably from a solder joint that isn't part of the TS--most likely the little posts on the Bournes push/pull phase pot.
Thanks.
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