Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

[omboy]

...to attach the cover to a humbucker pickup? Someone, somewhere mentioned this to me a few years ago but I've never tried it. What are your thoughts? TIA

 

[bryvincent]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

i think it will work but there's no solid connection for the ground for the cover to act as a shield .

 

[Artie]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

I'm soooo glad that sentence didn't go where I thought it was . . . :laugh2:

 

[YJM_Rocks]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

I thought it would be "...to connect your pickups?" too.

 

[o010010010101010]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

I'm soooo glad that sentence didn't go where I thought it was . . . :laugh2:

i know exactly what you were thinking lol.... DO NOT USE GLUE ITS NOT A GOOD CONDUCTOR!!!! and believe it or not it slows the current down and produces a different sound.

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

I'm soooo glad that sentence didn't go where I thought it was . . . :laugh2:

Me too! :laugh2:

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

I guess that, technically, you could use them to hook up your pickups, but I'd rather just wrap the wires on and hope the electrical tape holds them. Solder works SO much better though.

As for the covers, I'm sure it would work, though as said, there would be no electrical continuity.

 

[Imp]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

anyone remember the inside of that plexi that had been wired up with bathroom sealant?!

and yeah - you'll not get the sheilding benefits of the metal cover if you dont solder them..

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

anyone remember the inside of that plexi that had been wired up with bathroom sealant?!

Why, oh why are stupid people allowed to be around valuable gear?

 

[Stringmachine]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

anyone remember the inside of that plexi that had been wired up with bathroom sealant?!

WHAT?? Tell me about it. Please?

 

[Imp]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

ahh, it came up aaages ago, it looked like a silly string party inside the chassis.. i think someone had modded it and tried to epoxy their mods to stop people copying it, but screwed up the expoxying totally, it looked awful :laugh2:

tom

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: Has anyone tried hot glue instead of solder. . .

Sounds like they were trying to pull a Voodoo, and ended up pulling a Voo-DOH!