Soldering

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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Advanced Topic: Theory Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Hey guys! This month we're going to talk about basic soldering for electric guitar players. This will be a really simple crash course to get you into how to do easy things like repairing jacks, cables, changing pickups, etc.  Go slow and practice on something that you aren't worried about messing up and you'll be welding with the best of them in no time...

Media Length: 5:06

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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

Excerpt: In this section, we'll cover how to "tin" the wire in order to prepare it for splicing or attaching to a pot, jack, terminal, etc. We will also look at how to "splice" wires, which is simply connecting to open wire ends to each other. This can be very helpful when dealing with installing pickups. Remember metal conducts heat very well so be careful not to ...

Media Length: 5:58

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Instructor: Lucas Fowler Level: Advanced Topic: Theory Style: Any Style

Excerpt: In the final section, we'll cover how to prepping pots for soldering, how to use solder wick to remove excess solder and how to cleanly connect wires to different points on a pot.    

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