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[andrewdosborne]

G'day Alan, worth a practice on the soldering. I used various tutorials see the Pit Bull Guitar site, "Wiring the Pick-ups" see
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/videos/ plus some assistance from YouTube tutorials and my father who demoed the techniques on a Tele rebuild.

The thing that caused me tremendous grief was getting the soldering iron 'tinned' correctly. At one point it was as if I had taken up production in small ball-bearings (you'll know what I mean if this happens!). Solved this problem by using a tip cleaner such as the below, after which it was all quite straightforward.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=TS1512

You'll find the soldering process a breeze with some practice and very rewarding once job done!

cheers

[abutton]

G'day Alan, worth a practice on the soldering. I used various tutorials see the Pit Bull Guitar site, "Wiring the Pick-ups" see
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/videos/ plus some assistance from YouTube tutorials and my father who demoed the techniques on a Tele rebuild.

The thing that caused me tremendous grief was getting the soldering iron 'tinned' correctly. At one point it was as if I had taken up production in small ball-bearings (you'll know what I mean if this happens!). Solved this problem by using a tip cleaner such as the below, after which it was all quite straightforward.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=TS1512

You'll find the soldering process a breeze with some practice and very rewarding once job done!

cheers

Thanks Andrew,

I will definitely take your advice.

I am just trying to take one step at a time but all of this advice is sinking in and I will bebetter for it when I get to that stage.

Haven't soldered anything since Form 3 Metal Work Class at High School so no doubt it will present a challenge!

Thanks again for your encouragement and identifying little traps

Alan