First time strat build

[soundguy4033]

Thanks Wokka I'll give this a go tomorrow and hopefully have some noise!

The trick to soldering, make sure the iron is hot enough, make sure the 2 parts to be soldered are "tinned" that is, heated and had a drop of solder applied, then, put the 2 together, heat, add a tiny dab of solder, and blow on it to cool, if the join looks like silver, all good, if its dull then you have a "dry" joint that will fail. Simply reheat and its all good.
I used to run a recording studio and have installed 3 different consoles, so all in all I have made many many MANY 1,000 solder joints, and I probably weight 8 kilos more than I should from breathing in lead fumes!

[soundguy4033]

The trick to soldering, make sure the iron is hot enough, make sure the 2 parts to be soldered are "tinned" that is, heated and had a drop of solder applied, then, put the 2 together, heat, add a tiny dab of solder, and blow on it to cool, if the join looks like silver, all good, if its dull then you have a "dry" joint that will fail. Simply reheat and its all good.
I used to run a recording studio and have installed 3 different consoles, so all in all I have made many many MANY 1,000 solder joints, and I probably weight 8 kilos more than I should from breathing in lead fumes!

A tad bizarre to quote myself, but Im doing so to add the info I missed, "tinning" actually means adding a solder "flux" to the wire/solder combination, its a kinda glue to aid the reaction, most solder nowdays comes as a hollow tube with a core of gelatinous flux, so you solder and flux at the same time.
The most important thing to do when making a good join, heat each wire, apply the solder so it sucks itself into the stands, the place to 2 together, add heat and a tiny touch more solder, remove heat and keep the join VERY still for a moment until its cooled, do that, and you
have a join that will not fail!