How to Solder Guitar Pots - Guitar Soldering Course Lesson 3
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2022
- In this lesson of our Guitar Soldering Course, Besty shows you how to master soldering to guitar pots.
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Just a little headsup for the people who aren't working with CTS pots but cheaper alternatives. They're often a bit more tricky to work with and need cleaning before you use them. Otherwise you run into situations where the tin won't stick to the back of the pot. You can read about people sanding the backs with sandpaper, but I find just cleaning them with an alcohol or naptha works great and makes them just as easy to work with as CTS pots!
I actually stopped bending the ground lug to the pot and instead just use a wire. I do this because of breaking the pot by accident...that pcb that the lug is attached to can break easily! Trust me..after this happening to me a gazillion times...a wire is easier! Also, the tinning the lug at the top is great information. That Solder can go down that entire lug to the bottom and can and will cause breakage or shorts eventually!
Tinning the lug is not necessary. Just tin the wire then insert it through the lug hole and solder using small amount of solder as you heat and make contact with both wire and lug. Hmmm your soldering will not pass Mil Specs mate. 🤣🤣🤣
You make this look so ridiculously easy. Me and soldering do not get along at all. I'm the type of person who can't get that solder to stick to anything no matter what I do. It's maddening!
Man, folks like you that have free tutorials like this are MVPs, big time.
Soldering is the pain in the ass of my guitar life. I hate doing it and always get clumsy results…
Wih My solder would melt that fast. I have to hold it to it like8 seconds till it begins to melt it then it melts it fast, then start again & wait & wait & wait, till finally it will start t o melt. i have a 35w but its Old now
So, is it ok to run grounds to the casing and not a lug, assuming the lug is grounded up against the casing?
Why not solder the ground wire through the grounded lug?
My 1st time soldering and using cts pots I can’t get the solder on the pot. It either sticks to the iron or the solder itself. Any suggestions? Please?
Wow, can’t wait to be able to rewire my couple of guitars. Such smooth and clear instruction, thanks!
Very cool! This close up really helped me understand what is going on when you solder!
Back in 1992 to 1997 I had a roommate that played bass and repaired guitars, mostly re-frett'ed the necks, he started complaining about the shitty pots/switches/jacks that even expensive guitars use. At this point I have had decade plus repairing computers to component level, and everything else I owned. I easily knew how to solve his shitty component problem (like the rubbish pot your soldering too). Bourns or spectrol pots are some of the best out there, the cermet have 1 to 5 million rotation life, yes, I said million. Cutler/Hammer are some of the top toggle switches. He ended up replacing all his and liked them so much, he sold kits of these parts, about 230 kits per year until I moved out and bought a house. The cable jack was special, ball bearings and was a work of art. He started making high end bass guitars for a while, not sure what he does now.
Thank you guys, needed to see how you solder, lots of light and magnifier(some-times) help too...and the obligatory calm disposition! Thanks again.
Thank you mate! Always struggled with getting a neat ground blob on the bottom of a pot, so I've been in need of advice like this!
Thanks for a really great video, this has given me confidence to start doing my own work instead of paying. 🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Amazing tutorial clean job
Great video, love the method, explanation, etc.
Thanks bro, you're a WINNER!! 😄
Your are an expert best video by far