Gregory Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Do i need to have a heatsink for soldering my electric guitar pickups? I need to desolder a prewired pickguard and resolder the the pickups and components into my guitar. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 no you wont need a heat sink. just make sure you have something to getrid of the old solder quicklly, a solder sucker or de soldering braid. thatll make sure you dont fry them. then when you put the new ones in tin the wires before hand (basically put some solder on then and make sure it gets between the strands, makes it easier to solder them) once youve tinned the wires and put them in then just go at it normally. you may want to get hold of some seperate flux. even tho solder has flux inside it just putting a dab on what you're trying to solder will make life alot easier (also makes it easier to tinwires ifyou put a little bit of extra flux on them before hand) just so long as you dont hold the iron on for ages then you'll be ok. if you need to make new attatchmentsto the back of pots and such then file the surface a bit to take the exposed metal off. will make it alot easier to solder as well hope thats halpful. just ask again if you still need a hand JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Just set yourself a pair of minature long nosed pliers and use them to hold whatever you are soldering. It stops you burning your fingers and also makes a very good heat sink! Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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