Soldering a Guitar Cable

[AwardSession]

@ 7:37 minutes you can see that the black conductive plastic covering on the HOT wire is touching the HOT connection! This is very BAD and will cause the signal to lose treble or volume. You MUST cut the conductive plastic layer away so that it does not touch the HOT terminal!! Sorry guys... this makes it a BAD video!! ALWAYS use NEUTRIK jacks, they are the cream of jack plugs!

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@AwardSession Thank you for enlightening us. I suggest you make a video and show us how to do it.

[AwardSession]

@ThePureMixTutorials Well, you're setting yourselves up as the experts and teaching musicians to do things incorrectly. Also, the presenter was referring to the shield cable as the hot conductor when it was clearly, to those who know, soldered to the wrong terminal... later in the video it was shown to be incorrect. Why not pull this video off air and correct it? YouTube is a great educational tool, if you REALLY know your stuff!

[DragonToko]

Little to add: you forgot to mention about wet sponge at your soldering station and I would recommend - add a tiny bit of soldering paste on the soldering surface before applying solder itself. Thanks

[chrose1201]

Very nice, I'm tired of cables crapping out on me in the middle of a song! From now on I will have only myself to blame! I read another persons demo once that suggested filling in the newly soldered area with Krazy Glue to make it permanent. Any thoughts on that? And nice video, thanks.

[qbarclay]

Thanks!

[mgpvii]

Great video. I wasn't signed into youtube when I watched it. I had to sign in to make sure I gave video a thumbs up. Thanks.

[ed801975]

Thanks for this fantastic video!! Very helpful.

[thebrittnessable]

Awesome video

[SpeakerFreq]

Fantastic tutorial!

[RichieGrapaChannel]

Hi... I want to convert my guitar wireless system cable jack from straight to right-angle. And when I opened it, there was a capacitor...Is it necessary to still have that capacitor when I transfer it to a right-angle jack? Thanks.

[dolphinbutter]

Really good info.... But!!!!.. What's SODERING?

[Jo3Vandal]

Hey just wanted to say great vid. Got me (and the axe) fixed up right.

[solmysol2vatuqiqi]

Very helpful,clear video,helped me correct many years worth of mistakes and common problems :)

[Kapr1Sun]

Hey, I'm doin' good! Thanks for asking.

[RTEareSOMEshower]

"You're gonna hate yourself after you solder it and it's too late"....

I do .... EVERY fkkkkkn time...

Great video, thanks..

[mitchardnixonful]

Don't touch the strippers.

[angusgrandison]

They're called strippers because hey have long legs and thigh length stockings and a snappy mouth and they get used and abused on cable at night and sometimes during the day!!!

[dogbitelogos]

Very good useful info. Not just a "do dis...den do dis, den dis..." video.

[LedWhisky69]

This is, by far, the best demo on YouTube for how to make your own cables. Thanks, man.

[local378]

great job on voice, video and material presented. very professional

[westbohan]

I once soldered with using solder and my fingers... And dirty table..

[Octoguitarian70]

You made a hard job, much easier, Thanks!

[louiscritchie]

Nice hands.



[EnduranceT]

Thanks, this video is very helpful. I have a question. I think I've overtinned my iron or something, is it normal for the iron to change colors when you are using it? When I turn mine on, the tip area and the metal shaft leading up to it turn dark/black. The tip itself usually is not because I tin it, but the other areas do.. Also, if I leave it in the stand on for a minute or two, the tip starts to darken. I also have a hard time getting excess tin off the tip. Is this normal?

[kizentheslayer]

can you do a video for pickups?

[MegaManVid]

That's a different technique than what I usually see - tinning the wires, putting the iron on the plug and feeding the solder to it...

Why no flux ?

[BoogieEngineer]

@MegaManVid Because he uses rosin cored solder. You can see the flux boiled off.

[hotlion81]

Good video overall, but I think you did a rather poor job tinning those wires... you were applying solder to the iron and spreading it out over the wire, which is exactly what should NOT be done when soldering anything.

[LedWhisky69]

@hotlion81 Not true. When tinning wires, it's perfectly acceptable to tin the the tip of the soldering iron first and then allow the solder to flow over the wire. The rosin core solder will allow it to spread evenly and deep through the wire. This is a different procedure than if you were soldering circuit boards. Then, yes, you want to apply the heat to the wire first and then gently feed the solder in.

[Realrpg]

Thanks dude, My 50 buck Hotline cut out on me.

But now its all good :D

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@Realrpg I m glad we could help!

[djsexty]

4:27 I have do it many times :)!!

[GOHBOYZ]

Thankssssssssssssssssss

[PsnIDShMuK]

I looked at my mogami cable today and the solder used for itwas very shiney like silver or some kind of metal. is there a dfferent type of cord solder material i can use to solder the end points to to the jack that will last me as much as a mogami cable? those things are bullet proof.

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@PsnIDShMuK Any rosin core solder should be good enough to last you a while as long as you use proper technique while soldering. P.S. It looks metal because it is metal

[PsnIDShMuK]

Great video! JUST one question. How hot should the soldering iron be? many watts? 60? 25? 30? how to what temperature?

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@PsnIDShMuK If you buy a temperature controlled soldering iron (which I recommend), then wattage is not an issue. If you are buying an iron that plugs straight into a wall (not recommended), then about 25 or 30 watts should do the trick. When using a temperature controlled iron, I would say work at at least 650 degrees Fahrenheit. The more skilled you get, the hotter you can go (just makes it quicker). I usually work at 750 degrees.

[squealguitar]

I solder a new output jack on my squire strat and it sound great on two of the channels, however the other three are staticy, plus when i change the volume on the guitar it creats static! How can I fix this? did I do something wrong?

[xHalfbreed]

hey uh i got a question my cord is all messed up it wont connect into my gutar its broken can anyone help me

[propositionjohnston]

I would like to know about 'soldering' not 'soddering'!

[almzap]

what type of soldering iron and solder is best for guitars?

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@almzap For a soldering iron, I'd recommend the Weller WESD51. If that's too pricy, then pretty much any Weller products are good. For solder, it's not super important, as long as it's Rosin Core lead solder. The best stuff is Kester 44.

[almzap]

@ThePureMixTutorials whats the best size for solder.. 62"? and how about the Weller WLC100?

[MrMutron]

@ThePureMixTutorials 3:50 Does it really matter if the Hot and Shield are reversed as long as they are the same on BOTH plugs? What differences would this make?

[MrMutron]

@ThePureMixTutorials Also, does the Hot wire on cable have to go THROUGH the hole on the terminal of the plug? Also, If you use Flux, do you still have to tin the wire?

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@MrMutron It does not have to go through the hole, it just has to make direct connection to the terminal. And it's always a good idea to tin your wires.

[almzap]

do you have a video on how to solder two wires back together? i have a cut humbucker wire

[cipher2]

Thank you man, excellent tutorial very well done and extremely helpfull!!!!!

[cakire82]

Great tutorial!

[fpgrind]

Excellent and informative tutorial. An asset to You Tube and it's viewers. Thank You!!

[SCRSggIE]

freakin awesome tutorial, but should i put insulation tape over it when im finished putting on the back shell

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@SCRSggIE I don't really think it's that necessary, but if you want to, it can't hurt.

[SCRSggIE]

@ThePureMixTutorials

just did it myself today works great not as much white noise lol,

yea i added heat shrinks just in case,

btw thanks for taking the time to respond.

[MrV1C7OR]

@ThePureMixTutorials What should i do with my 3 plates guitar input ? i'm new on it.

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@MrV1C7OR

I'm not really sure what you mean by 3 plates guitar input, can you clarify?

Mike.C

[MrV1C7OR]

@ThePureMixTutorials I mean i'ts not a mono input with only 2 places to solder, it is a stereo one, with 3.

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@MrV1C7OR

oh, that's known as a tip-ring-sleeve (TRS) connection. In that scenario the hot goes to tip, the cold goes to ring, and shield goes to sleeve.

Mike C.

[ThePureMixTutorials]

@enviromoe Thanks! There is more to come!

[enviromoe]

Great instructional! This is one of the best quality (content and clarity) videos I've seen on Youtube...Thanks for posting!

[RantingGuy]

Is soddering some kind of deviant act? Oh, it's soLLdering your talking about! Only joking! Your accent makes it sound like soddering. Good clear video by the way.

[whitetongue897]

That was very useful! Thanks!