Wiring Up Guitar Electronics 1: Component Layout, Selecting Wire, Stripping and Tinning

http://www.planetz.com/?p=272 .
This is the first part in a series of videos on guitar electronics wiring.
In this video, I talk about laying out the components, selecting wire, and how to strip and tin shielded wire.

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[remymullet007]

Hi,

Great Videos by the way!

Couple of questions please...

What's the best Soldering Iron to use please? (I have a Weller 25W and it's a pain)

What Solder is best? (Mine doesn't stick to the iron but falls off in little balls... :-( )

Thanks in advance!

Remy, London UK

[johnplanetz]

@remymullet007 - I really like my Weller WES51 soldering station, with ETA, ETO and ETC tips I usually use 60/40 rosin core solder, .032" (1/32") diameter.

[rugbynut]

Hey, I just wanted to say a massive thank you for all of your videos! I've recently just finished upgrading the circuitry in my guitar and as this was my first time doing anything like this, your videos have helped answer a lot of queries along the way, they've been so useful! If you want to follow my upgrade, I've blogged it on my blog: andrewhosker. wordpress. com

Thanks again!

[johnplanetz]

@rugbynut - great to hear Andrew! Your blog looks great. I also enjoyed listening through some of your electroacoustic compositions.

[SuperVanhalen1984]

what id its a 1 volume guitar how do u wire it??

[johnplanetz]

@SuperVanhalen1984 - go to Guitar Wiring Diagrams Archive at guitarelectronics (link at my blog), and you'll find all the wiring diagrams you need.

[johnplanetz]

@dannyjonesband - in the US, against all reason- it's pronounced "sodder" without the L. My family is Australian, so I was raised pronouncing it with the L ("sole-der"), and I have to really make an effort to say it the American way. The English language is such a mess!

[etguitar18]

What gauge is the wire?

[JacqueShredo]

Very cool idea with the cardboard

[johnplanetz]

@97warlock - use one shielded wire- the center wire for signal and the shield for ground. You can see an example of wiring the jack like this in part 5 of this video series

[97warlock]

Can some1 answer this question plz:Im installing a 1 meg vol pot,4 wire Bucker ...I bought 26awg single shielded wire.A single shielded wire has the Inner wire,AND the shielding which will be GROUND.thats 2 wires.I want to instal them to my Output jack one Hot,One ground ...yet each has a center & a ground thats 4 wires total for just to lugs on output jack ...HOW do I do this correctly? Anyone?

[carricod000]

@johnplanetz Yeah I finished your videos and saw that. Thank you.