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The treble bleed is wired across two of the lugs, so you just need to apply heat to the lugs and make whatever changes one at a time. The lugs will heat up very fast.
after butchering many control cavities with dozens of low quality soldering irons I finally just invested in the Hacko 788 70W, and it wasn't even that expensive $100, you can precisely dial-in the temperature super amazing piece of equipment. different guitar manufacturers use different types of solder some melt quick others use the very high melting.Agreed. It does seem to heat up... but the solder doesn't react...
A proper solder station just makes your life so much easier, and considering how relatively little they cost, it is an excellent investment.
With regards to wire strippers, these are the best I have used - http://www.idealindustries.ca/products/tools_totes/wire_strippers/stripmaster.php
Can’t recall if I have the light or the regular version, but they definitely make stripping a lot more fun.
So is 1 - High Precision Silver Mica Cap 180pf and 1 - .022uf SBE Orange Drop 225P 400v Cap., worth the $8 I just spent? Or should I cancel the order before it ships?
That's about what they charge too.LOLI think you should pay the extra $75 to have it overnighted so you have it tomorrow morning.
So is 1 - High Precision Silver Mica Cap 180pf and 1 - .022uf SBE Orange Drop 225P 400v Cap., worth the $8 I just spent? Or should I cancel the order before it ships?
The description said the OD is for the tone potWhat is the Orange Drop for?
I've changed the stock 0.33uf tone cap in mine to a 0.22uf 225P orange drop tone cap. certainly no problem there. Nice and big so easy to handle, does it's job well. Not sure if I can comment whether it's worth it as such, I'm sure I paid a lot less than that as I bought a whole bunch of them in different values from an electronics components catalog years ago. They were dirt cheap that way.So is 1 - High Precision Silver Mica Cap 180pf and 1 - .022uf SBE Orange Drop 225P 400v Cap., worth the $8 I just spent? Or should I cancel the order before it ships?
The description said the OD is for the tone pot
"Suitable for Humbuckers as well as Single Coils. Order 2 kits for 2V/2T guitars. Same values used in Paul Reed Smith Guitars, but higher quality 180pf Silver Mica bleed cap and 400v .022uf SBE Orange Drop 225P tone cap. Works equally well for Humbuckers or Single Coils. Includes: 1 - High Precision Silver Mica Cap 180pf and 1 - .022uf SBE Orange Drop 225P 400v Cap. Diagram Included. The listing is for 1 Kit which has 1 volume / treble bleed cap and 1 tone cap, which cover 1 Volume and 1 Tone Pot. For Single Coil Guitars with 1V/2T , the Tone cap can be shared between the tone pots if desired."
Is that just a replacement for the tone cap, or did you replace the 'treble bleed' one as well? The stock tone cap was probably 0.033uf, and I also noticed a difference changing to the 0.022uf orange drop. A bit clearer and more treble, which is to be expected given the value changes. I generally put the 0.022uf orange drop in everything as they perform well and are cheap and easy to get.The Orange Drop "Special" cap kit arrived in the mail today and were immediately installed. There is, to my ears, a noticeable difference between the OEM capacitors and the new capacitors. Volume ramp up and down is clean and progressive, tone appears crisper, cleaner. And as an added bonus, I didn't destroy my guitar in the process.
Totally agree!180 mf is the magic cap. I would not own a gtr now without a TB cap.