How to Solder: A Musician‘s Guide

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Be sure to watch until the end as Sweetwater‘s Don Carr is joined by Doug Mantock - one of the incredibly talented luthiers in our Guitar Workshop - for a step-by-step demonstration of how to solder using a finicky instrument cable and a handful of tools every player should have on standby. Check it out!
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[@sweetwater]

Sweetwater luthier Doug Mantock shows us an important technical skill for musicians - how to solder!

[@ronpatterson5483]

Great to see people Behind scenes doin videos🤘🤘Thanks

[@jthiessen4157]

More Doug please

[@detroitandy]

Nice video. I wish we'd had an up close look at the hot lead being soldered to the lug on the connector, though.

[@jpdenk]

To begin, put on a pair of safety glasses! I can’t believe that so many people don’t do that. I used to have a job that required me to do soldering work, and my employer required safety glasses. I once had little blob of solder hit my glasses right in the center of the lens when I was unsoldering something, saved me from a very painful injury and quite likely permanent damage to my eye.

[@SlapMyBass3825]

Soldering is not necessarily hard, but understanding how the components work and where all the wires are supposed to go is what i have extreme difficulty with.

[@anthonyanzalone]

Nice vid. The Irwin vise-grip stripper 2078300 works wonders for me. Its saves a ton of time. It strips the insulation off the individual wires in proco dynamike 224s cable perfectly which could sometimes be tricky with traditional strippers.

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

Pro tip: Make sure you have a good mechanical connection before making a physical connection with the solder.

[@jpdenk]

That’s really important, but seems to be ignored nowadays. It seems like people now depend on the solder for making the electrical connection.

[@TessaAnderson]

Really chill video It’s good to learn this stuff

[@kodas3366]

I prefer the bulb-type solder suckers

[@BiggDaddyKing]

Hi guys, adding the basics of soldering like tinning a brand new tip & tinning again when your done should also be included. This will prolong the life of your soldering tips. Good video! Cheers!

[@dancassidy7471]

yes plus narator does imterject a bit much

[@kodas3366]

Nice! I do the exact same thing when soldering Mogami 3302 or 3368 for patch cables, except I use an exacto knife..when you Bend it to check you went all around there’s usually a small are where the cuts don’t connect(sometimes bending it works to finish)

[@dmitrijurovski]

Perfect! You Great!!

[@Boomheyyou]

I wonder if he’s going to be working on my Ibanez J custom I’m getting black winters put in it I am so excited and I just can’t hide it

[@kickinrocks6055]

Sometimes wire cutters work well if you go one gauge too big. It "usually" takes the jacket off.

[@EscapeGoat-Band]

Does anyone else notice the chemistry between these two?

[@patrickcarroll1754]

Great Vid. I wonder- does the Rig Doctor approve?

[@Dbj5555555]

The smoke is the flux. If your solder does not smoke you can add some liquid flux. It flows much better with flux.

[@dananthony6258]

If you touch the soldering gun to your tongue and it taste like strawberries it’s hot enough.