Well as I'm writing this post I realize there's no way to not solder the back of a volume or tone pot the regular method but is there any reason not to use small crimp terminals and dab with solder on let's say jacks? I was thinking that maybe it might introduce noise...but any soldering I don't have to do is best. I dislike it and not very good at it in general. Not that I've have a quality solder gun. I've watched a thousand YouTube videos on soldering and cleaning, tining the tips and wires but I have such a difficult time.
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I regularly crimp connections, at the jack I do it too, using a female connector over the the jack posts. I recently completed a guitar with 2 vol pots mounted thru a piece of a can that I grounded with a bolt connected to the jack ground, no soldering on the pots.
I only thought of it cause I had some tiny crimper ones laying around. It was being used on an amp jack with 0 problems for decades.
Off topic... can anyone recommend a soldering iron , gun , station that works well and offers replacement tips. I know that's a loaded question.
darryl kernaghan > Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal MusicMay 26, 2016 at 4:42pm
you should be able to get a reasonably cheap 60 W iron Jon,soldering is reasonably simple,just slow the process down,and step by step,clean tip,tin all things being soldered before joining,then joining should just require a touch of the iron to sweat the 2 parts together,1 thing that helps enormously,is if you can work hands free,ie,parts held by little clips or similar,so you only have to control the iron and solder.Regarding crimp connectors,done well should not be a problem,but as you intend to solder the lug to the jack anyway,it makes little sense,you're only introducing another potential problem
I never tried that but if plugs work for headphones, microphones, PA systems, telephones, USB devices, network LAN cables, guitar-amp cables, I see no reason it shouldn't. Just be sure you have good clean contact.
Commercial GITs just solder everything internally because its cheaper and its not expected to be disconnected daily.
"no rules means freedom to be creative and experiment..."
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I regularly crimp connections, at the jack I do it too, using a female connector over the the jack posts. I recently completed a guitar with 2 vol pots mounted thru a piece of a can that I grounded with a bolt connected to the jack ground, no soldering on the pots.
If you get a chance can you take more pics?
Conceptually I hear you. If not no biggie.
Off topic... can anyone recommend a soldering iron , gun , station that works well and offers replacement tips. I know that's a loaded question.
you should be able to get a reasonably cheap 60 W iron Jon,soldering is reasonably simple,just slow the process down,and step by step,clean tip,tin all things being soldered before joining,then joining should just require a touch of the iron to sweat the 2 parts together,1 thing that helps enormously,is if you can work hands free,ie,parts held by little clips or similar,so you only have to control the iron and solder.Regarding crimp connectors,done well should not be a problem,but as you intend to solder the lug to the jack anyway,it makes little sense,you're only introducing another potential problem
I'm always using 3 dollar irons...I've only burnt 4 piezos and that was years ago. Lol. Still soldering is just plain tough for me.
Go for it. As you pluck a string, most of the instrument is going to vibrate, so make sure the crimp is good and tight.
I never tried that but if plugs work for headphones, microphones, PA systems, telephones, USB devices, network LAN cables, guitar-amp cables, I see no reason it shouldn't. Just be sure you have good clean contact.
Commercial GITs just solder everything internally because its cheaper and its not expected to be disconnected daily.
"no rules means freedom to be creative and experiment..."