clay49
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Hi guys,
I'm a 30+ year guitar player, and have owned quite a few guitars in that time, and, I am ashamed to say, I have never changed a set of pickups on any of them...nor have I done a setup. I know the basics of setting a guitar up, but I still take mine to a tech that I have worked with for years, and he does great work, but I always fork over the $$ to get it done.
Are there any tutorials available (online, or DVD, etc), to help me learn how to swap out my own pickups, wield a soldering iron like Darth Vader, and crank that neck back in the right direction?
My tech told me once, "You need a good soldering iron, not a $15 Radio Shack or Sears model, because if you get it too hot, you could ruin things." Well, that was enough to scare me away! But here I am 10 pickup swaps later (in several guitars, not one!), and my wallet is quite lighter...HELP!!!!
Thanks!
I'm a 30+ year guitar player, and have owned quite a few guitars in that time, and, I am ashamed to say, I have never changed a set of pickups on any of them...nor have I done a setup. I know the basics of setting a guitar up, but I still take mine to a tech that I have worked with for years, and he does great work, but I always fork over the $$ to get it done.
Are there any tutorials available (online, or DVD, etc), to help me learn how to swap out my own pickups, wield a soldering iron like Darth Vader, and crank that neck back in the right direction?
My tech told me once, "You need a good soldering iron, not a $15 Radio Shack or Sears model, because if you get it too hot, you could ruin things." Well, that was enough to scare me away! But here I am 10 pickup swaps later (in several guitars, not one!), and my wallet is quite lighter...HELP!!!!
Thanks!
