I bought a guitar. Then, i found out that the previous owner had the soldering ablility of a retarded goldfish. They have the wires all screwed up, and they trashed the resestor. I am planning two duncan 'buckers (jazz 'n' custom) on 500k pots for hard rock/metal. What kind of resistor do I need and where do I get it.
Resistor for what?
Originally Posted by motorboy29I bought a guitar. Then, i found out that the previous owner had the soldering ablility of a retarded goldfish. They have the wires all screwed up, and they trashed the resestor. I am planning two duncan 'buckers (jazz 'n' custom) on 500k pots for hard rock/metal. What kind of resistor do I need and where do I get it.
You probably mean quot;capacitorquot;.....Tone control capacitor...Common value is .02 or .022
Originally Posted by ErikHResistor for what?
What he said!
Yea, capacitors, right, well thanx for the advice.
Originally Posted by motorboy29Yea, capacitors, right, well thanx for the advice.
If you replace the capacitor yourself,be sure to use a heat sink or you'll overheat the new cap..
Originally Posted by STRATDELUXER97If you replace the capacitor yourself,be sure to use a heat sink or you'll overheat the new cap..
Yeah, be careful. Just use an alligator clip on the leg you're soldering to help absorb some of the heat.
And yet again, a thread gives me an idea . . .
I'll post after I test it.
Artie
What exactly do you mean by a heat sink? Or can I just use the alligator clamp?
Originally Posted by motorboy29What exactly do you mean by a heat sink? Or can I just use the alligator clamp?
Use an alligator clip. A heat sink is used to disappate excess heat from components. Too much heat on a capacitor or any small component and it could make it fail. Clamping an alligator clip on the leg between the body and the point of connection makes the clip act as a heat sink so the component body doesn't get too much heat.
Originally Posted by motorboy29What exactly do you mean by a heat sink? Or can I just use the alligator clamp?No offense, but you might wanna do some technical research before you start this project. It's real easy to do damage rather quickly
Darn, I was going to tell him to use a 1 ohm resistor
Well, because i'm doing this project for school, I have done quite a bit of technical research. That's the only reason that I figured out that the capacitor was F*cked up. I just use this forum as a wall to bounce my dumb Ideas off of. Plus, since through various connections i have access to just about every metalwork tool ever made and I have a top caliber welder as one of my advisers, im not all that worried about blowing a two dolar resistor, or a couple of ten dollar pots (although I really don't want to have to replace the pots).lol
Resistor for what?
Originally Posted by motorboy29I bought a guitar. Then, i found out that the previous owner had the soldering ablility of a retarded goldfish. They have the wires all screwed up, and they trashed the resestor. I am planning two duncan 'buckers (jazz 'n' custom) on 500k pots for hard rock/metal. What kind of resistor do I need and where do I get it.
You probably mean quot;capacitorquot;.....Tone control capacitor...Common value is .02 or .022
Originally Posted by ErikHResistor for what?
What he said!
Yea, capacitors, right, well thanx for the advice.
Originally Posted by motorboy29Yea, capacitors, right, well thanx for the advice.
If you replace the capacitor yourself,be sure to use a heat sink or you'll overheat the new cap..
Originally Posted by STRATDELUXER97If you replace the capacitor yourself,be sure to use a heat sink or you'll overheat the new cap..
Yeah, be careful. Just use an alligator clip on the leg you're soldering to help absorb some of the heat.
And yet again, a thread gives me an idea . . .
I'll post after I test it.
Artie
What exactly do you mean by a heat sink? Or can I just use the alligator clamp?
Originally Posted by motorboy29What exactly do you mean by a heat sink? Or can I just use the alligator clamp?
Use an alligator clip. A heat sink is used to disappate excess heat from components. Too much heat on a capacitor or any small component and it could make it fail. Clamping an alligator clip on the leg between the body and the point of connection makes the clip act as a heat sink so the component body doesn't get too much heat.
Originally Posted by motorboy29What exactly do you mean by a heat sink? Or can I just use the alligator clamp?No offense, but you might wanna do some technical research before you start this project. It's real easy to do damage rather quickly
Darn, I was going to tell him to use a 1 ohm resistor
Well, because i'm doing this project for school, I have done quite a bit of technical research. That's the only reason that I figured out that the capacitor was F*cked up. I just use this forum as a wall to bounce my dumb Ideas off of. Plus, since through various connections i have access to just about every metalwork tool ever made and I have a top caliber welder as one of my advisers, im not all that worried about blowing a two dolar resistor, or a couple of ten dollar pots (although I really don't want to have to replace the pots).lol
