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Installing the pup's: How to solder

Know what you are going to connect (have a plan of what needs to be done) before the old pip is taken out. Every guitar is different and every pip manufacturer uses different colors to determine what goes where. Use the above links if you having trouble.

Let the gun heat up. Have a wet sponge in a small dish. Before you apply solder, wipe the hot tip a little. This cleans it and gets rid of any impurities that might affect your connection. Don't bother wiping / cleaning the tip after you've made the connection, it will just dry up. Leave it till your ready for the start of the next connection. Don't worry if the tip rusts quickly, heat accelerates the oxidizing process. After you wipe the tip, apply and melt a little solder to the tip. This will aid in the heat transfer to the wire to be connected. (Just a small dab.)
On your connection to be made, leave at least a 1/4 inch wire exposed, twisted if possible - this keeps wire from splitting out all over as you work with it.

HEAT THE WIRE AND OR CONNECTION, NOT THE SOLDER ITSELF!

This is the #1 rule for a good connection. Have the tip on the bottom and the fresh solder on top. Let the newly heated wire melt the solder and it will flow onto the connection. Melted solder will always flow to the hottest point so try to make the wire the hottest point. It will try to get to the tip of the soldering iron. THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT! Allow it to cool by itself, don't blow on it as this causes a poorly connected joint. Use a stand to hold the Soldering Iron, and be careful not to burn yourself, it's easy to do in the small guitar cavities.