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ajaxlepinski
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by ajaxlepinski » Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:02 pm
Looks great for working on amps but, do you really need one to solder pots and a cap (or two) in a guitar?
http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/To ... C_20180302
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Walt wrote: But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
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by JiveTurkey » Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:04 pm
Looks like right up Ruiner's alley!
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by ajaxlepinski » Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:12 pm
True that! Bet he has two.
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Walt wrote: But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
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by soulsurfer » Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:39 pm
If you could plug it in and it had more leather and zip ties it would look a lot like one of those dungeon master 3000 sex toy/machines thingies.
Not that I would know anything about those
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by Tortuga » Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:16 pm
Holey crap - that's brilliant!
Not $170 brilliant, but just fucking brilliant enough to DIY one for myself
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by ajaxlepinski » Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:28 pm
G-SPACE wrote: Holey crap - that's brilliant!
Not $170 brilliant,
but just fucking brilliant enough to DIY one for myself I just did a Google Image search for, "solder third hand" and a bunch of useful looking stuff pops up.
This looks cool...
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Walt wrote: But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
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by Riffraff » Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:12 pm
Makes me think of Doc Oc.
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by ajaxlepinski » Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:00 pm
It would be cool if you could get just the arms with the alligator clip on one end and a table clamp or, spring clamp on the other end.
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Walt wrote: But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
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by Zozobra » Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:27 am
The art of soldering is working out how to hold three things and the working piece at the same time while only suffering minor burns
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by Noah » Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:01 am
Zozobra wrote: The art of soldering is working out how to hold three things and the working piece at the same time while only suffering minor burns
pretty much this.
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by ajaxlepinski » Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:13 am
True that!
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Walt wrote: But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
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by Rock Hardness » Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:23 am
Zozobra wrote: The art of soldering is working out how to hold three things and the working piece at the same time while only suffering minor burns
So true!!!