How do you get the beasts to stay in? Could I just melt a load of wax into the cover and then jam the pickup in? On the description it says 'solder mounting required' what does this mean?
I would probably say more power maybe, but someone might correct me. My old iron was only 30W, and my new one is 25W, and I'm not sure either were up to the task. Do you know a Plumber or a Mechanic?
Plastic robroes just fit snuggly on, so I wouldn't imagine these are a lot larger. You could always just use some tape (electrical tape or whatever, it won't matter you wont see it)
if you glue it, it won't work as shielding. if you solder it, like on PAFs like so:
it shields the pickup and also makes them a bit warmer sounding. normal solder is pretty strong I think just soldering it with a regular soldering iron would be fine.
On my Squier '51, I just pushed the pickup into the cover, and let it sit there. It was a fairly tight fit, and it's not as if there's any great force that's going to pull it off.
i have a 30 watt radio shack iron that i normally use for all my internalz.
this iron in this youbube is my big ass 70W adjustable craftsman. i had it cranked to full power and it wouldn't touch the wilshire stock pickup cover solder job from the factory. i think they used volcano juice to bond it.
I seem to remember I had a bit of a nightmare trying to get the covers to come off whatever pickup they had been on. I think I eventually levered it with a screwdriver until the solder cracked.
