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Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
or for something more basic - https://www.antex.co.uk/products/lite-range-soldering-irons/30-watt/
I have two of these at the workshop, alongside two higher-spec ones. They're absolutely brilliant for anything guitar-related if you swap to a chisel tip. Use the fine tip for PCB work.
No need to spend £££ on high-end fancy shit when these workhorses perform just as well.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
For small objects get a large lump of bluetack and press the component into it, then solder.
My pick for a soldering station is the Weller 24V range. I solder everything from SM TQFP chips to large conductors used for high current TRIAC switching and it never lets me down. Been going over 20 years now with one repair to the cable which I covered in our community repair thread
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
I bought a great little stand recently for about £7:
https://i.imgur.com/jIBqJzx.jpeg
Brilliant for holding small pcbs but maybe not what would work well for for more irregular bits of guitar electronics (although I discovered yesterday that it holds a Tele control plate very well.)
For lead-free I think I went 300°C but that was a while ago.
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