Alright, finally got the chance to resurface, grab some food, and post some progress here
I'm finally going to assemble the RS Vintage Kit with Luxe Bumblebees and I'm going for the 50's style wiring which is shown below:
Good thing about the Luxe Bumblebees is that it's got this glossy sheet of paper with a complete guide and diagrams on the 1959 Gibson Les Paul wiring and electronics. Here's a snapshot of that sheet of paper:
So hopefully I end up with something that looks like this
Before we move on to the actual soldering, let me introduce the tools of the trade.
I have this soldering stand which comes with a cavity were you can put the sponge on. Really useful when you don't want to burn stuff when you accidentally place your soldering iron somewhere else. Of course, the main tool, we have a 40W Hakko Red soldering iron.
40W I think has the most versatility specially for audio parts where you have to do some small solder joints and yet it gives you the needed power to quickly heat up surfaces like those of a pot.
I also use soldering paste.
I don't really apply it on any of the parts. Instead I regularly dip the soldering iron into it to help clean up any oxide build up for a more efficient soldering.
For the solder, I use a 60/40 rosin core. It has a flux in the center which is really inert at room temperature, but at highly elevated temperatures it helps clean the surfaces to be soldered, prevents oxidation, and its also an excellent wetting agent.
