Soldering the Flat Conductive Tape to the Frets
We recommend that you first apply solder to the fret and then to the flat conductive tape to
assure that you create joints only on the metal surfaces. Letting hot solder touch the fretboard or
neck may damage the wood finish.
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Only use a soldering iron that can be adjusted to 660 °F (350 °C).
If you’re not acquainted with the terms “cold joint,” or “insufficient wetting”—if you don’t own
your own soldering iron—you might not want to experiment on your guitar for your first
soldering project. So find an electronics-savvy friend, or a trusted guitar shop, to take care of
this part of the installation for you.
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Solder the ends of both sides of each fret to the flat conductive tape. Examine each joint,
when it is done, to make sure that it is clean and shiny.
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After you have completed soldering both sides of both frets to the flat conductive tape give
them all another look and repair any suspicious joints. If you own a multimeter, or can
borrow one from a friend, you can assure yourself that the joints are good by measuring the
resistance between two adjacent frets and verify that it is no higher than 0.2Ω.
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Continue checking all adjacent fret pairs…
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…pair by pair.
If you have an acoustic guitar continue with
Attaching the Diamond Conductive Tape for
Acoustic Guitars
(page 23). If you have an electric guitar continue with
Attaching the Diamond
Conductive Tape for Electric Guitars
(page 25).
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