Originally Posted by
cebreez
I've run into that too. The wire looks plenty small enough till you start wiring the switches. I usually just put a small glob of solder on the edge of the wire and touch it to the terminal on the switch. A small piece of shrink tubing and your done. I usually wire the entire switch first then run the wires where they need to go but with guitar wiring when some of the wires go to other switches that's not possible.
I don't even bother. I just slap 'em on and solder over the metal. Never had a connection like that fail yet in about 30 years.
Dee
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