Stress on the RRV internals

[RRVJAH]

Ok so I have a RR V that was built in the 80's got one heck of a deal on it. anyways I bought it about 8 years ago and it still rocks out havent found a guitar to out perform it yet! the plastic on the humbuckers is actually falling apart but it still plays like new!!

ok the thing is there is a lot of stress on the internals im always having to re solder the internals and I dont understand why? ive have re soldered them about 200 times in the past 8 years. anyone else have this problem?

also how hard is it getting two EMG humbuckers in there? do you have to cut a new hole for the batteries to fit in?

[Newc]

I had one of those circuits that had broken wires as well.
Those circuits used some of the weakest wire I've ever seen, and may not be the right gage for the current (seems odd, but the only thing I can think of is they're being fried).

If you're going to re-solder it, replace the original wire with something more sturdy like solid core copper.

As for EMGs, you should have enough room to squeeze 2 9V batteries in the cavity, but it'll be a tight fit with 2 of them in there, especially considering the size of the 3-way switch.

[quakana]

Well low voltage current should not fry the wires. When you solder the wires make sure that when the connection is cooled down that the solder bead is shiny not dull grey. If its dull grey it means not enough heat was applied. Its called a cold solder joint. Maybe your iron is not hot enough? What wattage is the iron? Also are you soldering to the pots or the terminals when you speak of this? You might have to disconnect everything and clean the flux off of the surface you are soldering to with flux cleaner and maybe a real fine sandpaper to get the joints to stick real well.

[RRVJAH]

sounds good. I think its more so needed to clean and use new wires all at the same time. right now I cant really take it out of use untill I get my dinky working right then I can take the time to fix it right otherwise my band would be out of comission for a little while lol.