Can you guys share some tips for soldering the thin wires from the mic to the wires of an extension cable? (I'm using Mogami W2697 FWIW.) I spent longer than I care to admit yesterday trying to solder the wires together and while it worked (eventually...) it was bulky and sloppy. Luckily that was on a mic that I'd already intended to be just for practice.
This looks to have been answered, above, but, this is what I did,..
I first tinned all leads.
Then I cleaned the iron tip, and very lightly tinned the iron. I had the iron set at an angle to create a drip at the tip. I then brought both leads up under the soldering iron tip, and into the slight drip of melted tin. They joined, and I carefully pulled them away from the heat, and, watched the tin flash hard. mission accomplished.
One of those alligator clip/magnifying glass holder dealieo things would probably be really handy; but never around when you need one.