Electronics Tool Kit
In support of our Guitar & Bass Electronics and Tube Amplifier Building workshops we are offering a custom tool kit containing a special selection of some tools needed for doing electronic repair, general guitar repair and building, and amplifier building. These tools are the same used at the Specimen workshop every day and represent a quality electronic tool collection. Great care has gone into selecting these specific tools based on years of trial and error.
The tool kit includes the following items:
- Multimeter
- Resistor color code chart
- Soldering iron
- Soldering iron stand
- Desoldering tool
- 1 lb. high-quality solder
- Small needle nose pliers
- Wire cutter
- Wire stripper
- Toolbox
The multimeter included in this kit was selected for its outstanding capabilities and modest price. It is a very good quality, true RMS multimeter with 1000-volt DC measuring capability and has a nice blue backlight. This multimeter measures capacitance, temperature, and amperage among other things. It has a range of measuring values that make it suitable for working on any tube amplifier as well the more usual applications. Often these range capabilities are accompanied by other less desirable functions aimed at microprocessors making the units finicky and unreliable for tube work. They are also considerably more expensive than this unit. We are glad to have found this model for our school.
The toolbox included is large enough to hold all of these tools plus a few more and a sandwich. The cost of our tool kit is $293 ($321.58 incl. tax)
This tool kit purchase is by no means mandatory as we provide all of these items for use in the classroom, but we do recommend it as a sensible acquisition for the serious student. We will also be happy to accommodate those students who wish to purchase only select items from this tool kit. Such inquiries can be made during class time.
