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get solder with flux inside, keep your tips clean, and practice, practice, practice. try fixing some guitar cords for buddies or something thats more forgiving till you get the hang of it.

for the price you may as well get a copper de-soldering roll and/or a solder sucker to help clean off excess.

really this level of soldering calls for an air solder, but those are tricky/expensive. a cheepy radioshack 15watt stick should work.