For those who are considering modding, i just wanted to add a note of clarification. The standard Whitigir mod is not that hard and switching out the orange Siemens cap for the grey Nichicon is pretty straightforward. Personally, I think an iron works just fine for that, and using Oyaide SS47 is no problem. It’s lead free, but not that hard to work with, at all. It’s not Mundorf Supreme.
The cautions really come with the EX-mod where you are removing the tantalum caps, and you do have to “think deeply” about that. If you really know what you’re doing with an iron it’s obviously doable, but there might be greater possibility of damage if you don’t. Kemet outlines this in their datasheet for their capacitors and recommends hot air. The 100uF caps don’t seem that bad to me for an iron, but some of the 22uF would really require some fine motor skills. Again, obviously doable, because Jamoto did it, but you, or your tech, has to have Jamoto level skills. Even with all the right gear, not everyone can solder stuff the size of dust. (Grin).
