How much depends on how much silver you want added to the solder. But for these mods the silver solder you can buy at places like Fry's Electronics for about $5 will do. It's a little more conductive than standard solder but is also a little harder to work with because the melting point is higher.
As far as the gauge wire, I THINK these mods use an 18 gauge wire which would be similar gauge to stock speaker wire in your average car.
If the wire can fit through the holes on the PCB I would change to a 14 gauge pure copper wire. Partially because I have about 100 feet of it already, conveniently in blue/blue w/white stripe which would match my blue clone.
If my mod fails after it's out of warranty I may make one showing what parts I used, how to route and secure the wires so they aren't a tangled mess, and how to mount the chip so it's free from any epoxy.
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