its been stated before but ill be nice and tell u
soldering iron if ur in teh us go to radio shack and they have a 15 watt iron for 10 bucks
30awg wire 2 diff colors one for pos and one for neg.
flux paste
helps alot
i liek silver bearing solder or flux core solder
solder about teh same thickness as teh wires
and of course the number 0 phillips head screw driver
(i liek to get a whole set from lowes or home depot.)
and thats teh basics
and u can get a 3rd hand but i dont use mine other than for holding my iron