Even after reading Clay's instructions I didn't prep the surface for the solder lol. I guess I thought he meant you only needed to clean the nipple and I was attempting to solder the base to the bracket. Maybe I thought that because mine shows signs of corrosion and the bulb socket looks clean. Either way I'll be at this again tonight because without prepping the surface that solder would not take O,o Think I may get a chisel tip for my soldering iron too.
Thanks for the thread and helping me understand where I went wrong :0)