42 AWG Plain Enamel Vintage Guitar Pickup Winding Wire

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We supply some of the world’s guitar pickup craftsmen with wire custom made to order. They uses a wide variety of wire gauges in their pickups, most frequently in the 41 to 44 AWG range,the most common enameled copper wire size is 42 AWG.This plain enameled copper wire with blackish-purple coating is currently the best selling wire in our shop. This wire is generally used to make vintage style guitar pickups. We provide small packages, about 1.5kg per reel .

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Introduction

42 AWG Plain Guitar Pickup Wire is ideal for vintage style guitar pickup builds. Not only can this wire be used for winding pickups, but it can also be used to complement a beautifully shaped guitar bridge. The smooth surface of this wire prevents excessive friction and rotation when passing the pickup and nearby components, ensuring a stable sound quality without losing brightness and clarity. In addition to its excellent performance in making classical guitar pickups, 42 AWG wire is also one of the commonly used wires for making guitar pickups.

After all, guitar pickup wire has to be high-quality, reliable, with the ability to pack millions of turns of insulation and withstand high voltages in a variety of environmental conditions.

specification

AWG 42 (0.063mm) guitar pickup wire
Characteristics	Technical requests	Test Results
Characteristics	Technical requests	Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3
Bare Wire Diameter	0.063±0.002	0.063	0.063	0.063
Conductor Resistance	≤ 5.900 Ω/m	5.478	5.512	5.482
Breakdown voltage	≥ 400 V	1768	1672	1723

About us

We prefer to let our products and service speak more than words.

Popular insulation options
* Plain Enamel
* Poly enamel
* Heavy formvar enamel

Our Pickup Wire started with an Italian customer several years ago, after a year of R&D, and half-year blind and device test in Italy, Canada, Australia. Since lauched into markets, Ruiyuan Pickup Wire won a good reputation and has been chosen by over 50 pickups clients from Europe, America, Asia, etc.

We supply specialty wire to some of the world's most respected guitar pickup makers.

The insulation is basically a coating that is wrapped around the copper wire, so the wire doesn’t short itself out. Variations in insulation materials have a huge effect on a pickup’s sound.

We mainly manufacture Plain Enamel, Formvar insulation poly insulation wire, for the simple reason that they just sound best to our ears.

The thickness of the wire is usually measured in AWG, which stands for American Wire Gauge. In guitar pickups, 42 AWG is the one that’s most commonly used. But wire-types measuring from 41 to 44 AWG are all being used in the construction of guitar pickups.

service

• Customized colors: only 20kg you can choose your exclusive color
• Fast delivery: a variety of wires are always available in stock; delivery within 7 days after your item is shipped.
• Economic express costs: We are VIP customer of Fedex, safe and fast.

Our Team

• Customized colors: only 20kg you can choose your exclusive color.
• Fast delivery: a variety of wires are always available in stock; delivery within 7 days after your item is shipped.
• Economic express costs: We are VIP customer of Fedex, safe and fast.

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