China OEM Standard Guitar Pickup Winding Wire - 42 AWG polysol Enameled Copper Wire for Guitar Pickup – Ruiyuan

This fine enameled copper wire comes from the China and is specially developed for winding guitar pickups.

Coating of pickup winding wire:
Polysol coating is commonly used in modern pickups mostly because of its high consistancy.
Enamel coating is a traditional coating used in Humbucker en Fender pickups. This wire creates a more raw sound.
Heavy Formvar coating is a vintage style coating that was used frequently in pickups made in the 50’s and 60’s.

Thickness of the copper wire:
AWG 42 is 0.063mm thick and commonly used for Humbuckers, Strat en Tele bridge pickups.

The amount of wire used depends in the number of windings, the thickness of the wire and the coating.
250g is in general sufficient for 2 to 3 humbuckers or 5 to 6 single coils.
500g should be sufficient for 4 to 6 humbuckers and 10 to 12 single coils.

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Popular insulation options
* Plain Enamel
* Polysol 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 polysol 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.

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