42 gauge Heavy Formvar Coil Wire - 1/2 lb Spool

Heavy Formvar Coil Wire - 1/2 lb Spool

Used widely in vintage single coil pickups from the '50s and '60, and commonly used today in many custom-shop and reissue guitar pickups. The copper wire insulation is made from a Heavy Formvar enamel.

Technical

42 gauge - This is the most common gauge of wire used in building and rewinding most modern electric guitar and bass pickups. This wire has a nominal diameter of 0.0025". Each half pound spool contains approximately 25,000 feet of wire......enough to do 5 or 6 single coil pickup or 2 to 3 humbuckers.

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