Wire

Wiring your electric guitar or bass can be done with various sorts of guitar wire. We stock vintage cloth covered push-back wire in various colors as well as braided shield wire and 1-, 2- or 4-conductor wire used for wiring switches.

Guitar Wire

In most American made Stratocasters and Telecasters “cloth wire” or “vintage push-back wire” is used for wiring. This is braided wire shielded with cotton. Standard colors for this type of wire are black, white and yellow..

In the well know Gibson models braided shield wire is used. This type of guitar wire has two functions: the isolated signalwire is covered with braided wire wich can be used as ground wire.

Regardless of what wire you decide to use, you might want to consider using heat schrink tubing to cover and isolate solder joints on pots, switches, caps and jacks. Next to isolating it looks neat too.


 

Guitar Wire

Wire

Wiring your electric guitar or bass can be done with various sorts of guitar wire. We stock vintage cloth covered push-back wire in various colors as well as braided shield wire and 1-, 2- or 4-conductor wire used for wiring switches.

Guitar Wire

In most American made Stratocasters and Telecasters “cloth wire” or “vintage push-back wire” is used for wiring. This is braided wire shielded with cotton. Standard colors for this type of wire are black, white and yellow..

In the well know Gibson models braided shield wire is used. This type of guitar wire has two functions: the isolated signalwire is covered with braided wire wich can be used as ground wire.

Regardless of what wire you decide to use, you might want to consider using heat schrink tubing to cover and isolate solder joints on pots, switches, caps and jacks. Next to isolating it looks neat too.