source for 45AWG in UK?

[HTH]

anyone know where I can get plain or coated 45AWG wire in the UK - this will be for my 1st humbucker (just want something loud and obnoxious).

[David Schwab]

I wound a humbucker with 45. It sounds great distorted, but it's really dark sounding clean. Not exactly what I would call obnoxious.

I did use a big A5 magnet, but I think it really needs a ceramic. That might fix it. Otherwise I'm going to rewind it with 44.

[Spence]

Try Scientific Wire in London.

[HTH]

I wound a humbucker with 45. It sounds great distorted, but it's really dark sounding clean. Not exactly what I would call obnoxious.

I did use a big A5 magnet, but I think it really needs a ceramic. That might fix it. Otherwise I'm going to rewind it with 44.

David, did you just fill the bobbins till they were full? - what DC resistence did it end up at?

I've got an AIV and a ceramic magnet to try but I'll probably go with ceramic first off as it's more likely to give me the tone I'm after with this puppy.

Spence, thanks for the wire source - I've already seen their website and the reels seem to big for what I want to wind a single humbucker. Surely I won't need 22km (400g reel) of 44AWG for two bobbins ???

Actually, how much 44AWG would I actually need?

[David Schwab]

No, they aren't full. I don't recall how many turns... I have notes somewhere on it. I also posted some audio clips here. I came up with a formula based on a Duncan JB, but I didn't have any 44 AWG at the time. The pickup is 19.25K.

Here was the thread Duncan JB

[Dave Kerr]

Surely I won't need 22km (400g reel) of 44AWG for two bobbins ???

Actually, how much 44AWG would I actually need?

Figure out the average circumference of each turn and multiply by the number of turns and number of bobbins. If you're using 44AWG and are new to winding, I'd allow for much wasted wire if you're not planning to repair breaks.

[Spence]

David, did you just fill the bobbins till they were full? - what DC resistence did it end up at?

I've got an AIV and a ceramic magnet to try but I'll probably go with ceramic first off as it's more likely to give me the tone I'm after with this puppy.

Spence, thanks for the wire source - I've already seen their website and the reels seem to big for what I want to wind a single humbucker. Surely I won't need 22km (400g reel) of 44AWG for two bobbins ???

Actually, how much 44AWG would I actually need?

They will sell it in small quantities like a little 500 gramme spool. It's never going to be cheap like that (probably about £15) but you can get two bucker bobbins out of that.