Plain enamel wire on ebay

[David Schwab]

Baewire has some plain enamel wire on their eBay store at the moment.

Kind of pricy, but then I have no idea how much the stuff goes for.

But if anyone is interested:

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/baewir...Q_fromZQQ_mdoZ

[LtKojak]

Mojo has it as well.

http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/ite...809&id=2113767

HTH,

[David King]

Does that mean $22 /lb for the wholesale accounts at Mojo? I might just get some at that price.
I have a sense that folks were hoarding copper when the price kept going up but now they are trying to unload it.

[Zhangliqun]

$22 a pound for PE is pretty good. I'm used to paying $30.

[J S Moore]

I just logged in to see the wholesale price and it does not change. So that makes it $44.00 for a pound, which is a little high.

[cryptozoo]

Does anyone have a source for smaller orders of wire (1/2lb, 1lb, etc)? Or would someone who's got a good amount of it sell me a smaller spool?

[David King]

Cryptozoo, Mojo is also selling 1/2 lb spools I think.

[Chadheckler1]

$22 a pound for PE is pretty good. I'm used to paying $30.

Where are you getting it for $30? ...or was that a while ago?

My last quote from MWS was $33 for 42 AWG and $37 for 43...

[cryptozoo]

David, maybe I missed it on Mojo's site, but it looked like their cheapest spool was $220 or so...

[Possum]

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I heard from BAE wire on Ebay, that stuff is good wire but I think its being dumped, its way over spec at .0030" which is about the same diameter as most heavy formvar, I have alot of NOS PE that size and its not useful for much....

[Ringwraith]

Just got off the phone with Mojo & they don't sell smaller quantities of PU wire than what's on the site. (5 & 8 lbs) Anyone know a good spot to pick up 1lb or less of Formvar & Plain Enamel? Just getting into this PU thing & I don't need a huge spool. (yet) ;-)

Cheers
Sean

[David King]

Why not just start with single SPN 155 which is soderon, very handy stuff and if you can get a decent sound from it you are well on your way.

[David Schwab]

I agree, you don't need formvar or PE to wind great pickups.

[Possum]

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True but you also can't get the same tones you get with plain enamel wire. There is no substitute.

[David Schwab]

True but you also can't get the same tones you get with plain enamel wire. There is no substitute.

I don't doubt what you are saying, but I would like to hear a test with bobbins of each wire swapped out of a humbucker, keeping all the other parts the same.

A) would you hear the difference if someone didn't tell you?

B) is the difference enough to matter in a real world situation?