44 awg plain enamel.

[belwar]

Hey, does anyone know a place I can get some 44 PE? perferably min-nom. Im not really picky about the brand. Looking for 1-10lbs worth. Any brand is fine

[soundmasterg]

I've got some that I bought from Rickenbacker's online store last year. I've got five two pound spools, and I could let four of them go if you wanted them? I'd sell them for market value though....

Greg

[Possum]

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Doesn't MWS carry it? Try Wirenetics, I know they have it.....

[Spence]

If you're happy to ship into the country you may like to try Scientific Wire Company of London. Speak to Ray as he does actually know what you're talking about.

[belwar]

Doesn't MWS carry it? Try Wirenetics, I know they have it.....

I called MWS .. Nice company. They only carry 42 and 43. The guy told me fender buys 30-40,000lbs a year of the stuf..

Can you imagine? At $32.50/lbs thats $1,300,000 a year in wire.

Great scott!

[belwar]

I've got some that I bought from Rickenbacker's online store last year. I've got five two pound spools, and I could let four of them go if you wanted them? I'd sell them for market value though....

Greg

Send me a PM with what you would want for it. Im sure we can work something out.

[belwar]

If you're happy to ship into the country you may like to try Scientific Wire Company of London. Speak to Ray as he does actually know what you're talking about.

I have a feeling it would be too cost prohibitive, I will however check them out. Thanks spence.

[Possum]

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Oops I misread the post, you want PE 44. Rickenbacker occasionally sells tiny rolls on Ebay, have no clue where they get it. Never seen that guage in a vintage pickup before, its always been 44 gauge formvar. You CAN find that through Elektrisola, I have a 13lb. roll of it, probably last me the rest of my life

[Joe Gwinn]

I called MWS .. Nice company. They only carry 42 and 43. The guy told me fender buys 30-40,000lbs a year of the stuff.

Can you imagine? At $32.50/lbs that's $1,300,000 a year in wire.

I bet they don't pay anything like $32.50 a pound, given their purchase volume, but still that's a lot of pickups.

[David Schwab]

Why not use 44 AWG poly? I can't imagine it would make a difference in single build, or is PE thicker? Then get 44H.

I have a roll of 45H I picked up on eBay.

[StarryNight]

I called MWS .. Nice company. They only carry 42 and 43. The guy told me fender buys 30-40,000lbs a year of the stuf..

Can you imagine? At $32.50/lbs thats $1,300,000 a year in wire.

Great scott!

They obviously changed their thinking about using 42 guage heavy formvar for their single coils - or is that just for their humbucker guitars!

[soundmasterg]

I'm doing some checking on pricing. I want to sell the spools for a fair price, but I don't want to give them away either! But so far 3 people have messaged me, and I will see what I can find out about pricing, and get back to all of you soon. Thanks,

Greg

[soundmasterg]

Ok, I did some price checking, and for the 4 people, who PM'd me, I've replied. I will sell 4 spools as I said. Two of them are completely full, and the other two are slightly used a bit...say 8/10 is still there. So the two with the lesser amounts of wire will sell for a lower price. The first PM will get first dibs, and so forth. I have no idea about min-nom and all of that...but all the wire is 44 PE that Rickenbacker sold on ebay in the last couple years. I have no idea who made it either, but Possum wound a RIC toaster pickup for me off the spool I'm keeping and the wire was fine. I haven't tried the pickup yet so don't ask me how it sounds....

Greg

[belwar]

PM sent. at least one for me, and whatever everyone else doesnt want.

[soundmasterg]

ok, two PM's sent. Looks like the full spools are spoken for...the other two are still available as of now.

Greg