Which PE wire

[markeymark]

I'm ordering some wire and was wondering what tolerance you guys prefer in PE? I'm ordering 42 and 43 gauge.

1-Min to nom
2-Nom to max

Thanks

[NightWinder]

Yo! markeymark and the fresh bunch!!LOL. Dude..... Don't get Plain Enamel. Your going to waste alot of cash going that route. You have nil experience winding. Get the Polysol, or Polynylon. Its way cheaper, your going to break a shitload of wire, and throw most of it away. Learn on the cheap stuff. Seriously. I would'nt steer you wrong. Look. Think this way....you wind, make a design.Play your stuff. Findout it needs more work. This will go on forever.....until your satisfied and content in your design. Also, you have to train your ear to recognise certain tonalitys. Jumping right in to PE, you will never appreciate poly. Poly has its uses, and you have to know how to use it. When you do jump over and try some different wire, you can instantly recognise the differences, and know where to apply these different wires. Start with poly....you'll learn the appreciation of it. I use it on certain designs. Order this....42 poly Min Nom,42 Nom max, and 43 min nom. This is the way to go to train your ear. Trust me. Training your ear this way is essential.

[markeymark]

That sounds like some great advice. I'll order some poly 1st thing in the morning.

Thanks again NightWinder.

Peace

[rocket]

At scientific wire in the UK, PE is the cheapest wire.
(probably not cheap for the amounts a professional winder is using, but they have been recommended here as a european source for wire)

[NightWinder]

Well, in this instance.....its not money, but learning. The afore thread I posted explains. Making pickups and creating music go hand and hand. You must train your ear, otherwise how will you know what your after. And that is a big "BlackArt" secret. Next will be magnet recognition. Its Awsome, and kinda funny when you go see bands and here their tones and can tell what pickups they are using, heat, offsets and things. I am however a Lucky bastard, but also plaged. I hear churchbells out of tune......Now that drives me completely insane!!!No joke

[markeymark]

Hey NightWinder,

Is the poly singlebuild or heavybuild that I order? What do you prefer; Polysol or the Polynylon?

Thanks again!

I really appreciate it.

Peace

Mark

[NightWinder]

Polynylon. Spn. You may want to get double build too. Just for comparison sake. With 42 awg..you can easily get 5k on a bobbin, which should be really full bobbins. Hot vintage territory. 43 awg- You should have no problem hiting8k with room. Lots of room for research. Keep me posted.

[markeymark]

Once again; Thankyou!


Peace

[madialex]

Listen to Nightwinder, very good advice.....

[Ruel]

Well, in this instance.....its not money, but learning. The afore thread I posted explains. Making pickups and creating music go hand and hand. You must train your ear, otherwise how will you know what your after. And that is a big "BlackArt" secret. Next will be magnet recognition. Its Awsome, and kinda funny when you go see bands and here their tones and can tell what pickups they are using, heat, offsets and things. I am however a Lucky bastard, but also plaged. I hear churchbells out of tune......Now that drives me completely insane!!!No joke

Churchbells are always out of tune.

[David Schwab]

Churchbells are always out of tune.

From Wikipedia:

To a musician's ear, a carillon can sound "out of tune." This is due to the unusual harmonic characteristics of foundry bells, which have a strong harmonic overtone an eleventh (an octave plus a minor third) above the fundamental frequency.

Clang!

[NightWinder]

Im going mad now!! Thats funny as hell! There's just too many cool people here, we sahould start a pickup convention!! You heard it first here!!!

[Zhangliqun]

From Wikipedia:



Clang!

An 11th is an octave and a 4th (not minor 3rd).

[David Schwab]

An 11th is an octave and a 4th (not minor 3rd).

You are right... time to go fix that Wikipedia page!