Humbucker lead wire ?

[copperheadroads]

I been using mostly Mojo 4-conductor as my lead wire in my humbuckers ,But its not the best to work with its not always the easiest to strip .
I have tried some wire from usb cables that's is softer ,better to work with but it must have some iron in it ,it attracts a magnet .....& for this reason i don't use it ... but I'm guessing its probably it's not a good idea to use it or will it affect the tone
so what do you recommend .......

[belwar]

Here you go...

61-20-7T from Allied Wire & Cable

You can buy a variety of colors and it's pretty cheap. I believe they ship to newfy-land too. 7 Strand 28 gauge.

[David Schwab]

I like the Mojo wire. That's what I've been using lately. The wire from GuitarJones is a little more flexible. I use one of these strippers from RadioShack and it works great taking the jacket off.

RadioShack® Heavy-Duty Automatic Wire Cutter/Stripper - RadioShack.com

[belwar]

For the lead wire I recently got these squeeze strippers from McMaster Carr and they are AMAZING. They perfectly strip the small jacket off and dont break any of the strands.

Part number 7897K11 at McMaster Carr.

David, I'll try those - I hate stripping 4 conductor

[copperheadroads]

I like the Mojo wire. That's what I've been using lately. The wire from GuitarJones is a little more flexible. I use one of these strippers from RadioShack and it works great taking the jacket off.

RadioShack® Heavy-Duty Automatic Wire Cutter/Stripper - RadioShack.com

I got a similar set of strippers i got from Hubbard
they work ok .But the odd time they do pull out a few strands ,most times i just use a hobby knife & roll the wire to cut the insulation

[LtKojak]

In the last twelve years I've never used other 4-conductor lead than the one from StewMac. I've never felt the need of change it.

HTH,

[David King]

I found some teflon insulated, silver plated copper, 4 conductor, 26awg, 7 strand on ebay. It's no fun stripping the outer jacket but a sharp knife and a little care will do it in seconds. I use my ideal stripmasters to strip the leads. This stuff solders so nicely and it matches all the other wire I'm using in my instruments so I couldn't resist.

[Joe Gwinn]

I found some teflon insulated, silver plated copper, 4 conductor, 26awg, 7 strand on ebay. It's no fun stripping the outer jacket but a sharp knife and a little care will do it in seconds. I use my ideal stripmasters to strip the leads. This stuff solders so nicely and it matches all the other wire I'm using in my instruments so I couldn't resist.

There are special strippers for teflon. Thermal strippers also work, but don't breathe the smoke.

[David Schwab]

In the last twelve years I've never used other 4-conductor lead than the one from StewMac. I've never felt the need of change it.

HTH,

It's nice wire, but you are paying $0.99 a foot for it. I buy 50 to 100 feet at a time, an that's too much money.

[David Schwab]

For the lead wire I recently got these squeeze strippers from McMaster Carr and they are AMAZING. They perfectly strip the small jacket off and dont break any of the strands.

Part number 7897K11 at McMaster Carr.

David, I'll try those - I hate stripping 4 conductor

That's a nice looking stripper. I was trying to find something like that, but only found the ones for regular coax and it didn't work with the 4-conductor wire.

Surprisingly the one from radio Shack works like a charm. It removes the outer jacket and never harms the foil shield, and I can strip all four conductors simultaneously.

[LtKojak]

It's nice wire, but you are paying $0.99 a foot for it. I buy 50 to 100 feet at a time, an that's too much money.

I'm in Italy, David. The other alternatives to find here are 'bout € 1,39 ($1.87) a foot.

How much do you pay yours and where you buy? Inquiring minds would like to know.

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

I found some teflon insulated, silver plated copper, 4 conductor, 26awg, 7 strand on ebay. It's no fun stripping the outer jacket but a sharp knife and a little care will do it in seconds. I use my ideal stripmasters to strip the leads. This stuff solders so nicely and it matches all the other wire I'm using in my instruments so I couldn't resist.

I"m jealous! It is really hard to find teflon multi-conductor that isn't absurdly priced. I love the lack of melt-back on teflon, as well. It is harder to strip, but you make up for it when it is time to solder, methinks. I like that you got 26 instead of 28... 28 is sometimes a little too dainty in a guitar cavity. Then again, I do repairs and always assume that any wiring I do is going to take a beating.

Belden 1801B makes a great two conductor for those who like teflon (it is a plenum wire intended for digital use, but hey, who cares?), but I'm not aware of a 4-conductor equivalent.