What Kind of Wire is This????

[PoorMan]

A luthier buddy gave me an old spool of MWS wire but I'm not sure what it is or if it's suitable/ideal for winding.

It's 42 AWG (cool) and it says "P. BOND #1".

What is "P. BOND #1"? Bondable Poly Nylon? Anyone?

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

I'd guess bondable polyurethane, sans the nylon. I'm not sure that anyone here has found any specific use for bondable wire, though who knows. Check the link for more - the site isn't working right for me now so I can't help, but maybe if you check it you'll have better luck.

MWS Wire Industries - Magnet Wire Specifications

[StarryNight]

try it out and report back!

[jason lollar]

bondable wire is for bobbinless coils or fender trapazoid pickups- you would need to find out if its solvent or heat bondable and what type of solvent or how high of a heat is required- its pretty expensive stuff. I use the alchohol type which is low heat but i dont like messing with MEK anymore.

[David Schwab]

Jason, I have read that Fender used bondable wire for the bass pickups. Do you know if this is true? I always figured they were lacquer potted, but the bondable wire makes sense.

[FunkyKikuchiyo]

I always wondered what that stuff was on those old trapazoid pickups.... huh. Can't argue with success. Those things sounded killer.