Is it OK to order wire and heat shrink and just splice onto the existing wires.. ?
I am not able to do delicate stuff with pickups,,so I can't replace the wires....
Splicing is the only way I can think of,,is it OK to do this.. ?
It may not be pretty but will the sound quality suffer... ?
I would have preferred if the wire was there of course.. Sh*t Happens..
It is just plastic coated wire on Fender Strat single coils...
Not the cloth wire..
What wire could I order that would be cheap and plentiful..
Or do I need special wire..? Groan..
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All I see is wire that is cloth covered and sold in small lengths,,
hand rolled on the things of Virgin Amazons....
I am looking and it says 22 AWG..
Is the wire sensitive about what capacitance it is.. ?
There has to be something I can buy that is not expensive to buy a small reel..
A good source of wire for guitar work is an old Scart cable - they contain about a metre each of various thin coloured wires, which will keep you going for some time!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I think I can manage it...Thanks for the tip...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I just pushed on..Now I have a stiff and burny finger..
It is still burning away..
Like I've been stung by a hundred foot Wasp..
Well maybe not quite..
The scart cable just wouldn't take the solder..
I found some other cloth wire luckily..
I think I am going to invest in flux..
I done two hooked U shapes in the wire,,then pressed it flat to join it,,
then I soldered that....Then covered the joint in heat shrink..
No way did Fender trim the wires that short..
This is what was claimed..
Even with a swimming pool rout the bridge pickup wire wouldn't have reached the switch..
I had to lengthen all the wires so the wres would go down the middle rout channel..
Also with the Stone tone pickups,,not only was the pickup wired wrong..
The switch is knackered too..
it wasn't quite before but it is now..
It is intermittent between neck pickup,,or neck and middle pickup..
When you get the neck pickup the inbetween position is silent..
I am just hoping everything works with strings on..
I only done the tap test on the pickups...
So i will need a new switch..
HMMM!! THink I have one I can Salvage..
Another day though,,my head is mince..
I think I will sell my Stonetones on..
No offence against them,,they are just not what I am looking for..
I have many pickups not in use..
Time to sell them on soon I think..
If you're planning on doing any soldering...definitely!
Although the same pickup set,,these ones don't sound quite as free and open as my other ones
I already had...A little more squashed sounding..
Don't know if they will open up a little..
I'm sure someone will say,,that's impossible,,scientifically it can't happen..Burn him..
If there was a tin of Flux that someone could recommend that would be good..
Fire up the DeLorean!