Vintage Push-back Wire - 50 feet

many companies have similar wire, and the cloth insulation is good quality for all companies, but StewMac has the best actual wire underneath that insulation. When I buy in bulk, the prices are comparable to the lower quality suppliers. Attached is a picture of a guitar that Hans from the Norwegian band Skambankt built using my pickups built with this wire

I've used this in rewiring two guitars so far, and I love the stuff. Instead of stripping the insulation, you can just push it back for most purposes. I also found, where it was more convenient, that the insulation would slip freely enough over the wire that I could grab hold of the wire with needle nosed pliers at one end and pull the insulation away on the other end to cut it off to a length that I foresaw needing with a given connection and then slide it back on to have just the right amount of wire exposed at each end. That was the more useful way to go with short connections where there really wasn't enough room for bunched-up insulation between the terminals.

The stuff looks really cool, too (not that you or anyone else will be seeing much of it once the job is finished ;D ). Having a single, pre-tinned wire makes it much easier to set up and solder connections, too.

Two potential downsides, but I would not take points away for them--you just need to be aware. The shielding on the shielded cable is woven in such a way that it is difficult to manage to a degree. I tried to cut it neatly lengthwise, but on one connection where I twisted up the freed shielding to solder it to ground, it just crumbled away, and I had to solder another bare wire to the remaining shielding to connect it to ground.

The other thing is, if you're planning to wire up any complicated switches (I wired up a 4-pole, 6-position pickup coil selector and a 2-pole, 6-position capacitor selector using this wire), you might consider using the ordinary plastic insulated wire. My switches worked out fine, but the work was tricky because both the wire and the insulation are bulky, and in addition it resulted in the finished switches being bulkier than they'd have been if I used the finer insulated wire.

It may be overstating it to bring this up, but in wiring complicated switches, it might also be handy to have the plastic insulated wire because you can use more different colors, and that might help with organizing the progression of the wiring to use specific colors for specific connections. Putting that aside, if you are simply wiring pickups with pots and ordinary pickup selector switches, this wire is ideal.

I'm very happy with this product. Its a little higher priced than I might like, but its well worth it. Its good quality and is easy to deal with on a neat little spool than just loose wire.

Having wired many guitars I am now wondering why I didn't invest in this wire sooner. High quality and easy to use. That's all you need.

This type of wire is expensive in England £4.65 per 16 inches. So if you're like me you use a lot of it buying in bulk is much cheaper. I used this to re wire a les paul and its so easy to use just push back the cloth, hold it back with a crock clip, solder the connection and pull back the cloth. Hay presto one neat finished piece of soldering.

I strongly urge you to buy this product its fantastic and you get the vibe of the early vintage guitars to boot

I keep all four on my bench. I love not only the ease of use but the look of the finished work as well. Sure no one sees it once you close it up but knowing how solid the job is feels like the guitar is truly custom wired. Because it is! Not having to strip and tin wire is well worth the price of admission. Trust me you will not find a better product for the price. I always look before I leap. So leap!

I bought this to rewire my guitar and I was amazed at how much easier it is to solder than the regular rubber insulated wire. You don't have to worry about melting the insulation, and there's no striping so there's less to cleanup. In combination with a wiring kit this made my squier sound more like a fender. I will only rewire with the pushback wire from now on.

I build wiring harnesses for guitars and it's the only wire I use.
I've tried others, but they just don't compare.
Only minus is the price has increased almost 25% in the last few years.

I use this stuff all the time