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Magnet wire commonly used in guitar pickups is made from 99.9% pure copper and drawn to the desired diameter and annealed to make softer. There are many custom shapes available and magnet wire can be half sizes, bondable and can be made to be 2-20 conductor, parallel bonded and color coded. Specialty magnet wire can…

The number of turns is usually pre-determined when winding various types of pickups. When I wind bobbins or coils, I usually know the number of turns that I need for a particular tone I need in the pickup. The number of turns is the total turns you desire to put onto a coil or bobbin….