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- How does the wiring in a guitar work?
- What kind of wiring is used in guitars?
- Does guitar wiring make a difference?
How does the wiring in a guitar work?
The electric guitar pickup uses permanent magnets and pole pieces to form a steady magnetic field in the vicinity of each individual guitar string. ... Wire is wrapped around the poles thousands of times to form a coil within the magnetic field to pick up an induced current and voltage.
What kind of wiring is used in guitars?
Widely used in the guitar world for optimal results, is 22AWG wire. This is mainly because you ideally want your wiring AWG to be the same or greater than the guitar's pickup wire AWG and in most cases pickup manufacturer's use 22AWG.
Does guitar wiring make a difference?
Absolutely. Aside from any capacitance benefits, you can reasonably expect higher-end cables to have had much better levels of quality control across the manufacturing process. They will be less likely to fall apart on the inside, resulting in serious degradation of signal.
