42 gauge Poly Nylon Coil Wire - 1/2 lb Spool

Poly/Nylon - 'Modern' Coil Wire - 1/2 lb Spool This is the type of coil wire used for most of the pickups being built at this time. The copper wire has a single layer of polyurethane as the insulator with an overcoat of nylon. Technical 42 gauge - This is the most common gauge of wire used in building and rewinding most modern electric guitar and bass pickups. This wire has a nominal diameter of 0.0025". Each half pound spool contains approximately 25,000 feet of wire......generally enough to do 5 or 6 single coil pickup or 2 to 3 humbuckers. Specifications Nominal Diameter Bare Copper Single Build   Diameters Resistance Minimum Increase Overall Diameter (Ohms/1000 ft.) **                   min nom max min nom max   min nom max [AWG] [inch] [inch] [inch] [Ohm/1000ft] [Ohm/1000ft] [Ohm/1000ft] [inch] [inch] [inch] [inch]                 44 0.0019 0.002 0.0021 2,305 2,589 2,873 0.0002 0.0021 0.0023 0.0024                       43 0.0021 0.0022 0.0023 1,922 2,13