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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Devon8822 on May 04, 2007, 09:07:54 PM

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Devon8822 on May 04, 2007, 09:07:54 PM

are there any advantages of choosing 2 conductor braided... ovver 4 conductor? or is it just for the people who want PAF replicas?? Im taking a guess that old PAFs only had 2 wires? thanks

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Davey on May 04, 2007, 10:05:48 PM

with 4 conductor wire, you can wire the pickup differently.

in series (how a humbucker is normally wired)
in parallel (still works as a humbucker, but changes the sound and lowers the output)
split (only one coil is active at a time.. you can also chose which one, depending on which wires you solder)

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Devon8822 on May 04, 2007, 10:26:56 PM

Thanks Davey, I already knew that! lol, im juust wondering if there are any advantages of choose 2. Like whats the point of having 2 availbale if you can just get 4 with all possible options, you know?

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Davey on May 04, 2007, 10:47:22 PM

vintage specs.


no other reason i can think of

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Twinfan on May 05, 2007, 11:14:08 AM

It looks better  ;)

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: HTH AMPS on May 05, 2007, 01:30:06 PM

the wire on 2-conductor briaded is thicker and therefore a stronger connection - the 4-conductor wire is pretty thin.

saying that, I've never had a guitar where the wire has snapped with 4-conductor wire.

 :twisted:

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: BloodMountain on May 05, 2007, 04:19:49 PM

2 conductor is simpler  :twisted:

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: HTH AMPS on May 05, 2007, 04:46:24 PM

Quote from: BLOODMOUNTAIN

2 conductor is simpler  :twisted:

lmao, I suppose it's three less wires to deal with.

 :twisted:

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Devon8822 on May 16, 2007, 01:28:09 AM

If i want to just use 2 wires can I just buy a 4 wire one and than not hook up the other two? or if i get a 4 wire one, do i have to hook up all of them. Dumb question Im expecting to hear that I can do that, although I better make sure before i get into trouble. :)

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Twinfan on May 16, 2007, 08:18:03 AM

Yes, you can buy 4 conductor and only use 2 of them.  The green/white should then be joined together and sealed.

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Crazy_Joe on May 16, 2007, 01:16:20 PM

Haha i always buy 4 conductor now, i think it's easier and quicker than 2 conductor because you have to peel back all the braided cr@p before you can solder in.

Title: braided 2 conductor
Post by: Bird on May 16, 2007, 03:42:17 PM

I've done one of each and I'll be sticking with 2 conductor from now on... so much easier for me  8)