two and four conductor

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I don't quite understand what braided 2 conductor and 4 conductor means. If I buy 4 conductor can I wire them up normally like 2 conductor if I want to? Can I use 4 conductor in my Fender strat (with s1 switching system)

Also can anyone recommend a BKP humbucker for a fender american deluxe strat with an alder body? I want it to sound big and powerful something like Zakk Wylde, Slash, Dimebag without having to buy a les paul.

Thanks...

[WezV]

a humbucker has two coils, each coil has a start and an end wire (or hot and ground + and -, whatever you want to call them).  

On a 2 conductor humbucker two of these wires are connected inside the pickup and the other two are the wire coming out of the pickup.  Its called braided because its a metalic braided wire with a single wire in the middle.  The single wire in the middle is your hot connection and the braid is the ground

On a 4 conductor you have the option of using all 4 wires however you want because they all come out along the (plastic coated) wire.  So as well as the normal full power humbucker you also have the option to remove one of the coils from the mix for psuedo single coil sounds (coil split) or have other options like wiring the coils series/paralell or in phase/out of phase

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Oh that makes sense now...thank you very much for your help.