Difference in wire colour between Irish tours and trilogies... Any thoughts?

[triantobebrian]

I'm putting in an IT neck and middle and a trilogy bridge - so took off the covers to put on my custom made bone ones.
So I noticed that the wiring is a different colour...
Anyone know why thi is - ie. different type of wire and what it does for tone etc??

Cheers.

[triantobebrian]

I noticed on te stew mac site they have 42 AWG  and 43 AWG.  I wonder if this is it???

[BigB]

I don't think Tim get his wire from Stewmac  :lol:

If you refer to the product description for the IT and TS, you will find out that IT is wound with plain enamel and TS with modern polysol.

[FELINEGUITARS]

I think ITs have the darker coloured insulation - the "plain enamel " whilst the TS will have the orangy coloured Polysol (polyester solderable insulation)

[Philly Q]

Yep, different wire as the guys have discussed.  The thinner wire used on the Trilogy Suite means you can have more winds for more power and (generally speaking) a thicker tone. 

The thinner wire also has a much higher DC resistance, which is why the TS has about twice the DC resistance of the IT (but doesn't mean it has twice the "output"!)