Post by frets on Jan 17, 2021 16:26:07 GMT -5
Hi Guys, happy Sunday!!
I’m building a fairly complex 4 control modded harness. And I thought, maybe some of the guys out there don’t know about this subject (though, probably many do). Anywho, I thought I’d share about the benefits of using Silicone Wire in guitar harnesses.
Sometimes, Pushback cloth wire can become cumbersome in a complex harness, especially if one is dealing with a back cavity. One needs something with ultimate flexibility. Enter silicon wire. Silicone wire is just the bees knees🐝. It is extremely inexpensive, comes in a variety of colors, extremely flexible, easy to thread small dpdt lugs, and you can hold the soldering iron on it and it will not burn!! I know a lot of guys use regular PVC wire; but, if you’re ready to modify or build a new harness, consider silicone.
I use 22 and 24AWG, it comes in many colors and is cheap if you look around a bit.
Now you don’t need all these colors. Red and Black do fine. And if you look on EBay, you can find 45ft of Red, Black and Blue in a lot (22 AWG) for $7.59!! Enough to do your guitar and extra for your workshop.
No fighting with rigid pvc that even the best solderer can scorch, silicone wire lasts a millennia. Your wiring will go forward in perpetuity with no rot. Ha!!
And if one is wiring rotary switches, silicone wire makes your life so much easier.
So Thats my tip from my bench today.
One last thing, Go Bucs!!
I’m building a fairly complex 4 control modded harness. And I thought, maybe some of the guys out there don’t know about this subject (though, probably many do). Anywho, I thought I’d share about the benefits of using Silicone Wire in guitar harnesses.
Sometimes, Pushback cloth wire can become cumbersome in a complex harness, especially if one is dealing with a back cavity. One needs something with ultimate flexibility. Enter silicon wire. Silicone wire is just the bees knees🐝. It is extremely inexpensive, comes in a variety of colors, extremely flexible, easy to thread small dpdt lugs, and you can hold the soldering iron on it and it will not burn!! I know a lot of guys use regular PVC wire; but, if you’re ready to modify or build a new harness, consider silicone.
I use 22 and 24AWG, it comes in many colors and is cheap if you look around a bit.
Now you don’t need all these colors. Red and Black do fine. And if you look on EBay, you can find 45ft of Red, Black and Blue in a lot (22 AWG) for $7.59!! Enough to do your guitar and extra for your workshop.
No fighting with rigid pvc that even the best solderer can scorch, silicone wire lasts a millennia. Your wiring will go forward in perpetuity with no rot. Ha!!
And if one is wiring rotary switches, silicone wire makes your life so much easier.
So Thats my tip from my bench today.
One last thing, Go Bucs!!
