SCHATTEN® HEAVY FORMVAR COIL WIRE 42 GAUGE (ENV 0.0063mm - 250GR - 7500 METRES)

Used widely in vintage single coil pickups from the '50s and '60, and commonly used today in many custom-shop and reissue guitar pickups. The copper wire insulation is made from a Heavy Formvar enamel.
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......enough to do 5 or 6 single coil pickup or 2 to 3 humbuckers.