Do they sell something like this?

[Harry]

Do they sell coils of wire similar to component lead material? I have this old guitar that uses a length of this stuff to connect it's ground points and I'm thinking this stuff might be handy to have, but have never seen it being sold. Anyone have a clue what I'm talking about?

[oldschoolanalog]

Small Bear SKU#0509. Wire; Bare,Tinned #22. Something like this?

[Harry]

I don't know, could be. There's no picture on the site, is this the equivalent of #22 solid core wire stripped? But that gives me an idea I could just strip some #22 solid core wire that I have and that's basically exactly what I want!

[oldschoolanalog]

I don't know, could be. There's no picture on the site, is this the equivalent of #22 solid core wire stripped? But that gives me an idea I could just strip some #22 solid core wire that I have and that's basically exactly what I want!

1>Yes, but tinned.
2>Free is good!

[Harry]

Yes, Free is good, but technicaly I did buy the wire so...

Anyway thanks, I don't know why stripping the wire never came to me before.

[PenPen]

If the wire is the same internally then why bother stripping it?

[Harry]

Well some uses for it: Using a long wire soldering from pickups to pot cases in a guitar so it's just one wire not multiple wires. Using little pieces of the wire to create sort of hinges to create an L-shape out of 2 ciruit boards (seen this done in a record player). Then it's helpful for me to use on my veroboard semi-point-to-point method of building when I need a longer lead. In my opinion stripping it makes it easier to work with and looks nicer.

[PenPen]

Those first two would function the same regardless if the insulation was on there or not, you can use insulated solid core the same way as stripped solid core.

The real reason appears to be your last, that it looks nicer, though I can't see how it would be easier to work with having no insulation. Not that is a bad thing, if you like it by all means go for it, I'm just saying functionally it doesn't matter if it is stripped or not. Only time I've found it useful was in rare cases in switch wiring where I need a single piece of wire to bridge several points in a line, I can just thread a bare wire through and solder it to different contacts along the line. Otherwise I use insulated solid core on switches so it doesn't short against other contacts.

[zjokka]

the problem is more getting the solder to stick on the pot shells than the nature wire itself.
even with soldering fluid I had a hell of a time getting it to hold.

good luck anyways
zj