GUITAR PICKUP WIRES AND WHAT THEY MEAN:

BY SEAN ARBOW

If you want to learn more about pickups maybe we will do a whole thing but for now we just need to understand Guitar pickups are magnetic transducers that convert string vibration to audio signal. So whenever buying pickups or guitar wiring kits you will find terms like single conductor, braided wire, 4 conductor, etc. But if you don’t have an understand that makes no sense. before I start lets just talked about pickups as depending on the pickup you will find certain styles

Single coil

strat-common come in Cloth wire with one wire equaling the coil start (hot) and the coil finish (ground)

tele

p90

Humbucker

trad

stacked