Guitar wiring - what wire to buy?

SquireJapan

So ... I’m about to rewrite my new Jem. 

I realized I’ve never had to buy wire, I’ve always reused or repurposed something. 

I guess I just need single core shielded? I could use unshielded single core for anything thats just ground. 

I also guess I only need shielded for signal->pickup selector, then to jack lead (?)

Any recommendations? What I’ve found so far looks massively over priced. 

ICBM

You only need shielded for the volume pot to the jack, at most - even there, a twisted pair is adequate.

The best source of guitar wire I’ve found is to get an old Scart cable - common, free, and contains more wire than you’ll probably ever need.

FelineGuitars

Chris - are you still in New York?
Do they still have Radio Shack or Fry's Electrical?

To be fair 2 feet of cloth covered push back wire would be more than adequate

Or  as ICBM said use a spare bit of Scart cable or the free HiFi cables that used to come with every item of Hi Fi just to get you started

SquireJapan

Perfect!

Thanks both. I’ll have a snoop down the local charity shop for a scarf cable ... (they have a box of crap cables). 

Failing that I’ll buy something as per Feline’s recommendation. 

thermionic

Tone Wire.

SquireJapan

thermionic said:

Tone Wire.

I might just cut one of these down if I can't find a scart cable: https://www.thecableco.com/chordmusic-aes-ebu-digital-cable.html

stephen.wood125

@thermionic genuine LOL

prowla

I like the vintage-style cloth weave covered stuff, but it's a right pain to work with!

(Goes off to check on old SCART cables...)

prowla

stephen.wood125 said:

@thermionic genuine LOL

What a load of pretentious pseudo-scientific waffle!

"The lessons we’ve learned over the past few years have been both glorious and somewhat sobering. Glorious because the Tuned ARAY and the Super ARAY conductor designs can transform the sound from turntables, CD players and streaming devices into music that sounds real, believable and emotionally involving. Sobering because the Tuned ARAY and Super ARAY conductor designs explicitly show just how much more conventional cables designs can blunt the potential performance of pretty much any audio system."

That said, I do have a £300 interconnect cable from my CD player to my amp...

SquireJapan

prowla said:

stephen.wood125 said:

@thermionic genuine LOL

What a load of pretentious pseudo-scientific waffle!

"The lessons we’ve learned over the past few years have been both glorious and somewhat sobering. Glorious because the Tuned ARAY and the Super ARAY conductor designs can transform the sound from turntables, CD players and streaming devices into music that sounds real, believable and emotionally involving. Sobering because the Tuned ARAY and Super ARAY conductor designs explicitly show just how much more conventional cables designs can blunt the potential performance of pretty much any audio system."

That said, I do have a £300 interconnect cable from my CD player to my amp...

Just in case you missed it, the interconnect linked to above is a "digital" cable