Hook-Up Wire & Screening

Wire, screening tape and heatshrink — everything you need to wire up your guitar. Pre-tinned vintage cloth wire, modern hook-up wire, single-core screened cable, copper screening tape, tinned copper bus wire and assorted heatshrink tubing.

WRVCCW — Vintage Cloth-Covered Wire

Period-correct 22 AWG vintage hook-up wire — waxed-cloth insulation over pre-tinned conductors.

No stripping needed: just push the cloth back to expose the tinned core. Perfect for pots, jacks and switches when you want a vintage look.

£4.95 inc. VAT · 2 × 2 ft

Gauge
22 AWG
Insulation
Waxed cloth, push-back style
Conductors
Pre-tinned solid copper
Lengths
2 × ~2 ft (Cream + Black) — ~4 ft total

WRVBW — Vintage Cloth Braided Wire

Single-conductor braided cloth wire — the classic Les Paul control-cavity look.

5 ft single length — enough for an LP including three runs to the selector switch.

£9.95 inc. VAT · 5 ft

Gauge
22 AWG
Insulation
Waxed-cloth inner with braided outer screen
Conductors
Pre-tinned solid copper
Length
5 ft single conductor

WRHUW — Hook-Up Wire

Modern 22 AWG hook-up wire with heavy-duty PVC insulation — the dependable workhorse for control-cavity wiring.

2 × 1 metre lengths (yellow + black) — perfect for pots, jacks and selector switches.

£3.95 inc. VAT · 2 × 1 m

Gauge
22 AWG
Insulation
Heavy-duty PVC
Lengths
2 × 1 m (Yellow + Black) — 2 m total

CPTP01 — Copper Screening Tape

Self-adhesive 60 mm copper screening tape — VERY effective at silencing noisy single coils.

Ideal for lining pickup and control cavities or screening the back of a scratchplate. Choose 1 m or 2 m below.

From £5.00 inc. VAT

Material
Self-adhesive copper foil tape
Width
60 mm
Use
Pickup & control-cavity screening, scratchplate undersides
Lengths
1 metre or 2 metres

WRSCSC — Single-Core Screened Cable

2 metres of slim 3 mm-OD single-core screened cable — the standard for clean LP-style switch-to-cavity runs.

Keeps signal noise out and lets you keep your wiring tidy.

£3.00 inc. VAT · 2 m

Type
Single-core screened cable
Outer diameter
3 mm
Length
2 metres
Use
Control cavity ↔ pickup-selector switch on LP-style guitars

WR22TCW — Tinned Copper Bus Wire

22 SWG tinned copper bus wire — the standard for clean ground/earth runs between bridge and pots.

1 metre length, easy to bend and solder.

£0.50 inc. VAT · 1 m

Gauge
22 SWG
Material
Tinned solid copper
Insulation
Bare (uninsulated)
Length
1 metre

HTSH01 — Heatshrink Tubing

2-foot lengths of 2:1 heatshrink tubing — neatens up exposed solder joints and stripped conductors.

Choose your diameter below. Shrink with a heat gun or hair dryer (a soldering-iron tip will work in a pinch — but don't touch the tube directly).

£1.45 inc. VAT · 2 ft length

Type
Polyolefin heatshrink, 2:1 shrink ratio
Length
2 ft per length
Sizes
2.4→1.2 mm · 3.2→1.6 mm · 4.8→2.4 mm · 6.4→3.2 mm
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