Gavitt Cloth Push-Back Wire, 22 AWG Stranded, Tinned Overcoat

Cloth push-back wire from Gavitt, 22 AWG. This is the wire that pretty much everyone in the industry uses: Fender, Gibson, Duncan, Fralin and more. It's called push-back wire because the textile insulation can be pushed back to expose the conductor rather than stripped (that said, we prefer to strip it).

Available in seven colors: black, white, yellow, blue, green, orange and red. Choose a color and length above.

We sell our wire in 5' and 10' bags and on 25', 50' and 100' spools. Spools ship in a protective box.

Specs

• 22 AWG stranded (7/30)
• Tinned overcoat: the seven strands are tinned together
• Cloth (textile) push-back insulation
• Colors: black, white, yellow, blue, green, orange, red
• Lengths: 5' and 10' bagged; 25', 50' and 100' spools
• Made by Gavitt Wire & Cable

Details

Textile insulated wire used to be the norm in the 1930s and 1940s, but it's tough to scare up today. Fortunately the company that's been making it for half a century is still making it, and here it is!

The wire is 22 AWG 7/30, meaning it's seven strands of 30 AWG wire twisted together, so the overall wire gauge is 22 AWG. We take the extra step of ordering it with a tinned overcoat, meaning that the twisted wire is run through a tin bath, locking the seven strands together. This not only makes the wire easy to solder to, but also makes it hold its shape extremely well. Once you get the hang of it, you can really turn out some beautiful wiring with this wire!

Using more than one color makes a circuit easier to follow and to troubleshoot later, for example one color for hot (signal) leads and another for grounds.