Pickup Wiring Question

[shawshank72]

Question........
Does twisting the pickup wires together by hand cause any change in output or sound than soldering them together?

[line6man]

If you have sufficient contact, no, but the problem is maintaining that contact.

Over time, the connection will start to cut out as the wires corrode and/or vibrate loose.

[Reed James Eng]

Originally Posted by shawshank72

Question........
Does twisting the pickup wires together by hand cause any change in output or sound than soldering them together?

No but twisting and soldering its important. also make sure to clean the insulation off with a razor before twisting and soldering. That’s what I do a clean connection is the key

[CVsawyer]

Originally Posted by line6man

If you have sufficient contact, no, but the problem is maintaining that contact.

Over time, the connection will start to cut out as the wires corrode and/or vibrate loose.

+1

[T-Bird]

Hi.

For uses other than a simple test, I like the connection to be more solid than just twisted together.

Just like the other posters have said, the connection won't stay very good very long.

If You don't want to solder the connections for some reason, at least use some screw-on or crimped connectors to secure the connection. There's plenty of options out there in the hardware stores el. department, better ones at RS.

On the tools section there's also cheap pencil type soldering irons and rosin core solder, do take a look at those as well while You're there .

Just my 0.02€
Sam