Normally a pickup is wound using copper magnet wire, can a pickup be wound using silver or gold magnet wire?
Pickups could be wound with various alloys that are insulated such as aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, tantalum, titanium and tungsten. All the listed ones have no magnetic attraction and can be used to make a pickup. There are economical factors to consider along with physical properties. This chart will give you physical comparisons.
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