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'''[[Great Britain|British]] Standard Wire Gauge''' is a set of wire sizes given by [[British_Standards|BS]] 3737:1964, and is generally abbreviated to SWG. Use of SWG sizes has fallen greatly in popularity, but is still used as a measure of thickness in useguitar strings. Cross sectional area in square millimetres is now a more popular size measurement.
 
Also known as: Imperial wire gauge, British Standard Gauge.
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