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Strat® Install

Strat® Install

August 14, 2021Mathew Goodall

Get compatibility info, install instructions and wiring diagrams for your new Obsidian® harness for Stratocaster®

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Tele® Install

Tele® Install

August 14, 2021Mathew Goodall

Get compatibility info, install instructions and wiring diagrams for your new Obsidian® harness for Telecaster®

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Les Paul® Install

Les Paul® Install

August 14, 2021Mathew Goodall

Get compatibility info, install instructions and wiring diagrams for your new Obsidian® harness for Les Paul®

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Bass Install

Bass Install

August 14, 2021Mathew Goodall

Get compatibility info, install instructions and wiring diagrams for your new Obsidian® Bass harness

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Trouble Shooting

Trouble Shooting

July 29, 2021Mathew Goodall

Find tricks tips and advice for trouble shooting your new Obsidian® wiring harness install

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Using Solder-less Connectors

Using Solder-less Connectors

July 21, 2021Mathew Goodall

See the best way to prepare and install your wires in your new Obsidian® wiring harness, for a clean and long lasting setup.

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Pickup Color Codes

Pickup Color Codes

July 21, 2021Mathew Goodall

Get pickup wire color codes for the worlds most popular pickup builders. We have instructions for most single coils and humbuckers

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Control Plate for Telecaster® Chrome
Mike Gard (Melbourne, AU)
Telecaster Control Plate

The plate is fine but I had to re-rout the cavity as the pots were 5mm closer to the ends and were hard up against the neck end of the rout. Then that exposed the other end so I had to build up the other end of the other cavity so I could screw the plate in place.
It seems many of the Chinese made kits do not match Fender specs. Both kits I put together had non-matching routing which requires modifications.

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Custom 4-Way for Tele®
wade russell (Austin, US)
Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes
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Custom 4-Way for Tele®

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ObsidianWire for Jazz Bass®
steve harden (Los Angeles, US)
Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes
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Top of the line product!

I bought a used 1985 Geedy Lee CIJ jazz bass, both volume control pot had a flat spots and 1/4 input was slopy. Decided to replace the hole control panel. A friend told me to check out Obsidian Wire. First impression was how the mother board cleaned the harness from outer wiring from pot to pot. After extending ground wirer from bridge installation was easy! Control plate & knobs correct, excellent volume & tone control, sound is awesome.

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Custom Blender for Strat®
Patrick Szabo (Barberton, US)
Install Time: 0 - 10 minutes
Build Quality:
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Same as stock
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Fantastic

Amazingly easy to install. Works great. Will be upgrading all of my guitars to these harnesses.

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Custom Nashville '7-Way' for Tele®
Logan (Valdosta, US)
Install Time: 11 - 20 minutes
Build Quality:
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Functionality:
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Makes me Tele sound like a million bucks!

I started my first Telecaster build with an Obsidian Wire 4 way switch, and it sounded beefy and mean. Perfect for alternative rock or "surf rock" songs like Six-Wave-Hold-Down, but I wanted even more tonal capabilities, so I popped a middle pickup in, and switched to a 7 way Obsidian Wire switch. Now, it sounds phenomenal. Cleans are beautiful, dirty sounds incredible and articulate. It makes my squier affinity Tele sound absolutely incredible. I've got Fender Ultra Noiseless Vintage Tele pickups, and an Ultra Noiseless Hot middle strat pickup, and it gives me the incredible quacky, clean, smooth, and gritty tones I strive for. I'll use Obsidian Wire switches for any guitar I build in the future. Build quality is immaculate and the simplicity for install is beyond measure.

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