Easy install. Pots and switch lined up with the pickguard holes. No soldering mess. Love the blender control. A+++ for that. Simple. Fast. Definitely recommend
this is my 4th install … two tele's, one strat, one LP (Epi). All went smoothly and quickly. I have installed many pickups and controls by solder and I’m very comfortable doing that. But the ease, quality, and function of using Obsidian is well worth the cost … I get to playing rather than soldering way more quickly with Obsidian.
My 2 minor suggestions would be: (1) make the holes in the mounting block a little bigger to accommodate “vintage” cloth wire - seems the wire gauge is thicker and more substantial than what’s on many modern pickups and feeding the twisted wire into the holes is a bit of a challenge; and (2) consider numbering the slots for the holes as in the diagram, just for clarity. Both fairly minor points but would be improvements.
Fully loaded pick guard - love everything about it. It didn’t fit my Fender Mexico Standard Stratocaster HSS with a factory-installed Floyd Rose. but that was likely my fault. No issues though, a slight dremel sanding and transferring the electronics to my old pick guard fixed everything. Sounds great now fully love the product.
Excellent product! I have the Les Paul harness, and now the M2-S. Both deliver outstanding tone. In this case, I was tired of the bridge pickup thinness of my single-coil Strat, along with the constant interference of that pesky volume knob. Now, the volume knob is out of my way, and my dual-to-single coil sonic capabilities have made my old-school strat a dream to play. I hope someday, ObsidianWire will make a loaded, humbucker pick guard with TWO knobs instead of three. Try this out folks!!
I decided to purchase one of these kits as the volume pot in my MiM deluxe players strat was failing. I decided to swap my pickguard out for a "facelift" while I was doing the work anyway. I had everything done in about an hour (because I'm slow) but the result is fantastic. I must have had some other wiring gremlins before because this kit really made a difference in how the guitar sounds through an amp. The hardware seems to be of excellent quality and the installation was a breeze. I'd 100% buy from Obsidianwire again!
