I have a 2022, Fender, made in Japan Traditional 60s Precision bass. In my experience at least, I was pleased that the Obsidian Wire Precision bass harness fitted the pickguard holes perfectly, and the shafts of the harness aligned to each hole in the pickguard. I also added Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups and a Fender HiMass bridge. My bass plays and sounds awesome now. Definitely recommend Obsidian Wire...I purchased another two harnesses today for my other Fender Precision basses.
The HH kit is my second Obsidian Wire product. For someone like me who doesn't want to delve into soldering, this is a worthwhile product. Installation is straight forward. I'm still fairly new with respect to pickup swapping, so after encountering an issue, customer service was able to get me sorted out very quickly. The coil split functionality is great at delivering more sounds. Highly recommended.
Fits like a hand in a glove, also replaced the speed knobs with top hats ...much better feel over the Asian pots. Also love the 50 and 60's wiring switches and coil splits ...options abound. These guitars sound pretty good stock but Obsidian wire brings really brings them to life. Highly recommended. I've also done two telecaster with their 4-way kits ...excellent, so easy to switch out pickups!
Outstanding wiring harness!!! Easy install and my axe sounds wonderful now, big improvement over the stock wiring. Also, BIG shoutout to the customer service team for working with me through the replacement of a busted tone pot—they truly care about their customers, and I recommend this product to guitarists all the time!!!
Thought I was going to have to change the pickups in my 2006 Les Paul Standard (Burstbucker Pros). But after installing this equipment I have changed my mind. I selected the 60's wiring switch positions and the BB Pros now sound awesome. I highly recommend this product!
I purchased the Vintage 3-way for my 2022 MIM Telecaster Player Plus because I ordered a pair of Lambertones Blondies for the guitar. Mind you, I’ve never installed pickups or electronics in any of my guitars over the course of the last 35 years. Having your product did 2 things for me and I’m sure will do these 2 things for all others.
1: Gave someone with zero knowledge about wiring or soldering an opportunity to do the install themselves.
2: A noticeable difference in sound from all the quality products involved with your switch.
With all that said, the install took mere minutes and I couldn’t be happier with the result. This MIM Tele now out performs my American Ultra Tele. Absolutely amazing.
Great product. Fast shipping too.
My Tele Nashville has been upgraded! The Obsidian wire harness was easy to install and made a massive difference to my guitar. These units are high quality and absolutely precise in the fit for the install.
Just love the way these units are designed and will definitely be getting more over time for other guitars… no better way to upgrade the wiring on your guitar
I recently purchased this item and immediately installed it. Yes, even I could do it. My guitar looks and sounds absolutely amazing. This harness is such an incredible upgrade. Buy this product and you will not regret it.
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.
Custom 4-Way for Tele®
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.
Amazingly easy to install. Works great. Will be upgrading all of my guitars to these harnesses.
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.
The time it took to drop in Obsidians harness was a fraction of the time it took to remove existing harness and prep for the drop in...😃
I haven't had the chance to install this on a Stratocaster I'm assembling from all separate parts but I can tell just from looking at the harness and packagaing itself, this will be the same quality in operation as it is in appearance.
I have Obsidian harnesses on all 4 of my guitars.
I have bought the best components and done my own in the past and ended up spending more and having a less flexible final product.
Not having to solder pickups in is HUGE!
I love the product, the only negative point is the fact that the controle plate is not compatible (hole size and distance of potentiometer are not the same). I use a drill bit and a rond file to make it work. But as I previously said, I love it, specialy the 4th position
This was the first of 2 control kits I've bought (second was the HSH Strat) and I'm already planning for 2 more. The quality of these products is excellent. I know how to solder and with the effort, could figure out the wiring, but why when you can get something this easy. Well worth the money in my opinion. I had a few rookie questions on both units I installed them and received helpful responses very quickly. Feel good knowing the support is as good as the product. Also great is that I received both orders within a few days.
As they say 'easy not instant' instalation on my early 2000s Mex Nashville Tele. Clarity has improved enormously with sweet singing tone even when volume rolled down. Really appreciate the the neck and bridge position which I missed previously. Communication and delivery excellent. Well worth it.
I had to rout the harness channel out as it was 5mm shorter than the new harness but after that, installation was a Doodle. 4 thumbs up guys and I'm spreading the word. If you ever get stickers send me some and I'll stick them on my car. 👍👍👍
I recently purchased a control plate for my Squier Jazz Bass, and I love it! It’s noticeably heavier than the stock control plate, and little bit thicker, but it’s a perfect fit. I also purchased the Wire harness and the vintage knobs for the Jazz Bass. I was not disappointed. The fit and finish of all part is fabulous! All the parts fit together perfectly, and installation is super simple. Everything required for installation is in the box. Even includes all the washers and nuts to mount the wire harness to the control plate.
After installation I had a cleaner sound, the tone and volume controls were smooth and quiet. And if I want to swap out pickups, I simply unplug the old ones and plug in the new ones. It really is that simple…and no soldering. If you’re going to ever swap out pickups, this is a must have! Well worth the money and I would definitely buy again to install on my next guitar
