The LEFTY! Strat® Wiring // Universal Blender G2

My Fender Strat went from hanging on the wall to being my new favorite guitar now that I can tame down the bridge pickup with the master tone and blend controls.

Excellent product and reasonable pricing. Installed new pickups on a Player II HSS Strat and this kept everything neat and organized. Biggest problems were finding larger spacers for SD single coils and the Shawbucker II wire colors were questionable because of conflicting online contradictions. OW was indeed correct. Blender really brought out the best of the pups and they complement each other well, especially with the blend capabilities.

First of all I’d like to say the quality of this wiring harness is insane. Everything feels sturdy and like it will last for a very long time. Knobs and switches are all buttery smooth. Second is the convenience and versatility. This was my first time ever opening up my guitar and working on it and the instructions were easy to follow. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a beginner friendly, built to last harness!

My best friend had a strat he attempted to mod into an HHH configuration almost 20 years and was never able to get sound of it. I secretly borrowed his guitar and installed this in about 20 minutes. Used some pickups he had mentioned, leveled the frets, docked the bridge (per his original plan), and cleaned it thoroughly. It sounds and feels great now. I cannot wait to give it back to him for Christmas. He's going to be very surprised! Installation is painless and having a blender is a fun addition to get a few more unique tones out of it.

I have installed four to date, and just ordered another, with more to go. I like building guitars with Warmoth necks/bodies and Seymour Duncan pickups. But the soldering mess I would make was always the weak link. It worked, usually, but it was ugly and trouble prone. So I'm going back through and getting rid of the guts of previous builds and putting these in all of them. I can build a guitar that easily equals a Fender "custom shop" for a fraction of the cost. It was always kind of a pain before due to my poor soldering abilities. But now I'm basically snapping it all together. Plus, if I want to sell it, I can take a picture of the inside and it looks beautiful. No way I could have sold my uggo soldered jobs. When you pull these out of the box they ooze quality workmanship. I would love to see Fender Jazz and Gibson/Epiphone SG versions!

I've installed the Strat Custom Blender four times now. I prefer the tonal control given by a master tone control together with the blending of the neck and bridge pickups over the standard Fender 2-tone knobs configuration. There is also a unique, consistent "clarity" of tone the these devices provide that I really appreciate. The solderless connector is an easy, cleaner install for those of us with big hands and bargain store soldering pencils. But, follow the instructions and trim your wires very well, or the connector will not securely grab them. Finally, ObsidianWire technical support has been great.

I upgraded my Squire Classic Vibe 70s HT HSS with this. I already liked the tone of the guitar, but literally when I played my first few strums after installation my jaw was hanging open! I have no idea how it improved the sound of the guitar this much, but wow! I’m so impressed.

It’s true what they say, “install is easy, not instant”

This pre wired harnesses are my new go to way to upgrade. The ease and quality is totally worth the extra price.

Amazing job! Esasy to install. Top quality

I assembled an HSH partscaster.

With some filing on the pickguard it fits beautifully and sounds amazing. So much more versatility and speed to install pickups in the future.

Love it, great mod for my strat, it has made pickup wiring and switching so simple. Great quality,, clean and clear.

Universal Blender for Strat® // (HSS, HSH, SSS, HHH)

Overall, I'm very happy with this product. It does provide a wider and blended (you control how much) tone variation over the basic 5-position switch. A minor complaint is that - to me - the blender knob works backward from the master volume and tone. That is, if I want more tone or volume, the knobs are turned in the same direction. I would think "blend" would work the same, but it's opposite - full on is zero blend, knob turned off is full blend. Also, I ordered a Univeral blender and was following the wiring diagram until I realized my connector had 14 pins vice the 10 on the diagram. A double check of the box revealed I received the Gen 2 version which has the the 14 pin connector. The instructions say "Easy but not Instant". I'd call it "Do-able but fiddly and plan on installing it twice before you get ot right".

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I only could install this onto a pick guard and do a tap test, When I actually get it put together with a beautiful Strat with a mohpgany neck with a ma[le fret board I will give more pf a review. The tap test went well with some old ceramic pickups.

Kit arrived quickly and easily installed, tone is fantastic, my 4th solderless harness!

Very good product.

This is my fourth or fifth order from Obsidian. Honestly, I can do this myself, but why on Earth would I when the build quality of the Obsidian products is out of this world. I have loved every product. The Blender is no different. I wanted the John Frusciante sound. The guitar sounds amazing. My playing still needs work. Maybe another 25 years of playing and I will finally accomplish his sound/style.

I put this in my Strat to repair a bad volume pot and upgrade the electronics at the same time. What a difference it’s made. Blender adds new tones and has made me love the guitar all over again. I had to dremel a small amount of my guitar body where the knobs and switch goes but I have a Japanese ESP Strat so that wasn’t surpassing. Only needed to remove about 1mm altogether, so simple and straightforward.

Have had wiring issues with my Squier Affinity strat for the past few months, so I decided to give this a shot, and it’s worked out amazingly! Fixed all the issues I was having with pickups buzzing, and the blender knob helps to add that extra oomph from the other pickups when you need it. 10/10 product, definitely worth paying for if you want to upgrade your guitar’s electrics

This is the first time I bought this product after countless hours of finding a device that could connect my new pickup to my old guitar.
Finally found this via AI Copilot help.
This is by far a very innovative and extremely easy way to swap pickups on a guitar. No soldering or anything needed.
Product performs well…especially the blender mode.
Wow…. I’m totally satisfied with this purchase.

My install was for a Strat build with Fender Ultra Hot Noiseless in the neck and middle and Seymour Duncan Little 59 humbucker bridge. Tried many wiring combinations but the Little 59 was simply too bright. I used the Obsidian wire blender control plate with auto split for position 2, but even the bridge alone was too bright and gutless. Could be the 500k pot? I put it in SSS mode and still the same. Ended up putting the Noiseless hot in the bridge too and tone is as expected.