• ObsidianWire prewired pickguard with 1 ply black and parchment white knobs and pickup covers
  • Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
  • Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
  • Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
  • Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
  • Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
  • Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
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Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)

US$299.00
US$299.00
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Have us build your dream Loaded Pickguard, complete with a set of Obsidian® Pro-Wired™ Electronics, world class pickups and super high quality hardware.

Super Easy, Solder-less Install

  • Custom Loaded SSS Pickguard
  • ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired Electronics
  • World Class Pickups
  • Fully shielded pro-grade pickguard
  • Super Easy, Solderless Install

Custom Shop: Built to Order

Fast Build Time: Ships in 2-5 Business Days

Express Shipping Available: DHL Express

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ObsidianWire prewired pickguard with 1 ply black and parchment white knobs and pickup covers
Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)
Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)

You Design It, We Build It...

Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)

Have us build your dream Loaded Pickguard, complete with a set of Obsidian® Pro-Wired™ Electronics, world class pickups and super high quality hardware.

Super Easy, Solder-less Install

  • Custom Loaded SSS Pickguard
  • ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired Electronics
  • World Class Pickups
  • Fully shielded pro-grade pickguard
  • Super Easy, Solderless Install

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The Wiring

1. ObsidianWire™ Custom Blender for Strat®

  • Stratocaster Blender Mod
  • Play Neck + Bridge Pickups Together
  • Master Tone
  • Master Volume

With a master volume and master tone control the Custom Blender Harness packs your traditional Strat® tones into a smaller space, leaving the third tone control free.

This becomes the blender control, adding the ability to blend the neck and bridge pickups in together. This is amazing for adding a range of musical mids to your lead tone (like the bell like effects David Gilmour gets in his signature Strat) or for adding some twang to your rhythm, just like you find in the middle position on a Tele®. When you need a complete wall of sound, you can even mix all three pickups together by flicking the five way switch to position 2 or 4

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2. ObsidianWire™ Vintage Plus for Strat® Gen2

  • New 'Gen2' Model
  • Traditional '5-Way' Switching
  • Improved Tone Control Layout
  • Switchable volume control 'Voice'

The new Obsidian® Vintage PlusGen2 for Stratocaster® has had a complete overhaul to ensure you have access to the absolute in best Stratocaster Electronics. The new upgraded harness retains the traditional five way switching, but improves the tone control layout, smooths out the tone and volume control response, and gives you two volume control 'voices' so you can get your guitar setup exactly how you like it

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3. ObsidianWire™ Custom 7 WAY Wiring // Gilmour Mod

  • New 'Gen2' Model
  • Gilmour Mod  / '7-Way' Switching
  • Play neck & bridge pickups together
  • Improved Tone Control Layout
  • Switchable Volume Control Voicings

The new Obsidian® Custom 7 Way wiring harness for Stratocaster® has had a complete over hall, to make the super versatile 7 Way wiring mod even better. The new upgraded harness retains the '7-way' switching inspired by David Gilmour, but improves the tone control layout, smooths out the tone and volume control responses, and gives you two volume control 'voices' so you can get your guitar setup exactly how you like it.

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The Pickups

ToneRider

PURE VINTAGE

// Warm Vintage Strat

For that warm, vintage Stratocaster sound. Inspired by a collection of vintage pickups from the 1950s.

Neck 5.9k / Mid 6.1k / Bridge 6.45k

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ALNICO II BLUES

// Touch Sensitive & Sweet Cleans

Perfect for Blues and Jazz, this new set offers players touch-sensitive and sweet clean tones, without boomy bass notes or harsh trebles.

Neck 6.1k / Mid 6.2k / Bridge 6.8k

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CLASSIC BLUES

// Hotter 60s Strat Sounds

Nails the hotter 60’s Strat tones, whilst also offering the benefits of a calibrated wind for more even volume balance across all five positions.

Neck 6.3k / Mid 6.4k / Bridge 7.0k

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CITY LIMITS

// Full Texas Neck & Middle & HOT Bridge

Fat full Texas neck and middle mixed pickups with a hotter bridge, for deep bass and tempered bell-like trebles. This set is specially crafted for Hot Blues & Rock.

Neck 6.0k / Mid 6.1k / Bridge 8.9k

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ObsidianWire // Pro-Wound

FIVE FIFTIES

// Classic low output Strat pickups made for chime

The Obsidian Custom 'FIVE FIFTIES' set combines traditional Alnico V magnets and a low wind for a low output set that emphasizes clarity, and is made for clean to vintage break up if pushed hard. Excellent for styles where clear, articulate tones shine.

Neck 5.6k / Mid 5.6k / Bridge 5.9k

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FIVE SIXTIES

// A medium output Strat® pickup set for clear chime to crunch

The ObsidianWire™ 'FIVE SIXTIES' set combines traditional Alnico V magnets with a hotter wind for a bit more push into break up where required, while retaining good articulation. Excellent for a range of genres from pop to blues to rock.

Neck 5.9k / Mid 6.3k / Bridge 7.1k

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Lambertones

Triple Shot

Based on John Mayer's favorite 1964 vintage Strat, but with enhanced clarity and consistency. Alnico magnets paired with a unique wire and tension combination produce beautifully smooth and velvety lead lines. The Triple Shot features a slightly chunky and springy low-end, clean and crisp highs, massive quack in positions 2/4, and all without a heavy and overbearing mid-range.

Neck 3.6k / Mid 4.15k / Bridge 3.95k DCR

The Look

Choose your favorite pickguard and knob combo.

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The Install

Solderless Loaded Pickguard Install

Solderless Install

All Obsidian® loaded pickguards allow for a quick and easy solderless install using our own solderless Pro-Wired™ Electronics

Fitting

Loaded Pickguards (for Strat)

Obsidian® loaded pickguards for Stratocaster® are made to fit modern Fender Strat® bodies with 11 hole pickguards perfectly. Other bodies including Squier, import and after market type guitars may need adjustments to routing, or screw hole placement. 

  • Mounting Hole Pattern: Modern Fender 11 hole
  • Control Cavity Routing: Fits genuine Fender Stratocaster
    Other guitars may need adjustment
  • Cavity depth: Minimum 34mm (1.26”)
    7-Way wiring always require full depth cavity around tone controls
  • Pickup Cavity Routing: Check pickup compatibility before ordering. Humbucker loaded pickguards require full size humbucker routing.

Control Plates (for Tele)

Obsidian® loaded control plates for Telecaster® are made to fit modern Fender Tele® bodies perfectly. Other bodies including Squier, import and after market type guitars may need adjustments to routing, or screw hole placement. 

  • Mounting Hole Spacing: 150mm from center to center
  • Control Cavity Routing: Fits genuine Fender Telecaster
    Other guitars may need adjustment
  • Cavity depth: Minimum 34mm (1.26”)
    7-Way wiring always require full depth cavity around tone controls
  • Pickups: ObsidianWire Pro-Wired Electronics are generally made for standard two wire pickups.

    For different wire types select the Custom Universal harness. the Custom 4-Way harness requires a three wire neck pickup, or a solder join to add a new wire.

Control Plates (for Jazz Bass)

Obsidian® loaded control plates for Jazz Bass® are made to fit modern Fender Jazz Bass® bodies perfectly. Other bodies including Squier, import and after market type guitars may need adjustments to routing, or screw hole placement. 

  • Control Cavity Routing: Fits genuine Fender Jazz Bass
    Other guitars may need adjustment - Minimum // width 24mm - length 128mm - depth 30mm
  • Pickups: Electronics are made for standard two wire pickups. Other pickups may require modification or soldering.

The Shipping

ObsidianWire Custom Shop Item:

This item is part of our Custom Shop range, built to order, one at a time in Christchurch New Zealand.

Build Time: 5 - 10 Business Days

We aim to build all custom shop orders within 5 - 10 business days (excludes weekends and public holiday). If we expect any delays we will let you know as soon as possible.

Shipping: Ships direct from Christchurch, New Zealand

All custom shop items ship direct from Christchurch, New Zealand. Please allow extra time for International shipping. Check for additional info on our shipping policies below

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Customer Reviews

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brett burlison (Lyme, US)

Custom Shop: Loaded Pickguard for Strat® (SSS)

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Michael A
Squire Strat Upgrade

I purchased loaded pickguard with Tonerider TRS1 Pure Vintage for a Squire Stratocaster (SSS). The installation took about 45 minutes (add time for cleaning/re-stringing). This is a super easy install/upgrade and my guitar looks and sounds great (much improved).

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Chuck (Glendora, US)
Incredible pickguard

So simple to install, fit right into my Strat. Love the Blender feature and a master tone control. So many Fenders lack a tone control for the Bridge pickup. Buying another for a different Strat. Obsidian seems to be the only quality option for solderless Pickguards in Black!

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Sonny (Waltham, US)
A much better electronics package overall

I replaced my 2023 Affinity series Squier Strat's pickup and electronics with this one here and the installation was rather trivial. I did add an improvement to my guitar apart from this excellently packaged, made electronics upgrade for my strat. Specifically, I shielded the electronics cavity and, along with the shielding this Obsidian Wire pickguard comes with, my electronics is now fully shielded! The tones--I went with the TRS4 (Tonerider Alnico 2 blues)--nice, fat, bluesy and yes, like the description says, no distortion even at full volume. I did have to add some insulation to the top of the pickup switch as it was touching my copper shielding but that was trivial. I went with paper insulation. There were three _additional_ ground pins available for use after I connected my guitar output jack so I used it for the tremelo base grounding.

My strat is fantastic sounding now! STRONGLY recommend this product. Compares favorably with my PRS which is multiple times more expensive in price.

Oh--after sales service from Obsidian wire is frikkin excellent! They threw in a guitar output jack for me and I very much appreciated that thoughtful gesture. And the shipping was quite fast, actually. From the time I ordered it in Massachusetts, I got my package, all the way from New Zealand in one week!!!!

Pro-Wired™ Pickguards & Control Plates

  • Solderless Install

    Quick & Easy install using with Obsidian® solderless wiring

  • Custom Built

    You choose the specs, and we build it for you, right here in our Custom Shop.

  • Pro-Grade

    World class components and build quality for world class tone and durability