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Custom Works: HH Loaded Pickguard for Strat®

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Have us build your dream Loaded Pickguard

Find your tone with your choice of ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired™ Electronics, world class pickups and super high quality hardware.

Super Easy, Solder-less Install

  • Custom Built for You
  • Full Single Coil Loaded Pickguard
  • ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired Electronics
  • World Class Pickups
  • Fully Shielded Pickguard
  • High Quality Hardware
  • Super Easy, Solderless Install

Fast Shipping: With DHL Express

Fast Build: 2 - 5 Business Days

Important: Custom built items are non-returnable. Please make your selections carefully.

Custom Works: HH Loaded Pickguard for Strat®
Custom Works: HH Loaded Pickguard for Strat®
Custom Works: HH Loaded Pickguard for Strat®
Custom Works: HH Loaded Pickguard for Strat®

You Design It, We Build It...

Custom Works: HH Loaded Pickguard for Strat®

Have us build your dream Loaded Pickguard

Find your tone with your choice of ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired™ Electronics, world class pickups and super high quality hardware.

Super Easy, Solder-less Install

  • Custom Built for You
  • Full Single Coil Loaded Pickguard
  • ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired Electronics
  • World Class Pickups
  • Fully Shielded Pickguard
  • High Quality Hardware
  • Super Easy, Solderless Install

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Custom Loaded For You

Have us build your dream loaded pickguard

Choose Your ObsidianWire Pro-Grade Pro-Wired Electronics, along with your choice of pickups, pickguards and knobs.

Our small team has built hundreds of Custom Loaded pickguards for Stratocasters all around the world, so we are very good at what we do

Features:

  • ObsidianWire Pro-Wired Electronics
  • World Class pickup options
  • High quality, fully shielded pickguards
  • High quality Hardware
  • Professionally Built by our team
  • Full 5-Year Warranty
  • Professionally Packed & delivered to you

Premium Build Options

ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired Electronics

All ObsidianWire® Loaded pickguards feature your choice of ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired Electronics.

  • No Soldering Required
  • Superb Clarity & Tone
  • World's best Components & Craftsmanship
  • Easy Install & Pickup Changes

For more info, you can get a full brief on all of our wiring options for Strat®

Strat® Wiring

Pickups

Choose a pickup set that matches your playing style from our range of pickup builders, including our own Pro-Wound ObsidianWire® pickups for Strat®

We only use high quality pickups that have proven to offer excellent tone, and professional grade build qualities and materials

Pickguards & Knobs

ObsidianWire® pickguards and knobs are high quality parts that are build to look good, fit well and function in professional environments.

  • Fully Shielded Pickguards
  • High Quality Materials
  • Excellent Fit & Finish

We offer a big range of pickguard, pickup color and knob options.

Check out some of our favorite combos Here

Easy 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)

ObsidianWire® 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.

Full Install Instructions Can Be Found Here

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.

FREE Shipping

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Get it Fast with DHL Express

This item is part of our Custom Shop range, built to order, one at a time in Christchurch New Zealand. We build fast, and ship fast with DHL Express.

Fast Build Time (2 - 5 Business Days)

We aim to build all custom shop orders within 2 - 5 business days (excludes weekends and public holiday). If we expect any delays we will let you know as soon as possible.

Express Shipping With DHL Express

We offer DHL express so you can get your item fast.

Made in NZ: Ships direct from Christchurch, New Zealand

All custom shop items ship direct from Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Customer Reviews

Based on 19 reviews
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Paul Downes (Brisbane, AU)
Guitar Model: MIM Stratocaster
Install Time: 11 - 20 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Quality experience all the way.

Every step of this experience has been amazing!!! Received John Mayer loaded pick guard in Australia incredibly well packaged, four business days from placing the order.
Install was quick and simple and believe me, I’m not gifted at hands on repairs or upgrades etc.
The result?
Stunning….. My Mexican strat is now my #1 guitar…..
I will be back for more, going to swap out in my American made HSS strat too.

C
Christopher Ignacio (Airdrie, CA)
Mind = BLOWN!!!

HHS Loaded Pickguard for Strat
ObsidianWire™ Universal Blender G2
ToneRider® THE ALNICO II - TRS4 & (AC2 NICKEL)

I am partial to the versatility of the HSS configuration and wanted to bring life to my SSS guitar. (USA 2009 Fender Standard Stratocaster). This universal blender harness made it even more versatile with the ability to blend neck & bridge pickups to taste, bringing tonal capabilities to a minimum of 9 tones. The quality pots allow you to find the sweet spot in just about every configuration. Plus, I really needed a tone bleed circuit. The ToneRider® pickups are absolutely amazing and have a clarity and articulation that totally achieves that "sound" I've been yearning for. The sound that makes your eyes close in sheer satisfaction.

The build and the components used feel extremely high-quality and you can tell someone put a lot of love putting it together with it's intricate lines and precise wire cuts. Everything down to the switch and provided PureTone output jack just scream quality. Better yet, the shipment only took less than 7 days to get to my doorstep. That's over 12,000 kilometers my friends.

The installation only took me about 25 minutes to perform, simply by following the provided instructions. I'm not a very technical person, but I can follow directions. If I'm being completely honest, the most difficult and time-consuming part of the install, was the removal of the plastic from the pickguard and humbucker after the fact. Again, be slow and methodical about it. Go grab a scotch neat, and chill. Overall, ObsidianWire® gave me an exquisite experience from the unboxing to strumming my first chords, pure magic and delight. I guess my only complaint now is that all my other guitars will be closet queens. Thank you ObsidianWire® for everything!

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Jake Powell (Liverpool, GB)

Brilliant tone and well built. Definitely helped being solder-less!

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Edward Lopez (Irving, US)
My 4th loaded Pickguard

I just purchased the SRV loaded pickguard for a partscaster I’m putting together. I previously purchased the John Mayer, John Frusciante, Mike McCreafy ones too. The quality is top notch and the sounds very, very good on all of them. I think the only left is the Pompeii/ Gilmore pickup. Did I read “buy 4 and the 5th free”???

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    Install Info

    Get a head start on your install and setup...

    See our full loaded pickguard install guide, and get on to transforming your tone

    Install Info