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Frusciante Loaded Pickguard for Strat®

Inspired by one of the worlds most famous 62' Strats, this is our take on the Frusciante loaded pickguard. Super Easy, Solder-less Install

  • Obsidian® Custom Blender Wiring
  • Tonerider® Pure Vintage Pickups
  • Fully Shielded 3 Ply Mint Green Pickguard
  • High Quality Obsidian® Knobs & Pickup Covers (Aged White on Mint Green like an Aged 60s guard)
  • Comprehensive Wiring & Pickup Upgrade

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US$269.00
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    Frusciante Loaded Pickguard for Strat®

    Frusciante Loaded Pickguard for Strat®

    Inspired by one of the worlds most famous 62' Strats, this is our take on the Frusciante loaded pickguard. Super Easy, Solder-less Install

    • Obsidian® Custom Blender Wiring
    • Tonerider® Pure Vintage Pickups
    • Fully Shielded 3 Ply Mint Green Pickguard
    • High Quality Obsidian® Knobs & Pickup Covers (Aged White on Mint Green like an Aged 60s guard)
    • Comprehensive Wiring & Pickup Upgrade

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    The Basics

    The Loaded pickguard inspired by the Frusciante 62' Strat®

    ObsidianWire™ builds custom Pro-Wired™ pickguards. We also put together some of our favorite combos and give them names, that are inspired by the player than inspired them. The artist does not endorse these products, and these are not made to be replicas.... they are made to be better.

    This Pro-Wired™ pickguard combines true Alnico V, vintage wound pickups with our own Obsidan® Custom Blender harness for some of the sweetest and most versatile clean tones you will ever hear. 

    It is all put together on a high quality, and fully shielded mint green pickguard with aged white pickup covers and knobs for that sweetly aged 62' Strat® look.

    Serving Suggestion: This will look and sound absolutely superb on - 

    • Three Tone Sunburst 
    • Olympic White
    • Black
    • Surf Green
    • Daphne Blue

     

      The Wiring

      Strat Blender Wiring Mod - for your Stratocaster® 

      PLAY YOUR NECK AND BRIDGE PICKUPS TOGETHER

      The Obsidian® Custom Blender for Strat® is the solder-less, Strat blender wiring harness, with a Stratocaster® blender mod built in.

      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

      CRYSTAL CLEAR TONE

      Retain clarity at lower volumes. To make your tone crystal clear at lower volumes we include an Obsidian® Custom spec treble bleed mod. This prevents tone 'muddiness' at low volumes by allowing high frequencies to pass along a separate path to your amp, rather than being stopped short by the increasing resistance at the volume control.

      SMOOTH CONTROL

      An even tone and volume control taper all the way from zero to ten. Obsidian® tone and volume controls incorporate carefully selected and custom-built components, as well as our own clever mods to smooth out the taper of your tone and volume controls, so you get a more even roll off all the way from zero to 10.

      BLENDER MOD CONTROLS

       Switch Positions Blender Control ON (Position 1)

      1: Bridge + Neck 2: Bridge & Middle + Neck 3: Middle 4: Neck & Middle + Bridge 5: Neck + Bridge

      When it is time to ease back to your traditional switch positions, simply roll the blender knob off, and it will remove itself completely from the circuit. 

      Switch Positions Blender Control OFF (Position 10): 

      1: Bridge Pickup 2: Bridge & Middle Pickup 3: Middle Pickup 4: Neck & Middle Pickup 5: Neck Pickup

      Control Layout 

      Switch: 5 - Way Control 1: Master Volume Control 2: Master Tone (All three pickups) Control 3: Blender Control (Adds Neck or Bridge)

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      The Pickups

      ToneRider® Pure Vintage

      Warm Vintage Strat® Tones

      The Pure Vintage set from Tonerider is the perfect upgrade for any player looking for that warm, vintage Stratocaster sound. Inspired by a collection of vintage pickups from the 1950s, the Pure Vintage set accurately reproduces the magical magnet and coil structure of these classic pickups.

      Neck 5.9k / Mid 6.1k / Bridge 6.45k

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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.

      Pro-Wired™ Pickguards

      • Solderless Install

        Quick & Easy install using with Obsidian®solderless wiring

      • Built for Strat®

        Quick & Easy install using with Obsidian® solderless wiring

      • Pro-Grade

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

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