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.

Swiss Army knife for tone chasing. + a note for installing

Realllllly helped bring out my neck pickup from muddy to an insane amount of tonal options. It’s like having a pedal on your guitar. Definitely recommend getting this before you change your pickups. You Can get crazy amounts of different tones on one guitar! Gone from barely playing my les Paul to the first guitar I grab. Was going to change my pickups soo glad I changed to this wiring instead.
One thing that I didn’t find in any reviews and I was a little worried about that I can’t believe hasn’t been addressed in any of the videos /reviews currently out there at the time of writing is how great the range of the tone pots are!! All the reviews have been about the volume. If you like to ride your tone nob for lots of different flavours like a LP JR. you’ll love this. The tone pots on this give you a great range and sweep the tone spectrum beautifully. Really is a super upgrade.
Lastly the other thing that’s not mentioned and will save you a lot of time on install is when you push down on the solder-less wiring button to insert the pickup or any wiring into it.
‘You’re not clamping down on the wire!’ When you push the button. You’re opening up the hole to insert wiring and it will clamp down on it when you release the button. So push down on the button before inserting the wire and then release the button to hold the wire in place. It will be a lot quicker and easier and save you the headache if you know this ahead of time.

Sound:

Bad

Amazing

Quality:

Excellent

Value:

Expensive

Amazing value

Great sounding neck pup in my Tele

I installed this hum bucker in the neck of my Tele. Great sound in neck position and an amazing sound blended with my bridge Tele single coil!

Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes

Build Quality:

Very bad

Functionality:

Same as stock

Greater range of sounds

Terrible

Easy to install, but watch the online videos

I'm really happy with this upgrade. After I watched some videos, I was able to install with minimal difficulty. Great product!

No one has gotten back to me

I’ve been having trouble with my installment ground from the bridge works but I’m using Aguilar AP hot pickups and they are not fitting dont know the reason it’s says fits most gauges. I’ve sent emails concerning the issue but nothing

Only one criticism....

First, I want to start by saying I was very impressed with how fast my order made it all the way from NZ! When the package arrived I was very impressed an pleased with how everything was packaged. I love the look and sound of the the loaded pickguard/pickups I went with and overall I am very happy with my purchase. I would definitely purchase from Obsidian Wire again in the future! My only note would be to include item specific instructions for products. I had some trouble with my install when I ended up following the wrong diagram because I'm not technically minded at all, Once I had someone smarter than me point out I was following the wrong diagram, I was able to get everything working perfectly. Product specific instructions would have been helpful in my case.