Custom HSS / HSH for Strat® Gen2

This is the second one I have purchased and installed. Really great product. Easy to install. I really love the solderless connections. Keep up the great product lineup! Thanks for a great product!!!

Super nice unit, although the Schaller 5 way switch should come with both black & white switch tips. They're not a standard fit like most all else, and really had to hunt for for one in white that would fit. It's still a bit loose but will do. Other than that, super happy with it. Much easier than a soldier job no doubt.

I love this 7-way switch! It sounds amazing and all the bell and whistles allow for so many different tones. The install was fairly easy BUT I do need to warn about a potential issue some might run into.

I installed on a 2005 Red Squire Strat (Indonesia made) and I did have to modify the body under the pickup. Underneath the switch by the tone knobs are 2 large capacitors and the shape of my control cavity did fit this. I had to cut into the body a little to allow them to fit. It's all under the pickguard and it was easy enough for me but just need to mention it others.

I would 100% do it again! With all of the features and controls, it is absolutely worth it!

So many tones and so many possibilities. Easy to install and change out pickups to perfect your desired tones.

I tried turning my sss strat into an hss with my homemade harness. I used all the best parts and reputable advice. I tried many variations of caps, resistors etc but I couldn't eliminate frequency stacking. I finally gave up and bought this Obsidian harness. It is literally like a new guitar now. It sounds absolutely beautiful with Fralin pickups.

I bought the Gen2 5-way switch HSS kit for two reasons. First to revive the playtime on a guitar that I hadn't touched in years and two, to add an HSS config which was something that I wanted to do for a while.
The install truly was straightforward between the instructions and picture/video reference material online. The instrument now sounds so amazing in the bridge with the full-sized Pearly Gates that I installed...I finally have a bridge position which works for my taste in music.
The experience with the kit was awesome and I will absolutely purchase another one in the future. My only gripe (which is why I didn't give five stars) was the output jack. I find it unnecessarily challenging to remove the guitar cable after it's been plugged in. I'm sure other customers love it (as seen in the reviews), but for me it's just a bit of a nuisance to the point where I will reinstall the OEM one from Fender at some point. Other than that, I could not be happier with the kit from ObsidianWire...you have earned a customer for life. Thanks!

I build various electric guitars and the harness makes it easy foe setting the electronics and pickups.

I wanted to upgrade the electronics on a budget entry-level guitar, and this seems to be a great option if you're inexperienced with these kinds of upgrades. I also added a white pickguard that's better than the original one. Installation is easy, and their website has information on potential issues that helped me identify a change in the wire colors on my Toneryder pickups. The 7 ways switch -upgrade option is a significant improvement over the initial. The shipping was fast, with good order tracking, and the packaging was perfect.

I wanted to change my pickups without soldering and this harness lets me do that. The only problem with these harnesses is that they only fit perfectly for classic guitars, like Strats, Teles, and Les Pauls. But I like classic body shapes, so that's fine. For my Super Strats, I put EMGs. These are easier than those because all the pieces are close together and fit in your pickguard perfectly. I put Tonerider, Fender, Seymour Duncan, and DiMarzio pickups in different Strat guitars I have. The only thing you need to know is what wires are hot, ground, etc. on your pickups. Different companies, and here on this site, have pictures that show you what's what. I do wish the harness was labeled better, say "hot", or be color coded, but it just has numbers for each slot that takes in a wire (so you have to look at the instructions from OW). It's easy, it's like plugging speaker wires into a mini-stereo or something. I put these harnesses in mostly cheap Squires, but also put one in a MIM Fender. The harness will fit in a standard-size pickguard and that will fit on a Squier. You can drill larger holes (for the pots) in your old pickguard that came with an old Squier Bullet, but you don't have to. You can instead just get a standard-sized pickguard. That pickguard will fit rather roughly on an old Squier Bullet. But standard-size pickguards fit on the new Sonic serries of Squires, as good as they do on Fenders. Most Squires have HSH or HHH holes that you can fit your single coils and humbuckers in. I know, basic info, but less than 5 years ago, I didn't know about this great harness and almost missed out on customizing my guitars because I didn't want to solder. And I hesitated buying this when I first discovered this great product. So I hope this helps. A good tip, though, if you put coper foil tape in your guitar, make sure it doesn't touch important metal pieces of this harness or it will short out (I mean, it won't break it, but it would be messed up until you fix it). Have to say that OW is better than its competitors for HSS guitars because it could do 500 pots for humbuckers and 250 pots for single coils.

Amazed how great this looks; it works so well, it’s easy to install, sounds great. I’m more than satisfied. Great customer service too.

Loaded a new pickguard with Seymour Duncan, Classic Stack noiseless singles in the neck and middle and a 59/Custom Hybrid humbucker in the bridge.
I normally wire and solder up my own selection of pots and switches but decided to give the Custom HSS Gen 2 ObsidianWire a try in this build. I'm glad I did as its an all quality unit and the push in wire termination works a treat.
Still run a tiny bit of solder on the pick up wire ends so they would not fray when inserting into the terminal block.
If your thinking about trying this Custom HSS Gen 2 unit you will certainly be impressed by its quality build. I wondered how good the spring tension termination would be to use and it was easy with tight good connections.
It took longer to mount the pickups than to connect them. All up probably took me 1 hour to do a thorough install.

I enjoyed being able to install product with no need to engage with guitar tech to do the installation and soldering.

There are many manufacturers out there which are fantastic.. obsidian is the best ! Why ? People like me that has “ok” soldering abilities don’t cut the cheese .. in I order to get your pickups to sound the way they are intended you have to be a master at soldering.
Are into bleeds ? This guys have the ones that lose less bass than anything I have try before.. and I been trying them for 40 years🤣
Yes we all know 90% of the sound is in the finger.. right? Well the other 10 is in the electronics . So don’t lose time in soldering … and use it on playing ..God bless

Stumbled onto a random post in a forum that mentioned obsidian wireless harness. Figurerd it was worth a look. Had some doubts about my ability to do this. Soldering and assembling each pot and wire would have made the job a hard pass for me. I know plenty of people do it - I simply have no desire to pay for tools and patiently learn the skill.

Probably took an hour all together as I was referencing the directions and such. Turned out that the middle single coil I had was out of phase with the neck and bridge buckers. Didn’t sound terrible to be honest but there was a volume drop in positions 2 &4. So after installing pups for the first time, I popped the guard off and extracted the middle pup. Switched the ground and hot wires. Put it back together and it sounds even better lol!

Long story short, sound is superb, and this kit simplifies the process to the extent that a total know-nothing like myself can manage to “wire” a HSH super strat . I’m still sorta shocked.

The only possible down side to this I see is the potential for getting hooked on trying new pups since it’s so easy to swap them in and out now.

I purchased this earlier in the year around January as I thought it would be a cool alternative to traditional wiring. Unfortunately it's been nothing but problem since getting it. I've switch out all the pickups in an attempt to get the middle to work. I've checked wiring, shorts, cavity foil; you name it. Nothing seems to get the middle to function as intended. After trying to contact customer support I kept getting runaround tech questions that had already been troubleshoot before contacting. Seems like rare occurance for these but it's unfortunate and tedious for those that experience it. Just go find your local guitar tech for this kind of money

Just got the HSS/HSH Gen2 Strat harness with the Gilmour mod, and couldn't be happier with it. Build quality is great, clean work, and uses solid components like CTS pots and a Schaller selector switch. Especially awesome that it has the option to utilize either an HSS or HSH setup.

Put this in a baritone partscaster I put together with Bare Knuckle pickups. The install was super easy; it literally took me longer to disassemble and remove the old wiring I had than it did to put the new harness in. While the whole project took me around an hour, only about 20 minutes was spent putting the Obsidian harness in. Not to mention, it's awesome having the additional switching and sound options.

Will definitely be getting more of these the next time I'm upgrading or swapping pickups or electronics in my guitars. Can't recommend these enough for anyone looking for an easier way to upgrade electronics, or anyone who likes trying out different pickups since there's no soldering required.

In about 20 minutes, I had a guitar that sat dormant and is being used quite heavily again. Thank you so much.

I replaced the electronics and added a humbucker to an SSS Squire Strat. This made the process very easy! These are excellent quality too. I would buy Obsidian products again.

Previously, my Strat was wired with a super switch and an S1 so that it could switch between Strat switching and PRS switching. It never quite worked right. I stumbled upon this and decided to give it a shot. I took my time with the install, just to be safe. But it was easy enough to do.

Wow - the guitar sounds absolutely incredible now. So much clarity. I love the Gilmour mod; the extra tonal options are great. I can’t recommend this enough. If you’re on the fence, go for it!

For reference, the guitar is an American deluxe with DiMarzio pickups (Steve’s Special neck, Evo middle, and Breed bridge).

Despite my best efforts and that of a very experienced guitar tech the unit would not work properly. Middle pickup would not come on (it was checked separately and is functional) in positions 2 and 3. Tried customer service and got no response. Very disappointing.