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If the volume pot breaks, is it something that cannot be repaired?

What wiring has the volume of each pickups working independently? New wirings if you lower the volume in the neck pickuo and you have the bridge full sounding, you mute the guitar signal by fully lowering the volume on the neck knob for example, i had s guitar when each one worked independently in this situation

Do you have a schematic of wiring a humbucker to a 7 way wired stratocaster ?

Thanks for this demo. Great work. I would have placed one sound of the 50's , say the Neck clean, immediately next to the same sound ,say neck clean , of the modern. That would be a closer comparison not dependant totally on memory , as it is right now memory-dependant.

What if both are on.....110s

It's cool but 140 vs a few dollars and some time?

60s sounds the best for me. Sounds angrier in a good way 😊

Have you ever consider making something like this for SG guitars? I've been in love with this product for years and I NEED this in my SG

Do you have to have a ground wire with this kit?

so confused by the order demonstrated

I finished installing my Vintage MKII in my 2017 Les Paul tonight. It sounds better than it ever has. It was originally a Trad Pro IV and I hated the pickups and the complex wiring setup. I bought Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates and had them installed at a local guitar shop and I hated the way they wired it; could not use the volume controls or mix them the way I wanted. Ripped it all out and the Obsidian sounds rich and full, amazing, this is the sound I've been looking for since I bought the guitar. The sound is clean and full. Highly recommend! But, they are right: easy, not instant.

Amazing how you just slapped it in there without needing to open up those holes at all...

LMMFo!

Landon?!?!?

The types of pots you use also have an affect on the circuit, and how the guitar sounds. To my ear, it sounds like that guitar has a logarithmic (A) taper for the volume control. Personally, I like vintage wiring, cause it makes the tone controls feel more useful. When I wire it, though, I use a linear (B) taper on the volume and A tapers on the tone. I just checked my guitars and they don't have that treble roll off you were demonstrating -- either that, or it's much less noticeable. But still, nice video and cool wiring kit.

Do you know if this will work with Heritage H150 Custom Shop guitars?

50's wiring act as a trebble booster. You play at lower setting, then crank the vol when soloing. You got the boost and more highs to go trough the mix. It's the best to play without pedal on a crunchy amp.

Is the small ceramic cap and resistor next to the .022uf tone caps a treble bleed circuit? If so, are the cap and resistor connected in series (Kinman) or parallel (Duncan). Cap and resistor vales?

no treble rolloff when you use your volume knob with 50 wiring, that's the whole point

Are they available for left handers?

Mine arrives weds can’t wait. I consider these kits to be an upgrade to fender custom shop wiring. Best quality and opens up a new world of being able to quickly swap out pickups. Don’t need as many strats/teles when I can swap out pickups in 10mins. The components are highest level and the sound quality is incredible

Does it work with the American ultra series?

POS product- total scam. If it's not soldered it's not gig-worthy. Tried two of these in a row and followed the instructions exactly... sound cut out completely in the middle of TWO GIGS IN A ROW! Plain & simple solder-less connections cannot stand up to the rigors of regular playing. Save your money and get real (aka soldered) electronics.

Installed in my Hight performance Gibson LP. Easy installation with great results. Awesome product.

Is there any chance Obsidian will come up with Lefty versions? Or it can be done on request?

Good product. Selector switch is questionable.

I have an 1977 Ibanez that I'm updating. This will work on that?

Hello, will this work to install on a PRS SC 245?

Does this work for a PRS SC245?

Hi. Did you had to do any modification to be able to fit the PCB in the cavity? I am looking to upgrade my Epiphone Les Paul Modern and was wondering if will be a perfect fit! Thanks

this system makes an install super simple, I just did mine in no time!

This is all wrong. 50’s, 60’s, and modern wiring all vary with 60’s and modern being very close and 50’s using the tone pot in a different way.

Can I use this on a left-handed guitar?

wait does the neck picup get wired into the middle pick up. you really care about your product sales dont you.. why didnt you explain anything

when i did it like this with 3 single coil pick ups it does not work the way shown here i did it exact with secure connections too..

I jus tinstalled mine. This thing is so dope.

What if I want to use a p90 for the bridge? Please let me know it would really help

Another great vid. Thanks for sharing. I definitely want this harness for my 56 reissue

What about H-S-H?

Stop buying these prewire expensive harnesses !! One can buy 4 Bourns pots with 2x .022 caps and 2x treble bleeds for about $30 ! 50s wiring but reverse volume connections for independent controls, and 2x mini switches for wiring pickups parallel/series if feasible !! This dude makes excellent noise !! Distortion crap !!

No doubt. Hands down. I can’t decide.

so i wired it up just like you showed as i followed along the after i get finalyy in there you tell us you did it wrong? so now i have to re do it? wtf

Well, the most complex part of this install is where exactly to plug which wires into the the 10-port panel. Might not be rocket science, but I'm looking for guidance & this video is "some guy likes his new pickups, had no probs installing them, here's a split second view of the product, now back to this guy jamming us to near sleep". I could've mentioned the fact the video quality is worse than the backup camera in my 6yr old Subaru, but hey, why trip a dwarf... I bought the same Obsidian kit (7-way), and I'm installing it on a Fender American Performer HSS. I'm installing a Shawbucker 2 bridge pickup to replace the double-tap humbucker that came with it. I'm not interested in retaining coil splitting anyway, so good riddance to the pots that were in there. All wires prepped, ready to install. According to the instructions, I'm using the guide for "Custom HSS / HSS 7-Way" config, per the included instructions. Output Jack: white wire hot, pos.#2, black wire ground, pos.#1. Neck Pickup: white wire hot, pos #4. black wire ground, pos #3. Middle Pickup: yellow wire hot, pos.#6. black wire ground, pos. #5. So far so good, now we come to the Humbucker. This 'Shawbucker 2' bridge humbucker has 5 wires: Bare ground wire, red, green, white, black. Printed Instructions with the Obsidian kit: Pos.#7 is "Grnd (S.Start)" Pos.#8 is "Hot (N.Start)" Pos.#9 is "Series (S.Finish)" Pos.#10 is "Series (N.Finish)" Same instructions on Obsidian website: Pos.#7 is "Bridge Ground" Pos.#8 is "Bridge Hot" Pos.#9 is "Bridge Series 1" Pos.#10 is "Bridge Series 2"

I have some amazing pickups from Jim Wagner Pickups in my Knaggs Steve Stevens model and the neck is pretty much an exact copy of Clayton’s Cream era guitar. Now I also have coil split abilities on my pickups. It’s all wired in a 50’s style. So what happens when I split the coils (independently from one another) is the guitar suddenly sounds very much like a vintage Strat. All with rolling the volume down! I dig it more than a clean with a coil split. It has more character to the tones

Let’s hear it.. hear what? More playing next time hey.. 250k vs 500k good contrast.

You got it backward buddy. 50’s is high pass filter and trims bass out of the signal first when turning down the volume, not treble. Modern wiring is low pass filter and trims highs first. This is where the 50’s wiring is cleaning the signal up with the volume knob. Bass frequencies overdrive the signal first. This is why the 50’s wiring cleans up better. Modern wiring gets darker when you turn down the volume. I’ve made and installed several hundred 50’s harnesses over the years.

Does the the CUSTOM BLENDER FOR STRAT unit work for HSS if I get the 500k version? Thanks.

Do the kits come with a ground wire? I have a fresh body with no previous wiring

I feel you skipped a major issue(bullet point) with the wiring - The middle selector. I want to be able to blend the Neck and Bridge pickups with as much or as little Tone and Volume as I want, without the sound completely cutting off when one is turned down a bit. My 2008 Les Paul Standard faded does this and I can't stand it. Which wiring gives the option to blend volume and tone independently when in middle position, or is that a completely different wiring from these?

This 'Landon Bailey' demo is handy, just bought a Les Paul that needs this. If Gibson can do PCBs stock from factory so can we, and banish annoying solder. I have the 2012 dual blade mini humbuckers they're really hot, will this be good enough? What about the "fat tap".