✔ Vintage Correct 50s Strat® Wiring
✔ Vintage Tone Control (0.1mfd for huge treble roll off)
✔ Vintage Taper Volume Control (auto reduces treble with volume reduction)
✔ Solder-less Install
✔ Fits Fender® Strat®
✔ Fits Squier® Strat® with Adjustments
All ObsidianWire Pro-Wired Electronics are super easy to install, and allow for solder-less pickup changes with ObsidianWire Plug, Play & Enjoy connectors.
Based on the original 54' Strat wiring, this is the true vintage 50s re-production wiring harness for your Stratocaster®. Compared to the ObsidianWire Vintage Plus set you will get more interactive volume controls (Warmer sounds at lower volumes), greater clarity and output from the bridge pickup, and an increased range of treble roll off from the tone controls.
The volume control on the 54' Strats roll off treble with volume, so your sounds gets warmer as it gets quieter. This can be the perfect solution for very easily rolling between rhythm and lead.
The 54 Strats came with one tone control for the neck pickup, and another for the middle pickup. They ran through a 0.1mfd capacitor and 250k pots, which allows a greater range of treble roll off than the modern Strats that usually run off a more limited 0.047uf or even 0.022uf capacitor.
Leaving the bridge pickup with a tone control reduces its capacitance load, resulting in a slightly more treble, and overall output for a brighter sound.
The original 54' Strats used a 3-way switch.
We have huge amounts of respect for Leo, but we think he got this part wrong, so we use a 5-way.
Switch: 5 - Way (Because 3 Way switches should never of been available)
Control 1: Master Volume
Control 2: Tone Control 1 (Neck Pickup)
Control 3: Tone Control 2 (Middle Pickup)
We have a small team of people that love crafting Pro-Wired Electronics and we take pride in producing the absolutes best. We use custom specified parts, perfected techniques, and hand test to ensure that your harness will be an upgrade for your guitar, from factory model to custom shop.
Fits: Fender® Stratocaster® - Direct Fit // Right Hand Guitar Only
Fits: Squier® Stratocaster® - Widen Control holes to 10mm & replace knobs
Knobs: Requires US spec 24 spline knobs
Does NOT fit: Left Handed Guitars // Any guitar not described above
Potentiometers: Obsidian Custom CTS 250k Pots (+/-10%) Split Shaft / 24 Spline
Capacitors: (150 Series Polyester Film 0.1mfd) (+/-10%)
Switch: Obsidian Select Pro-Wired Toggle Switch
Jack: Pro-Wired Switchcraft J11 Mono