Get Inspired: Pickguard Color Combos
Mathew Goodall
Take a look at some of our previous loaded pickguard builds and find inspiration for your own color combo, with different pickguards, pickup covers and knobs.
Install Time: 11 - 20 minutes
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This made wiring my Telecaster easy, and it seems to be very well made.
So easy to fit and an amazing upgrade.
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This is the second unit I purchased. Both are excellent products. They're well made, all high quality components. I would not hesitate to buy again.
Install Time: 1 Hour +
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I bought this wiring harness to go with Railhammer humbuckers, partly because the pickups also needed an upgrade to 500k pots. The simplicity of the coil splitting for an HH setup is terrific, the sound is phenomenal, and the installation was easy enough for a complete newbie to carry off.
Install Time: 30 - 60 minutes
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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.