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ObsidianWire®

A-CPL-TU-C

Custom Universal for Tele® Loaded Control Plate CHROME

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£117.00 GBP
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£117.00 GBP
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Super Easy, Solder-less Install
Key Features:

  • High Quality Chrome Hardware
  • Traditional 3-Way Tele® switching
  • Built for Humbucker & P90 Loaded Telecasters
  • 4 Optimized Modes (HH, HS, SH & SS)
  • Improves clarity for humbuckers
  • Balances single coils
  • Crystal Clear Tone
  • Smoother Volume & Tone Control
  • Fits Fender® & Squier Telecaster®
  • Includes Pro-Wired Jack


Coil Split Upgrade
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5 YEAR WARRANTY

ObsidianWire solderless install logo

Super Easy, Solder-less Install
All Obsidian® Pro-Wired Electronics are super easy to install, and allow for solder-less pickup changes with Obsidian® Plug, Play & Enjoy connectors. 

 

Your dream loaded Tele® control plate, complete with a set of ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired™ Electronics, and a high quality control plate and knobs.

TELECTASTER® ELECTRONICS FOR HUMBUCKER & P90 LOADED TELES®

We have created this harness especially for humbucker or P90 loaded Telecasters, and made it compatible with single coils, or single coil sized humbuckers as well. We incorporate INTELLIGENT SWITCHING which allows you to get the absolute most out of both pickups, no matter the configuration

INTELLIGENT SWITCHING

Optimized for humbuckers & single-coils When building a Telecaster with a mix of humbuckers and single coils, there is a toss-up between choosing 500k controls, to retain the life of a humbucker, or 250k controls, to balance brighter single coils.

We say 'why choose? '. So we build in Obsidian® Intelligent Switching to give you the absolute best of both your humbuckers and single coils with a wiring harness that will automatically switch between the two.

THE MODES

  • HH Tele® (Humbucker + Humbucker)
  • HS Telecaster (Humbucker Neck + Single Coil Bridge)
  • SH Telecaster (Humbucker Bridge + Single Coil Neck)
  • SS Tele® (Two Single coils / traditional Tele® mode)

CRYSTAL CLEAR TONE (Treble Bleed)

Retain clarity at lower volumes. To make your tone crystal clear at lower volumes we include an Obsidian® Custom spec treble bleed mod. This prevents tone 'muddiness' at low volumes by allowing high frequencies to pass along a separate path to your amp, rather than being stopped short by the increasing resistance at the volume control.

SMOOTH CONTROL

Even tone and volume control all the way from zero to ten. Obsidian® tone and volume controls incorporate carefully selected and custom-built components, as well as our own clever mods to smooth out the taper of your tone and volume controls, so you get a more even roll off all the way from zero to 10.

DUAL SC (COIL SPLIT) - UPGRADE OPTION

Turn your humbuckers in to single coils, and back again. To add true versatility to your guitar we build in Obsidian® Dual SC, allowing you to split each of your humbuckers to singlecoils for lower output, more dynamic tones.

Obsidian® Dual SC is built in to your volume controls using push/pull pots, so no extra mods are required to your guitar.
- Requires split coil compatible humbuckers

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Bottom side view of a Telecaster  loaded control plate with chrome knobs and an ObsidianWire telecaster wiring harness, showing the pots, switches and solderless connector. Set on a clear cut white background
A hand held pre-wired Telecaster control plate with chrome control plate, chrome knobs and a black switch tip.
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A pure tone 1/4" pre-wired jack for electric guitar, set on a clear white background.
Custom Universal for Tele® Loaded Control Plate CHROME
A hand held pre-wired Telecaster control plate with chrome control plate, chrome knobs and a black switch tip.

The Custom Universal for Tele® Loaded Control Plate CHROME

  • High Quality Chrome Hardware
  • Traditional 3-Way Tele® switching
  • Built for Humbucker & P90 Loaded Telecasters
  • 4 Optimized Modes (HH, HS, SH & SS)
  • Improves clarity for humbuckers
  • Balances single coils
  • Crystal Clear Tone
  • Smoother Volume & Tone Control
  • Fits Fender® & Squier Telecaster®
  • Includes Pro-Wired Jack

Details

Description

ObsidianWire solderless install logo

Super Easy, Solder-less Install
All Obsidian® Pro-Wired Electronics are super easy to install, and allow for solder-less pickup changes with Obsidian® Plug, Play & Enjoy connectors. 

 

Your dream loaded Tele® control plate, complete with a set of ObsidianWire® Pro-Wired™ Electronics, and a high quality control plate and knobs.

TELECTASTER® ELECTRONICS FOR HUMBUCKER & P90 LOADED TELES®

We have created this harness especially for humbucker or P90 loaded Telecasters, and made it compatible with single coils, or single coil sized humbuckers as well. We incorporate INTELLIGENT SWITCHING which allows you to get the absolute most out of both pickups, no matter the configuration

INTELLIGENT SWITCHING

Optimized for humbuckers & single-coils When building a Telecaster with a mix of humbuckers and single coils, there is a toss-up between choosing 500k controls, to retain the life of a humbucker, or 250k controls, to balance brighter single coils.

We say 'why choose? '. So we build in Obsidian® Intelligent Switching to give you the absolute best of both your humbuckers and single coils with a wiring harness that will automatically switch between the two.

THE MODES

  • HH Tele® (Humbucker + Humbucker)
  • HS Telecaster (Humbucker Neck + Single Coil Bridge)
  • SH Telecaster (Humbucker Bridge + Single Coil Neck)
  • SS Tele® (Two Single coils / traditional Tele® mode)

CRYSTAL CLEAR TONE (Treble Bleed)

Retain clarity at lower volumes. To make your tone crystal clear at lower volumes we include an Obsidian® Custom spec treble bleed mod. This prevents tone 'muddiness' at low volumes by allowing high frequencies to pass along a separate path to your amp, rather than being stopped short by the increasing resistance at the volume control.

SMOOTH CONTROL

Even tone and volume control all the way from zero to ten. Obsidian® tone and volume controls incorporate carefully selected and custom-built components, as well as our own clever mods to smooth out the taper of your tone and volume controls, so you get a more even roll off all the way from zero to 10.

DUAL SC (COIL SPLIT) - UPGRADE OPTION

Turn your humbuckers in to single coils, and back again. To add true versatility to your guitar we build in Obsidian® Dual SC, allowing you to split each of your humbuckers to singlecoils for lower output, more dynamic tones.

Obsidian® Dual SC is built in to your volume controls using push/pull pots, so no extra mods are required to your guitar.
- Requires split coil compatible humbuckers

Specs

MADE IN HOUSE WITH

  • Potentiometers: Obsidian® Custom CTS® Pots 250K (+/-10%) Solid Shaft 1/4"
  • Capacitors: Vintage Plus // 150 Series Polyester Film 0.047UF - (+/-5%) or True Vintage 52' // Radial Metallized Polyester Film (+/-10 %)
  • Switch: Genuine Oak® 3 Way Switch
  • Jack: Pro-Wired Switchcraft® J11 Mono // OR Pure Tone® Mono Multi-Contact 1/4 in

More Info

Compatibility

BUILT TO FIT

  • Fits: Fender® Telecaster® - Right Hand Guitar Only
  • Fits: Squier® Telecaster®
  • Note: Right Hand Guitar Only // Lefty will work but the volume and tone controls will work with an opposite rotation
  • Pickups: Built for humbuckers, P90s and single coils

MAY FIT

  • Other Telecaster style guitars. Check specs below
  • Mounting screw hole spacing = 150mm
  • Minimum Cavity Length = 138mm
  • Minimum Cavity Width = 24mm
  • Minimum Cavity Depth = 35mm

DOES NOT FIT

Does NOT Fit: Thinline telecaster

Install

For install help and other resources please go to our Info Hub.

Shipping

Where We Ship To

We are currently shipping direct to:

  • United States
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada (Custom Shop only)
  • Hong Kong
  • Iceland
  • Indonesia
  • Isle Of Man
  • Malaysia
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Philippines
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Korea
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • United Kingdom

For other countries - See International Dealers. If your country is not listed, and there is no dealer near you, please get in touch with us.

All shipping costs and delivery options are calculated at checkout.

Shipping Costs and Timeframes

Shipping costs and delivery timeframes are calculated at checkout and will vary depending on delivery location and carrier selected.

Where We Ship From

United States

Standard Orders 

Ship from Michigan, USA

Please note that due to the way in-state taxes are collected, we cannot ship website orders within Michigan state. If you are based in Michigan, please get in touch with one of our dealers. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Custom Shop Orders

(Pro-Wired™ Loaded Pickguards and Custom Loaded Control Plates)

Ship Direct from Christchurch, New Zealand

All ObsidianWire™ Loaded pickguards and customised control plates are made to order and ship direct from our location in Christchurch, New Zealand. We have an expected build time of 1-3 business days, and will let you know if we expect any delays.

Rest of World

Ship Direct from Christchurch, New Zealand

We ship all orders outside of the United States, from our workshop in Christchurch, New Zealand. 

Taxes and Duties

ObsidianWire® DOES NOT pay duties, taxes or customs clearance charges.
Duties and taxes charged by your local customs agency, will be your own responsibility.
If you live outside the USA, we recommend checking with your own country's customs agency what these may be prior to ordering. 
If you are concerned, consider ordering from dealer near you 

International Dealers

  • Solderless Install

    Super easy to install, and allow for solder-less pickup changes with Obsidian® Plug, Play & Enjoy connectors.

  • Pro-Grade Quality

    The absolute best guitar wiring upgrades, using custom specified parts and perfected techniques to ensure that your harness will be an upgrade for you and your guitar. Every time.

  • Greater Functionality

    Guitar electronics that will deliver a greater range of sounds from your pickups, with more switching options, and more dynamic setups to suit your guitar.

  • Improved Sound

    Guitar wiring that allows the full dynamic range of your pickups, and just as importantly, help find a harness that is matched to you.

Customer Reviews

Based on 28 reviews
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Greg S (Sydney, AU)
3-Way Wiring + Coil Split / Loaded Control Plate (Chrome)
Guitar Model: Telecaster Thinline 72
Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Telecaster Custom Universal

This is my first build using top shelf components and I could not be more pleased with this quality product. Professionally boxed and well packaged the postage was also amazingly fast. I will be a return customer.

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Steven C (Papillion, US)
3-Way Wiring + Coil Split / Electronics Only
Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Amazing versatility

Super easy to install with vast array of tonal options .

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Colin Schaub (Saint Paul, US)
3-Way Wiring / Electronics Only
Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Custom Universal for Tele (Squier)

Super easy to hook up. A little tricksy with the push-button thing and getting the wire in there correctly but it works out. Biggest problem with it being "difficult" is wires that are perhaps a tad too short. But overall - not very difficult. I took it super slow and got everything right the first time. I'm psyched now because I can swap in different pickups pretty easily. I got the Universal because I initially had a humbucker on it, but ended up going back to a normal SS config. Super flexible. Love it.

Only weird thing with Youtube videos is that I only found examples from Landon Bailey (which ARE great) but he always uses the Vintage 3-Way and I had the Custom. Just a bit different but nothing to worry about.

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Dusty (Pasadena, US)
3-Way Wiring + Coil Split / Electronics Only
Install Time: 11 - 20 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Great product! Makes it easy to experiment with different pickup combinations.

What a well-designed piece of kit! Gives you a lot of versatility for experimenting with different pickup combinations.

I wanted to try assembling some parts I had into an offset tele-style guitar with neck humbucker, but I didn't know anything about electronics or have soldering equipment. The Obsidian was the cleanest no-solder solution I found. I bought one with the push-pull tone pot for coil splitting a humbucker pickup and found it very easy to install. The Wago push-button terminal block on the board is perfect for guitar wiring, and less fussy than screw terminals.

If you've got a Lawing Zexcoil pickup with six individual coils, the push-pull switch as configured won't enable their "silent split". With a normal coil split, one of the coils is just sent to ground when splitting. The Zexcoil needs to be switched from series to parallel instead, which requires different wiring. If you split the Zexcoil with this configuration, you only get sound from three strings, but it works fine in non-split mode.

I emailed Obsidian with questions about the configuration and got a reply directly from the founder!