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ST Blender 250k

Custom Blender for Strat® // 250k for SSS

Available in Canada at:

Solo Guitars - ObsidianWire Dealer Canada

Super Easy, Solder-less Install
Key Features:

A New Blender for 2024

The Blender has had a massive upgrade - check out the new 'Universal' version here

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A New Blender for 2024

The Blender has had a massive upgrade - check out the new 'Universal' version here

Strat Blender Wiring Mod - for your Stratocaster®

PLAY YOUR NECK AND BRIDGE PICKUPS TOGETHER

With a master volume and master tone control the Custom Blender Harness packs your traditional Strat® tones into a smaller space, leaving the third tone control free.

This becomes the blender control, allowing you to blend the neck and bridge pickups in together for rich and well rounded tones.

CRYSTAL CLEAR TONE

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.

SMOOTH CONTROL

An even tone and volume control taper all the way from zero to ten. Obsidian® tone and volume controls incorporate carefully selected and custom-built components, and mods to smooth the taper of your tone and volume controls.

BLENDER MOD CONTROLS

Switch Positions With Blender Control ON (Position 1)

1: Bridge + Neck Blend
2: Bridge & Middle + Neck Blend
3: Middle
4: Neck & Middle + Bridge Blend
5: Neck + Bridge Blend

When it is time to ease back to your traditional switch positions, simply roll the blender knob off, and it will remove itself completely from the circuit.

Switch Positions Blender Control OFF (Position 10):

1: Bridge Pickup
2: Bridge & Middle Pickup
3: Middle Pickup
4: Neck & Middle Pickup
5: Neck Pickup

Control Layout

Switch: 5 - Way
Control 1: Master Volume
Control 2: Master Tone (All three pickups)
Control 3: Blender Control (Adds Neck or Bridge)

Play your neck & bridge pickups together

The Custom Blender for Strat® // 250k for SSS

A New Blender for 2024

The Blender has had a massive upgrade - check out the new 'Universal' version here

Details

Description

A New Blender for 2024

The Blender has had a massive upgrade - check out the new 'Universal' version here

Strat Blender Wiring Mod - for your Stratocaster®

PLAY YOUR NECK AND BRIDGE PICKUPS TOGETHER

With a master volume and master tone control the Custom Blender Harness packs your traditional Strat® tones into a smaller space, leaving the third tone control free.

This becomes the blender control, allowing you to blend the neck and bridge pickups in together for rich and well rounded tones.

CRYSTAL CLEAR TONE

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.

SMOOTH CONTROL

An even tone and volume control taper all the way from zero to ten. Obsidian® tone and volume controls incorporate carefully selected and custom-built components, and mods to smooth the taper of your tone and volume controls.

BLENDER MOD CONTROLS

Switch Positions With Blender Control ON (Position 1)

1: Bridge + Neck Blend
2: Bridge & Middle + Neck Blend
3: Middle
4: Neck & Middle + Bridge Blend
5: Neck + Bridge Blend

When it is time to ease back to your traditional switch positions, simply roll the blender knob off, and it will remove itself completely from the circuit.

Switch Positions Blender Control OFF (Position 10):

1: Bridge Pickup
2: Bridge & Middle Pickup
3: Middle Pickup
4: Neck & Middle Pickup
5: Neck Pickup

Control Layout

Switch: 5 - Way
Control 1: Master Volume
Control 2: Master Tone (All three pickups)
Control 3: Blender Control (Adds Neck or Bridge)

Specs

BUILT IN HOUSE WITH

Potentiometers: Obsidian® Custom CTS® Pots (+/-10%) Split Shaft / 24 Spline

Capacitors: (150 Series Polyester Film 0.022UF)(+/-5%)

Switch: Genuine Oak®5 Way Switch

Jack: Pro-Wired Switchcraft® J11 Mono // OR Pure Tone® Mono Multi-Contact 1/4 in

Compatibility

BUILT TO FIT

Fender® Stratocaster® - Direct Fit // Right Hand Guitar Only
Squier® Stratocaster® - Widen Control holes to 10mm & replace knobs
Knobs: Requires US spec 24 spline knobs
Pickups: Built for three single coil pickups

DOES NOT FIT

Left Handed Guitars // Any guitar not described above

Install

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

Shipping

US Based Fulfillment:

We 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 order through our Amazon store here as this is set up to collect the required sales taxes. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Canada

Shipping method:	Business days:	Price (US$ Aprox.)
ECONOMY POST	7 - 21	8.99
DHL PACKET	5 - 10	13.99

Taxes and duties

Obsidian® 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.

Guitar Model: Squire Vintage 60s Strat. (Full body thickness)

Install Time: 1 Hour +

Build Quality:

Very bad

Excellent

Functionality:

Same as stock

Greater range of sounds

Sound:

Terrible

Amazing

Happy with result.

Overall, I'm very happy with this product. It does provide a wider and blended (you control how much) tone variation over the basic 5-position switch. A minor complaint is that - to me - the blender knob works backward from the master volume and tone. That is, if I want more tone or volume, the knobs are turned in the same direction. I would think "blend" would work the same, but it's opposite - full on is zero blend, knob turned off is full blend. Also, I ordered a Univeral blender and was following the wiring diagram until I realized my connector had 14 pins vice the 10 on the diagram. A double check of the box revealed I received the Gen 2 version which has the the 14 pin connector. The instructions say "Easy but not Instant". I'd call it "Do-able but fiddly and plan on installing it twice before you get ot right".

Install Time: 0 - 10 minutes

Build Quality:

Very bad

Excellent

Functionality:

Same as stock

Greater range of sounds

Sound:

Terrible

Amazing

none

Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes

Build Quality:

Very bad

Excellent

Functionality:

Same as stock

Greater range of sounds

Sound:

Terrible

Amazing

Strat blenderControls

I only could install this onto a pick guard and do a tap test, When I actually get it put together with a beautiful Strat with a mohpgany neck with a ma[le fret board I will give more pf a review. The tap test went well with some old ceramic pickups.

Guitar Model: Fender Player II Strat HSS

Install Time: 1 Hour +

Build Quality:

Very bad

Excellent

Functionality:

Same as stock

Greater range of sounds

Sound:

Terrible

Amazing

Obsidian Wired-Up

Excellent product and reasonable pricing. Installed new pickups on a Player II HSS Strat and this kept everything neat and organized. Biggest problems were finding larger spacers for SD single coils and the Shawbucker II wire colors were questionable because of conflicting online contradictions. OW was indeed correct. Blender really brought out the best of the pups and they complement each other well, especially with the blend capabilities.

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