• MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
  • MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
  • ObsidianWire Les Paul Wiring Harness - Solderless Install (Vintage MKII) Dual Split Coil
  • MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
  • ObsidianWire Pro-Wired Les Paul Switch
  • MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
  • MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
    MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
  • MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
    MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
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ObsidianWire®

LP Vintage MKII

MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)

Available in Canada at:

Solo Guitars - ObsidianWire Dealer Canada

Super Easy, Solder-less Install
Key Features:

  • Selectable 'Vintage 50's' / '60's Plus' Wiring
  • Smoother Volume & Tone Control
  • Dual 'Split Coil' Upgrade Option
  • Includes Pro-Wired™ Switch & Jack
  • Fits Gibson® LP®
  • Fits Most Epiphone® LP® with adjustments

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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. 

 

"New for 2023 

Add the 'Dual 'Split Coil' Upgrade Option' - add a push/pull coil tap switch to each volume control. *Requires Compatible Split Coil (Four Conductor) Pickups"

The ObsidianWire™ Les Paul® Wiring Harness

The Obsidian® Vintage MKII for Les Paul® is a comprehensive upgrade over stock wiring, that also combines 'Vintage 50's' and '60's Plus' wiring in one product. You can choose between the vintage roll back of the traditional 'Vintage 50's' harness, and superior clarity of the more modern '60's Plus' wiring with the flick of the switch. 

You get a switch for each pickup, so if you want to run a 'Vintage 50's' setup on the neck pickup, and an Obsidian® '60's Plus' setup for the bridge pickup, YOU CAN.

We also give you the option to upgrade to 'DUAL SC (COIL SPLIT)' for even more versatility

'VINTAGE 50'S' MODE

Allow for some treble roll off when you roll back your volume control for an easy bridge between perfect warm cleans and searing leads.

The 'Vintage 50's' wiring mod is a super popular Les Paul wiring upgrade that reverts your stock LP wiring back to the glory days, and the beginning of the Vintage Les Paul. This is our most popular and personal favorite Les Paul wiring.

'60'S PLUS' MODE

Prevent treble loss when you roll back the volume for greater clarity and cut through at reduced volume levels.

The Obsidian® '60's Plus' wiring is made for clarity and cut through with an improved circuit that will help you retain treble at all volume levels.  

For a full run down on different Les Paul wiring types, check out our full guide - Click Here

DUAL SC (COIL SPLIT)

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 in 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

BOTH SWITCHES DOWN

  • 1: Bridge Humbucker
  • 2: Bridge Humbucker + Neck Humbucker
  • 3: Neck Humbucker

BOTH SWITCHES UP

  • 1: Bridge Single Coil
  • 2: Bridge Single Coil + Neck Single Coil
  • 3: Neck Single Coil

NECK VOL. UP - BRIDGE VOL. DOWN

  • 1: Bridge Humbucker
  • 2: Bridge Humbucker + Neck Single Coil
  • 3: Neck Single Coil

NECK VOL. DOWN + BRIDGE VOL. UP

  • 1: Bridge Single Coil
  • 2: Bridge Single Coil + Neck Humbucker
  • 3: Neck Humbucker


MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
ObsidianWire Les Paul Wiring Harness - Solderless Install (Vintage MKII) Dual Split Coil
MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
ObsidianWire Pro-Wired Les Paul Switch
MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)
MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring) MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)

A Complete Wiring Upgrade - for Les Paul®

The MKII for Les Paul® (Vintage 50s & Modern 60s Wiring)

  • Selectable 'Vintage 50's' / '60's Plus' Wiring
  • Smoother Volume & Tone Control
  • Dual 'Split Coil' Upgrade Option
  • Includes Pro-Wired™ Switch & Jack
  • Fits Gibson® LP®
  • Fits Most Epiphone® LP® with adjustments

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. 

 

"New for 2023 

Add the 'Dual 'Split Coil' Upgrade Option' - add a push/pull coil tap switch to each volume control. *Requires Compatible Split Coil (Four Conductor) Pickups"

The ObsidianWire™ Les Paul® Wiring Harness

The Obsidian® Vintage MKII for Les Paul® is a comprehensive upgrade over stock wiring, that also combines 'Vintage 50's' and '60's Plus' wiring in one product. You can choose between the vintage roll back of the traditional 'Vintage 50's' harness, and superior clarity of the more modern '60's Plus' wiring with the flick of the switch. 

You get a switch for each pickup, so if you want to run a 'Vintage 50's' setup on the neck pickup, and an Obsidian® '60's Plus' setup for the bridge pickup, YOU CAN.

We also give you the option to upgrade to 'DUAL SC (COIL SPLIT)' for even more versatility

'VINTAGE 50'S' MODE

Allow for some treble roll off when you roll back your volume control for an easy bridge between perfect warm cleans and searing leads.

The 'Vintage 50's' wiring mod is a super popular Les Paul wiring upgrade that reverts your stock LP wiring back to the glory days, and the beginning of the Vintage Les Paul. This is our most popular and personal favorite Les Paul wiring.

'60'S PLUS' MODE

Prevent treble loss when you roll back the volume for greater clarity and cut through at reduced volume levels.

The Obsidian® '60's Plus' wiring is made for clarity and cut through with an improved circuit that will help you retain treble at all volume levels.  

For a full run down on different Les Paul wiring types, check out our full guide - Click Here

DUAL SC (COIL SPLIT)

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 in 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

BOTH SWITCHES DOWN

  • 1: Bridge Humbucker
  • 2: Bridge Humbucker + Neck Humbucker
  • 3: Neck Humbucker

BOTH SWITCHES UP

  • 1: Bridge Single Coil
  • 2: Bridge Single Coil + Neck Single Coil
  • 3: Neck Single Coil

NECK VOL. UP - BRIDGE VOL. DOWN

  • 1: Bridge Humbucker
  • 2: Bridge Humbucker + Neck Single Coil
  • 3: Neck Single Coil

NECK VOL. DOWN + BRIDGE VOL. UP

  • 1: Bridge Single Coil
  • 2: Bridge Single Coil + Neck Humbucker
  • 3: Neck Humbucker


Specs

BUILT IN HOUSE WITH

  • Potentiometers: Obsidian® Custom CTS® 500k Pots (+/-10%) Split Shaft / 24 Spline
  • Capacitors: (150 Series Polyester Film 0.022uf) (+/-5%)
  • Switch: Obsidian® Select Pro-Wired Toggle Switch
  • Jack: Pro-Wired Switchcraft® J11 Mono // OR Pure Tone® Mono Multi-Contact 1/4 in

Compatibility

MADE TO FIT

  • Gibson® Les Paul®
  • MOST Epiphone® Les Paul® (Requires new knobs and wider holes as below)

  • Always Check: Layout Guide
  • Hole Size: 3/8" (9.5mm) mounting holes
  • Knobs: Use Only US spec 24 spline knobs (Do NOT use metric / 'Import' style knobs
  • Pickups: Works with Humbuckers and P90s // with modern or vintage braided wires.
  • Coil Splitting: Requires Compatible four conductor pickups

DOES NOT FIT

  • Does NOT fit: Lefty, three pickup Les Paul®, or any other guitar or Les Paul® Copy.

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.

Customer Reviews

Based on 114 reviews
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Gary Petersen (Washington, US)
Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Great Buy!!!!

I bought for my 2016 Epiphone LP Studio. Reamed out the Holes for the Pots and I installed in less than 30 minutes. I suggest ,if you do not have the correct knobs, buy them with this wiring kit. NO Problems at all. sounds Great.

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Jon Amaral (South Lake Tahoe, US)
Install Time: 30 - 60 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Epiphone Custom Pr

I put this Obsidian MK II in my Epi LP Custom. I did have to enlarge the holes for for the pots as they didn't fit without modification as (obsidian directions said). The other issue was the output jack was grounding out. This was a simple correction, simply had to rotate jack 180 degrees. Now the good (great!l the rest of the install using Seymour Duncan pearly gates was really straight forward. This guitar nows sound better than my 3 others which cost much more individually. I will definitely purchase again.

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MaCo (Dallas, US)
Install Time: 20 - 30 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Great piece of kit. Nearly perfect. Nearly.

This is my second MKII for a Gibson LP and the one thing I wish this came with (both times now) was a second set of washers and nuts for the pots as I've had to elevate the board in the cavity so that the knobs aren't floating way above the body.

Also, the toggle switch doesn't come with a recessed/deep nut for carved top LPs, so I had to swap the wiring and keep the existing switch (because the recessed nut on the stock Switchcraft switch wasn't compatible with this Switchcraft switch - which isn't that big of a deal, but is kind of annoying and it does mean this is not a totally solderless install if you're swapping over from something like this.

Most of that could be interpreted as personal preference, but a kit like this should at least assume some of these things... or at least provide options for these things on checkout.

Hi There,

Thanks for getting in touch.

The pots on the LP sets come with nuts pre-loaded on each one. These can be set further up the shaft to set the effective length that pokes through the body.

The switches we supply have a longer thread body than the Switchcraft switches, which means they tend to have adequate length for poking through the body without the need for a recessed nut.

I hope this helps.
Mathew

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Dale Guyer (Anniston, US)
Install Time: 30 - 60 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
Very happy with the Obsidian MKII for Les Paul.

Adding this drop in harness was pretty easy. The only real hiccup was the holes in my Epiphone LP didn’t match up. Not the fault of Obsidian Wire, my guitar was the problem. Once I got the holes to a point where I could install one of them didn’t cover up completely.

Now as for installing switches and pickups? Couldn’t have been easier. Took me all of 10 minutes. I prefer the 50s wiring, but how great is it that if I choose to use modern wiring I flip two switches. I love the taper of the pots. This is a great and easy upgrade and recommend it over rewiring it. I had rewired to 50s wiring diagram but the MKII sounds much better than my wiring, and I have rewired many guitars successfully.
The only problem I have is the knobs sit high even though I have the unit as low as I can get it., but I can live with that.

Get one, you wont be disappointed!

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Phill Alex (Brampton, CA)
Install Time: 30 - 60 minutes
Build Quality:
Very bad
Excellent
Functionality:
Same as stock
Greater range of sounds
Sound:
Terrible
Amazing
I wish it was better

I love the concept but the parts hold it back. Despite saying the pots are CTS they don’t feel like it. The CTS pots I have in other guitars feel way smoother and give a more positive response. Also the switch I got has a lot of play feeling very cheap (It has no brand markings so I can’t tell if my sample is typical). All of this is very disappointing given the price. The best part is the Pure Tone jack (I swear by them.) I could have bought quality parts and payed someone to install them for the same or less money.

Hi Phill,

Thank you for your feedback. I am sorry to hear you are not enjoying your new Pro-Wired Electronics as much as we would hope.

I can confirm that we do use CTS pots. These are contract manufactured by CTS for us, using a 'Low-Torque' design which allows for easier turning, and a longer wear life. CTS also offers a standard torque option, which may be what you are used to.

Best Regards,
Mathew

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