tonymckenziecom | 3 months ago
Never heard of Obsidian Wire? Transform your Strat to get Gilmour tones. Here's a solder-less controller from Obsidian Wire that creates Gilmour tones from your Stratocaster - for real. Find out if this really is for you?
Contents:
00:00 Start
00:16 Intro & Preamble
01:50 Unboxing
02:46 General overview
05:31 Unique features
07:44 The Evil-Owl tee
09:55 Basic info
11:03 Voice switching
12:58 Gilmour syndrome
13:30 Std Strat mode
13:50 Guitars it fits
14:11 Where its made
15:10 Will they ship it
17:30 5 year warranty
18:37 Things they make
19:14 Overall score
19:43 Where from here
20:31 Pricing
What you will learn:
Who is Obsidian Wire?
What is the Gilmour syndrome?
Specifications of the switcher?
Where can I buy one of these switchers?
What is the warranty?
Related links:
My website: https://tonymckenzie.com
Obsidian Wire Website: https://obsidianwire.com/
My guess is you have never heard of Obsidian Wire and their control board as shown in this review video. No problem, here is not sponsored video review (I bought the item) and this one is the custom HSS / HSH for a Stratocaster that's Gen2 design. This unit is brilliant if you cannot solder! Yes, its completely solder-less install and it can get you some incredible tones from your Strat including that Gilmour tone just by fitting the unit (they say!).
But I had not heard of this brand or unit either - they come from New Zealand and they do make lots of things like pickups, complete pick guard sets and of course these controllers. But not just for Strat's, they make them for a number of guitars including Gibson Les Paul's and others too - check their website to learn more form the link above.
So what does this control unit actually do?
Well if you watch the video review you will see that its very well made using high quality components and what I like is the FIVE YEAR Warranty! ANY company that stands behind the product with that sort of warranty has a brilliant customer focused approach to business and they should certainly succeed.
There is what they call 'Intelligent Switching' on board. The controller is either optimized for hss or hsh and there are differences specifically for either setup. There's also a Auto Split that allows perfection for a balanced humbucker and single coil mix - but read it on their website for more.
You will get a crystal clear tone from this beauty particularly when you turn the guitar down, and that's achieved with a custom treble bleed on-board. And importantly there's that GILMOUR tone built right in to the controller right from the off, just a flick of an integral switch does it!
This video is in 4K
I have spent a while creating this video and it remains without sponsor so is a real genuine overview of my findings of the Obsidian Wire control unit for the Strat.
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