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Re: Kinman Pickups

8/5/1999 11:49 AM
Andrew	Re: Kinman Pickups Kinman changed his design at some point (probably about a year ago) but I had a set of the old pickups and IIRC they were pretty much like you describe: magnets in the top coil, ? in the bottom coil, and a metal shield that wrapped over the coils and between them. (These were his HX8 '58 and HX15 pickups). I dunno how different the current crop are. I bought those in late '97, so I'd bet that Chris beat Fender to the punch on these. I also recall that the problems with DiMarzio which have led to distributio in the US being impeded were something really stupid like the pickup colour or somesuch... Check Dejanews for a post from Chris Kinman or Charles Neville in one of the guitar newsgroups. If you want to get them over there, I'm sure you could mail order. Web site: http://www.kinman.com FWIW, I personally think the Kinmans kick serious butt. Both the current ones and the old ones. The current ones are a little more Strat-like, IMHO. Cheers Andrew

8/5/1999 11:49 AM

Andrew

Re: Kinman Pickups

Kinman changed his design at some point (probably about a year ago) but I had a set of the old pickups and IIRC they were pretty much like you describe: magnets in the top coil, ? in the bottom coil, and a metal shield that wrapped over the coils and between them. (These were his HX8 '58 and HX15 pickups). I dunno how different the current crop are.

I bought those in late '97, so I'd bet that Chris beat Fender to the punch on these. I also recall that the problems with DiMarzio which have led to distributio in the US being impeded were something really stupid like the pickup colour or somesuch... Check Dejanews for a post from Chris Kinman or Charles Neville in one of the guitar newsgroups. If you want to get them over there, I'm sure you could mail order. Web site: http://www.kinman.com

FWIW, I personally think the Kinmans kick serious butt. Both the current ones and the old ones. The current ones are a little more Strat-like, IMHO.

Cheers

Andrew