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Re: Kinman pickups

8/31/1999 10:13 AM
Mark Abbott	Re: Kinman pickups The pickups I use are the traditional set. Regarding purchasing these pickups in the US I can't say, I live in Australia, and I went to the music show and met Mr Kinman and played his guitar which had been modified to allow you to pull the pickguard out without having to take the strings of the guitar, I was able to compare his pickups to Lace sensors and traditional single coils. Needless to say I was impressed. I would recommend you to visit his website http://www.kinman.com or email him at chris@kinman.com I should mention these pickups don't have traditional magnet stagger or strenght, thus the response of the guitar is more balanced and I don't have to put up with the G string being overpowering. However, he does make pickups with vintage magnet strenght, pickup stagger etc. Regarding output, the pickups have more output than the SSL-1 Duncans, the pickup height of these pickups really effects tone I found myself winding the pickups down to reduce output, and reduce the bass and treble response, I have compared the guitar to a vintage 55 Strat and the output of the pickups is the same (increasing the pickup height increases output.) Sorry for such a lenghty reply, I can't say if these pickups sound better than Fralins (never heard them),but IMHO they are the most vintage sounding hum cancelling pickup I've heard and that includes Fender's vintage noiseless. Mark.

8/31/1999 10:13 AM

Mark Abbott

Re: Kinman pickups

The pickups I use are the traditional set. Regarding purchasing these pickups in the US I can't say, I live in Australia, and I went to the music show and met Mr Kinman and played his guitar which had been modified to allow you to pull the pickguard out without having to take the strings of the guitar, I was able to compare his pickups to Lace sensors and traditional single coils. Needless to say I was impressed. I would recommend you to visit his website http://www.kinman.com or email him at chris@kinman.com

I should mention these pickups don't have traditional magnet stagger or strenght, thus the response of the guitar is more balanced and I don't have to put up with the G string being overpowering. However, he does make pickups with vintage magnet strenght, pickup stagger etc.

Regarding output, the pickups have more output than the SSL-1 Duncans, the pickup height of these pickups really effects tone I found myself winding the pickups down to reduce output, and reduce the bass and treble response, I have compared the guitar to a vintage 55 Strat and the output of the pickups is the same (increasing the pickup height increases output.)

Sorry for such a lenghty reply, I can't say if these pickups sound better than Fralins (never heard them),but IMHO they are the most vintage sounding hum cancelling pickup I've heard and that includes Fender's vintage noiseless.

Mark.