Kinman Pickups?

SugarJ · February 9th, 2006, 03:19 AM

http://www.kinman.com/html/myProducts/teles.htm

The sound samples are sweet!

Roe · February 9th, 2006, 06:02 AM

the 1948 broadcaster bridge pup works well for me.

Jean-Baptiste · February 11th, 2006, 12:53 AM

I'm from the old school of "if it ain't broke- don't fix it" and would rather play my tele than fiddle around with screwdrivers & a soldering iron, but after listening to a recording of my MIM thinline I decided it was time to upgrade those pickups.

I'd played a few guitars with 'noiseless' pickups over the years and was never really knocked out by the sound, but I decided to take a chance on Chris' stuff and sent away for a set of his '48 broadcasters.

Got them fast and the installation was a breeze. He throws in some caps & resistors that let you roll off the volume without losing the highs - nice touch.

They are totally dead-silent, as advertised. They don't sound exactly like real single coils, but better than many other designs I've tried. I'll never change the pickups on my 23 year old '52RI, but when I'm playing some joint with bad wiring, fluorescent lighting, or when I'm recording with tons of compression and gain, the Kinman loaded thinline is the guitar I go with every time.

JamonHamon · February 11th, 2006, 10:04 PM

The new KINMAN AVN60 is awesome, The best Chicken Pickin sound I have ever heard, Beautiful tone rich sound dynamics chime that I've NEVER heard in any other pickup

February 9th, 2006, 03:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
SugarJ TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 34	Kinman Pickups? http://www.kinman.com/html/myProducts/teles.htm The sound samples are sweet!

February 11th, 2006, 10:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
JamonHamon Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,329	KINMANS are great The new KINMAN AVN60 is awesome, The best Chicken Pickin sound I have ever heard, Beautiful tone rich sound dynamics chime that I've NEVER heard in any other pickup

February 9th, 2006, 06:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Roe Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 185 27 Photos	the 1948 broadcaster bridge pup works well for me.

February 11th, 2006, 12:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jean-Baptiste Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 633	I'm from the old school of "if it ain't broke- don't fix it" and would rather play my tele than fiddle around with screwdrivers & a soldering iron, but after listening to a recording of my MIM thinline I decided it was time to upgrade those pickups. I'd played a few guitars with 'noiseless' pickups over the years and was never really knocked out by the sound, but I decided to take a chance on Chris' stuff and sent away for a set of his '48 broadcasters. Got them fast and the installation was a breeze. He throws in some caps & resistors that let you roll off the volume without losing the highs - nice touch. They are totally dead-silent, as advertised. They don't sound exactly like real single coils, but better than many other designs I've tried. I'll never change the pickups on my 23 year old '52RI, but when I'm playing some joint with bad wiring, fluorescent lighting, or when I'm recording with tons of compression and gain, the Kinman loaded thinline is the guitar I go with every time.