Kinman
Kinman
Also known as: Kinman Pickups, Kinman Guitar Electronics, Kinman Guitar Pickups
UnclaimedKinman Guitar Electronics is an Australian pickup manufacturer founded by Chris Kinman, who began his career as a guitar maker and repair specialist in Brisbane in the late 1970s before transitioning to focus exclusively on pickup design in the late 1990s. The company specializes in noiseless, zero-hum single-coil pickups, and Chris Kinman holds multiple US patents for differential winding tech...
Kinman Guitar Electronics is an Australian pickup manufacturer founded by Chris Kinman, who began his career as a guitar maker and repair specialist in Brisbane in the late 1970s before transitioning to focus exclusively on pickup design in the late 1990s. The company specializes in noiseless, zero-hum single-coil pickups, and Chris Kinman holds multiple US patents for differential winding technology that aims to replicate the tone of vintage single-coils while eliminating the 60-cycle hum that plagues traditional Stratocaster and Telecaster designs.
The Kinman catalogue covers replacement pickups for most classic single-coil platforms — Stratocaster, Telecaster/Broadcaster, Jazzmaster, Jaguar, and P-90 soapbar formats — along with humbuckers and bass pickups. Notable product families include the Impersonator series (modeled on '54-era Strat tones), the Broadcaster Gen-2 set for Telecaster, the SurfMaster line for offset guitars, the AVn "Greenback" range, and the FatMaster pickups. The pickups use Alnico rod magnets housed in standard single-coil-sized covers, with an internal stacked architecture rather than side-by-side coils.
Kinman has built a reputation in the boutique replacement-pickup market alongside makers like Lindy Fralin and Bare Knuckle, with a particular following among players seeking quiet single-coil tones for studio and high-gain stage use. Players associated with the brand include Hank Marvin, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, the late Gary Moore, John Farrar, Michael Thompson, and Anthony Drennan of The Corrs.
Kinman has 2 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Electric Guitar Pickups. Their gear is featured by 1 artist, with the strongest followings in Rock. Notable users include J Mascis.
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