Some people will call these noiseless Mustang pickups but Kinman prefers to describe them correctly as Zero-Hum Mustang pickups.  That’s because there are 2 types of noise, Hum which is cancelled in the pickup and Buzz which can only be minimized by shielding the wiring cavities (refer to >Technical >Perfect Guitar >Shielding for newer guitars 

* Fender and Mustang are registered Trade Marks of Fender Musical Instrument Corp, Inc.  Kinman is not associated with FMIC but they kindly permit us to refer to their Trade Marks to reference our products.

Number of parts in this pickup: 31
Number of parts in regular single coil: 9
Number of parts in other brand noiseless: There are no other noiseless Mustang pickups with Alnico rod magnets.  Kinman is the only one and that makes it the coolest Mustang pickup available.

             Laser engraved nomenclature so you can’t forget.

Connection means available

• Bared wires for soldering.

Hook-up cable

• 3 conductor shielded is standard.  

Output Polarity: 

• in-phase with all other Kinman pickups
• in-phase with Gibson and Copy humbuckers
• opposite phase to Fender Strat etc
• Phase reversible by swapping Red and White core wires

Special features:

• we ground the magnets to prevent noise when finger tips come close to the magnets
• especially desirable when switched in series or reverse phase modes to prevent hum and eletrical buzz.

Pot & Capacitor values

• Best with 250k Ohm (measured), brighter and less punchy with 500k volume pot. 
• Tone pot is usually the same value as the volume but for a little more top end brightness can be 500k, 1meg or a No-Load.
• Normal tone cap value of 0.022uF in 63 ~ 100 volt.  Smaller value lessens the severity of Treble cut.

Magnet spread (E-1st ~ E-6th) for perfect string-over-magnet alignment.

• Neck – Narrow 49.5mm.
• Bridge – Standard 52.5mm (American models) & Intermediate 51mm for models that have a narrow 52mm bridge.

Magnet stagger:

• Improved magnet array to suit any fretboard radius.

Pickup cavity:

•  American vintage Mustangs might need the cavity floors at 16.5mm deepened to 20mm.  This allows plenty of height adjustment range.

Mounting hardware included

• 2 Pan head mounting screws.
• 2 Silicon Rubber tube springs.

Covers – included

• Black Standard Kinman cover without magnet holes and without height extender bushings. 
• Also available in White, Aged White and Gibson Cream.
• With and without Kinman logo.
• White covers can be tinted with food stains such as Coffee and Tea
• Generic covers will not fit Kinman pickups.  We sell replacement covers.

 We highly recommend consulting the Install Guide in Tech Info even if you think you know it all.  Kinmans’ require specialized knowledge and sometimes there is updated info.

We also highly recommend consulting the Adjust & Set-up page in the Technical section so you get the best out of your Kinman pickups.