The neck pickup in the PAF Suite. (P.A.F+ neck & P.A.F Astound)

There are countless PAF copies available so I wanted to do something different …. an improved PAF by accenting the best characteristics of the classic PAF sound. This is the Kinman version of the classic PAF vintage Humbucker with Kinman’s Triple Alnico Tone advantage.

Remarkable for it’s piano-like mid tones, increased touch sensitivity and dynamic response which are vastly improved compared to a vintage PAF style humbucker. Also it has better midrange detail and noticeably sweeter highs.

It growls when pushed on the wound strings in the bridge position and sings sweetly on the plain strings with an intense harmonic bloom. Plain strings sound better than they do with conventional PAF style humbuckers even though these are quite powerful.

Recommended for Neck position, also the Bridge position with a Kinman Extra Vintage or P90-Bucker in the neck position for a nice and sweet both-on-together sound and is great for both neck and bridge positions on Arch-top Jazz guitars too. Noticeably better than any conventional humbucker in the neck position which have the usual characteristic of tending to be woofy & mushy with a big lack of definition of the wound strings.

Direct replacement for conventional humbuckers such as Gibson, Duncan etc. Some guitars (a few Ibanez, some Fender Strat and one or two others) have pickups with excessively rounded corners. If a pickguard is fitted (for example Fender Strat Deluxe) a small modification to the pickguard opening to accommodate a Kinman humbucker is well worth the effort since Kinman’s sound so much better.

Connection means available

• Bare wires for soldering.
• Kinman connectors for plugging into any Kinman Goodbye-Soldering Harness.- including the 2 pickup KHP-90 for Gibson style guitars.
• Gibson 2 wire & 5 wire Quick Connect circuit board connector shown below.

Number of parts in this pickup: 46

Output Polarity: 

• in-phase with Gibson and Copy humbuckers
• in-phase with all other Kinman pickups
• opposite phase to Fender Strat

Pot & Capacitor values

• Best with 500k Ohm for Volume & Tone. Many Gibson’s have 300k which makes a darker, less dynamic sound.
• Normal tone cap value of 0.022µF in 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester. Smaller value lessen the severity of Treble cut, higher values increase it.

Pole spreads

• 47.5mm for perfect string-over-pole alignment with 52mm Tune-O-Matic bridge or similar.
• 50mm for all applications except the bridge position of a Strat with vintage 6 point bridge and saddle spread of
  56.4mm as well as bridge position in other guitars with a bridge saddle spread less than 54mm.
• 53mm for bridge position in Strats with a genuine vintage 6 point bridge, saddle spread of 56.4mm.

Mounting options

• conventional 2 screws mounting,
• also available with 3 screw mounting (you specify the distance between the two top screws)

Covers and colors

• Open and Closed top Natural Nickel-Silver, Kin-Chrome and Gold plated covers. Our exclusive Kin-Chrome covers have Zero impact on sonic performance (a world first)
• Open top Natural Nickel-Silver, Kin-Chrome or Gold covers
• Various colored top plates are available for open top covers (Black, Cream, White, Blue & Green).
• Kinman humbuckers are engineered differently without molded plastic bobbins. Removing covers will not reveal bobbins and we advise against it.