Converge-3 Pickups

Hi Joe  (and Chris),

It's finished ! And it sounds magnificent !!  (and looks great too)

The whole project was very much a leap of faith, both in my installation ability and in the sound of the pickups, because I really only bought them based on your reputation. But I LOVE the sound ! The clarity and punch is just astounding, and the range of sounds is just what I was looking for. I particularly love the split sound on the neck pickup, which outdoes my strat, but every sound is wonderful, and I'm finding more by playing with the tone knob - which on all of my other guitars only added mud unless left on 10. I guess I will continue to try tweaking a little after I get used to them, to see if I can balance them any more. 

I think your pickups are one of my best ever purchases. Thanks so much for a wonderful product and thanks so much for your help during the process. 

Best wishes, Simon

I forgot to mention that I used the guitar for a rehearsal last night, and everyone said how much better my sound was  :-)

Anyway, I have to go play now....
 

ED: Simon bought a pair of Converge-3, the neck one has Fender-like split single coil sound and the bridge has P90-like split coil single sound and both are noiseless (Zero-Hum).  The neck pickup has our exclusive new 47-5mm pole spread and doesn't it align with the strings really well !!!

Thanks heaps for your glowing Report Card Simon, and for your confidence in our ability to deliver what we claim.  After 4 years of developing the Converge multi-sound humbucker it is indeed very gratifying to hear how pleased you are with your new multi-sound Kinman's.  It makes all the midnight oil and our long hard and often frustrating work all worth while to read your report.  And thanks for the photo of your Variax too, looks cool with those 'Durable Black' covers and the 3 point mounting.

 

 

The Jangle control on your Converge-3 is a truly stellar feature! Brilliant tonal spectrum. And that's in addition to the already outstanding p-ups!!

Cheers, Erich

 

ED: thanks Erich, for confirming our thoughts that the Jangle control is a useful control which increases the versatility of an already highly versatile humbucker.  Glad to hear also that you believe it's overall an outstanding pickup.

 

I had half an hour on my hands today, so I adjusted the pickup heights to suit and tried the jangle control (genius). Didn't take long at all to decide on the sound I wanted from each pup. I have to say, yesterday's enthusiasm has actually increased. These pickups are amazing. Cleans are wonderful, even on the bridge pickup, with no hint of harshness.

I have three excellent drive pedals from ThorpyFX and I had a quick blast with each of them. On higher gain settings, the previous Gibson bridge pup quickly became harsh (and frankly unpleasant). Nothing like that with the Converge-3. My Les Paul is now addictive in a way that it never was before. If I didn't have to put my son to bed soon - and actually keep quiet enough for him to sleep - I reckon I'd be playing all night!

Converge HSH, looks amazing.  frigging almost equal sound level between Hum and single is amazing.  We think this converge-3 is better than the HSS in the Lukather split single coil by itself. Bridge is full enough to feel good but thin enough to sound like a strat with hardtail, it's punchy and clear, killer strat / humbucker tones

merry christmas guys !!!!!  Glenn

 

ED: Glenn bought one of our pre-release Converge-3 and installed it on his MusicMan Lukather.