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Bright Nasty 90 Gen-3 v3 ..... Stellar '52 P-90 performance






Big improvement for Les Pauls.

Fantastic improvement for Epiphones.





Now available with Kinmans Universal Soapbar covers in genuine Gibson Cream, Warm White, Aged White, Black and hand buffed Nickel-Silver in 3 pole spreads.

     

Our versatile Nasty 90 makes it easy to speed pick, FF to 1:43 to see

 

There is a BIG difference between a single coil and Twin coil sidewinders and 3 coil humbuckers. 

The purist Kinman P-90 Hx is the only true noiseless P-90 single coil and has the HIGHs you crave.
 

Bright Nasty 90 Gen-3 v3

We used to say "our Nasty 90 is the closest to a regular P-90".  Now we can say "it's better than our early 50's Gibson P-90 specimen", thanks to Boss Chris' efforts in developing our marvelous new v3 Hum Sensor and re-designing the top string sensing coil to the v3 this model is more open and dynamic and has stellar highs as good as a Lollar non-noiseless single coil.  The re-designed Nasty 90 v3 has come of age and will wow customers with it's stellar brilliant sizzling highs, it's wonderful bite and gutsy, explosive dynamics from the low wound strings -and- it's extremely fast attack response. And then there is the great both-on-together scooped c-luck sound.  There is nothing second-class about this very nasty new model.  Sounds far far better than the original Gen-2 Nasty 90.

Nasty 90b with it's focused P-90 growl n grind from the wounds, bite and harmonic richness from all strings and stellar highs from the plains is recommended for the bridge position and not recommended for the neck position because the low wound strings tend to be unruly.  In the bridge it works well with the Bright Sweet Neck model in the neck position.

NEWS Flash 18-August-2022:  We now supply our new 'Universal' soapbar covers in genuine Gibson Cream, Warm White, Ivory and Black, click the option when ordering.  A must for Gibson guitars!

News:  No more routing cavity floors, the new shorter Gen-3 version has arrived and fits most P-90 guitars, the exceptions are those with cavities like this.

For replacing humbuckers with a similar sound please look at our P90-Bucker in the Humbucker section.

   

Technical & Application info:


The Nasty 90 is a Zero Hum P-90 pickup.   Some people will call these noiseless P-90 pickups but Kinman prefers to describe them correctly as Zero-Hum P-90 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


Pickup adjustment

As with all Kinman Gen-2 pickups these are very sensitive to height adjustment.  A good starting point, so the neck and bridge pickups balance, is with the two E strings fretted at the 15th fret, adjusted as follows ...

  • bridge pickup so the string-to-magnet gap is 1.25mm for both E strings
  • neck pickup so the string-to-magnet gap is 1.5mm for both E strings

Installation

Consider including our optional non-magnetic mounting plate kit, it makes install fast n easy because you don't have to drill holes in the precise position for the pickups mounting screws.  Do NOT use original Gibson mounting plates, being magnetic will dramatically compromise the hum cancelling ability of the P-90 Hx.

 Epiphones

Kinman’s will bring your Epiphone to life because they achieve the maximum sonic potential of the guitar, and are easier to install than practically all other brands too because of our Easy Install Kit for f-hole guitars.  Comprehensive, easy to do step-by-step instructions provided.  Refer to the Overview Tab >Epiphone f-hole talk.  More in Pole Spreads, next item ....

Connections

  • Bare wires for soldering.
  • Kinman connectors for plugging into a Kinman Strat, Tele or KHP-90 Goodbye-Soldering harness.
  • Gibson 2 wire & 5 wire Quick Connect circuit board connectors shown below.

Hook-up cable

  • The P-90 Hx has 2 conductor cable. 3 conductor optional.
  • Length is 380mm / 15".

Output Polarity: 

  • in-phase with Gibson and Copy humbuckers
  • in-phase with all other Kinman pickups
  • opposite phase to Fender Strat
  • Fender pickups have opposite output polarity so order ours with 3 Conductor Hook-up wiring.

Pot & Capacitor values

  • Best with 500k Ohm for Volume.  Many Gibson's have 300k which makes a darker, less dynamic sound.
  • Normal Tone pot is 500k however to maximize clarity use a No-Load or alternatively a 1 Meg Ohm tone pot.
  • Normal tone cap value of 0.022µF in 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester.  Smaller value lessen the severity of Treble cut, higher values increase it.

Cavity depth

  • No need to deepen the pickup cavity in ANY guitar that has flat bottom cavities for P-90's.  Click Install Requirements to discover requirements for pickup cavity.
  • Click this for the Install requirements for the original version, now discontinued.

Pole spreads

  • 53mm pole spread for bridge position of Stratocasters or with any bridge having saddle spread of 54+mm.
  • 50mm for Gibsons or bridges having saddle spread of 50mm ~ 54mm.
  • 47.5mm for neck position of Epiphones (NOTE: not all Epiphones have 47.5mm neck pole spread, please measure it).

Covers

  • Gibson replica Nickel-Silver Soapbar covers in 47.5mm, 50 and 53mm.
  • Kinman Universal Soapbar covers 47.5mm, 50 and 53mm pole spreads available in genuine Gibson Cream, White, Parchment, Aged White and Black.
  • Generic Plastic Soapbar cover available for 47.5mm, 50 and 53mm pole spreads available in Black & Cream only.
  • Generic Plastic Soapbar covers only with 50mm pole spread available in White, Black, Cream and Chrome. (special request only)
  • Dog-Ear covers (Nickel-Silver) with hole spread of 50mm & 47.5mm to suit Epiphones.

Mounting hardware

  • 2 Long mounting screws.
  • 2 Silicon Rubber tube springs.
  • handy drill guide template for positioning the screw holes in the virgin floor of the pickup cavity of a project guitar or guitars with freshly deepened cavities.
  • OPTIONAL extra:  Soapbar cavity mounting plate, including all screws and springs.  It's non-magnetic and won't interfere with hum cancellation.
  • OPTIONAL extra:  Bracket for mounting under Dog-Ear covers in Arch-top f-hole guitars.  It's non-magnetic and won't interfere with hum cancellation.

The upgrade v3 Hum sensor was launched May-2021