Craig Small
UNITED STATES
19-Jul-2022
Having been a player and connoisseur of Kinman strat style pickups since 2009, I tell you no other brand comes close for both tone and zer-hum. I've had the recent pleasure to upgrade from the already amazing HX-85 V1 (bridge) pup to the new HX-85 V2 (bridge) model and wow!!! Just when I thought that it couldn't get any better, the HX-85 V2 is everything and more of the V1.
More strat twang, thwack and chime - than that of actual strat pups - that cuts through in both the the studio and band setting - it's simply inspiring.
During breaks at my gigs, I get countless compliments from strat players all of whom cannot believe the tone that I get with these pups. This is nothing new as it all began once I started out with the original HX-85 V1 over a decade ago. Most of those cats have since taken the leap of faith and are now firm believers in the gospel according to Kinman. Even my students are switching to Kinman pups. In all my years, I've tried everything and Chris and his amazing crew keep on delivering the goods in their own cutting edge, zero-hum fashion. It's good to be home with my Kinman pickups.
Best in tone,
Craig Small
Ed: thanks for your Report Card Craig, we here at Kinman were thrilled to read it. One never really knows how any new model will be received and when we release one it is done with a degree of trepidation, so it is very gratifying to hear about your experience with the Hx-85 v2. We were all quite taken, actually we were very surprised, when we first heard it ourselves and so much so we decided to release it immediately and so it, and it's companion AVn-69 v2, were added to the website within hours. Boss Chris hit a home run with those two, actually it was a hole in one since he felt no need to mess with the first choice of coil specifications which some might say is always a wild guess. That's what comes with his vast experience. Thanks again for writing, Joe.
