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Mod-Jag ~ The best Fender-esque bridge pickup of all time


   

 

The above YouTube will give you a good impression

of the Mod-Jag because it's the same pickup. 
Just take into consideration that Jags have a
shorter scale so the sound will be throatier.

The Mod-Jag is very responsive and is a very versatile pickup for many other types of music!!  Our Jaguar* for modern styles is like our Impersonator MV (Modern Vintage -formerly the Impersonator 54) Strat* pickup but because Jags have a shorter scale length the sound will be deeper, more throaty.  Also our's has staggered magnets which give you nicely balanced string output levels including the G-3rd.

Highly recommended for the bridge position with Surf-Jag neck.  According to more then a few customers the Mod-Jag is the perfect bridge pickup because it soothes the sharpness and ice-pick that ordinary pickups produce.

Formerly the Blues-Jag, this medium-high output vintage pickup produces a modern vintage sound with a big girth and prominent highs; it excels for rock, virtuoso instrumental, blues you name it, even Jazz.  Boxing glove attack and terrific twang with piano mid-tones galore which turns into low-note growl under higher gain.  It is the best bridge pickup of all time because it avoids that nasty, jagged ice-pick-in-the-ear annoyance that makes your ears cringe, but paradoxically, the prominent highs are sweet and quite outstanding and ordinary single coils pale in comparison.  It has quite a percussive feel rather than a sharp meat axe feel.

Magnum Opus sets now available in the Mixed Sets order form.  The Magnum Opus versions are especially valuable for Jaguars because the low string tension of Jags more easily cause Torn Cone Syndrome (TCS), like our Magnums for Stratocaster, incorporate our TCS Inhibiting technology and have a bit extra oomph and presence.  There is no doubt these are the finest Jaguar pickups available.

Laser engraved nomenclature so you won't forget what powers your Jaguar

COVERS news Dec-22:  We now have our own Jaguar covers that don't require modifying the opening in the pickguard like all generic cover do.  Available in White, Aged White, Parchment, Gibson Cream and Black.  We can now supply 52.5mm, 51mm and 49.5mm magnet spreads in any of our 5 colors to suit any type of bridge (wide vintage or modern narrow such as Mastery, Tune-O-Matic and so on)

IMPORTANT info for you:  Jaguars short scale results in lower string tension which produces more string crash and pitch warble however Kinmans proprietary Alnico-K** low strength magnets reduce string crash and buzz as well as allow longer sustain and minimize pitch warble.

 

Technical & Application info:

Kinman pickups for Jaguar are direct replacements and no modification to the guitar or pickguard openings is required.

Some people will call these 'noiseless' Jaguar pickups but Kinman prefers to describe them correctly as Zero-Hum Jaguar 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

** Alnico-K is a unique proprietary rod magnet developed by Kinman in 1985.  It is Alnico-5 but has 40% less string pull than Alnico-5 so sustain is longer and there is much less clatter from string crash and no Strat-itis string warble.

* Fender, Strat, Jaguar and Jag 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 describe our products.

Number of parts in this pickup: 31
Number of parts in regular single coil: 11
Number of parts in other brand noiseless: There are no other noiseless Jaguar pickups with Alnico rod magnets.  Kinman is the only one and that makes it the coolest Jaguar pickup available.


Laser engraved nomenclature so you can't forget.

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 and you get the best tone, 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

Connection means that are available

  • Prepared for soldering.
  • Kinman connectors for plugging into any Kinman Goodbye-Soldering Harness.  We can make Goodbye-Soldering harness only for Jaguar's that do not have the upper control panel.

Hook-up wires

  • 3 single wires is standard.  Allows for phase reversing and series connection.  Cut generously longer than necessary for the 2 pickup positions.
  • Single non-shielded wires require shielding in the cavities that carry wiring to prevent electrical buzz.  See >Technical >Perfect Guitar >Shielding for newer guitars
  • We use Fenders color codes.

Output Polarity: 

  • in-phase with all other Kinman pickups (compatible)
  • in-phase with Gibson and Copy humbuckers (compatible)
  • Phase reversible by swapping connections of the Red and White wires

Pot & Capacitor values

  • Recommended 250k Ohm Volume pot (measured).  Thinner sound with 500k or 1Meg.
  • Tone pot is usually the same value as the volume.  A little more top end brightness from 500k, 1meg or a No-Load.
  • It's easy to change the pot in the main circuit, it's difficult to find the smaller one in the separate upper circuit for the neck pickup. 
  • Normal tone cap value of 0.022μF in 63 ~ 100 volt.  Smaller values lessen the severity of Treble cut.

Magnet spreads (E-1st ~ E-6th)

  • A mix of two of the following that provide optimum string-over-magnet alignment
  • Standard 52.5mm
  • Intermediate 51mm
  • Narrow 49.5mm
  • Indicate the bridge saddle spread in the Ordering Process so we know which ones you need.

Magnet Staggers

  • Normal improved Stagger to suit 7 ~ 14 inch uniform radius fretboards including USA Custom Guitar Compound 7-1/4" ~ 9-1/2
  • Flat Stagger for specific compound radius fretboards (Warmoth 10 ~ 16 inch and Post 2010 Fender Deluxe 9 ~ 14")
  • Option to specify the magnet stagger in our 'After-Order Additional Questions' email we send you.

Mounting hardware included

  • 2 of our specially made improved mounting screws.
  • 2 Silicon Rubber tube springs are included.
  • Kinman one-piece special non-magnetic Claw that is fixed to the pickup.

Covers

  • We now have our own Jaguar covers.  Beautifully crafted with no sharp edges, and fits any and all pickguard openings without modification
  • White, Parchment, Ivory, Aged White, genuine Cream and Black.
  • Optional de-glosssing for an old look.
  • With and without the Kinman logo.

We highly recommend consulting the Install Guide in the Technical section 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 also in the Technical section so you get the best out of your Kinman pickups.