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Big Little Terror & Big Little Ripper

Here are two more fine and very different humbuckers added to Kinman's House of Humbuckers.

Big Little Terror with super duper crunch and wonderful depth-of-field (3D) performance.  Available now!

We have finally entered the HOT humbucker arena, but, as to be expected from Kinman, our's have some surprising improvements courtesy of the radically different engineering inside.  Our Big Little Mini's are something of a Jeckle and Hyde kind of pickup, the clean aspect is surprisingly beautiful with abundant piano mid-tones and sweet n pretty trebles but all hell breaks loose when the volume is rolled up.

2 rows of 6 domed "headless" pole screws made especially for us out of tougher steel.  This is a real fun full-sized monster if you love super crunch & growl.  Hell, it sounds gooood, so dynamic, and with it's rapid attack and impressive dynamic range it feels great too without Fx devices and like a Ferrari it just wants to get up and go ... it's so exciting.  All strings, top and bottom, break into full-on crunch so easily, without Fx devices, amazing ... that's what it is.  Know what you're thinking, the plain strings have a ragged spikey sound like ceramic magnets produce, right?  Wrong!!! they are sweet as ... but have all the cuting glass you'd ever want plus super dynamic response and long natural sustain.  Puts other (crude) hot humbuckers to shame, even the original super distortion that started it all.  You just gotta get this amazing humbucker into your guitar.

For a pickup so capable of sonic mayhem it sure sounds pretty darn agreeable.

1. We don't use ceramic magnets because ...
   • a) being non-metallic they don't contribute inductance and so the sound of the plain strings is thin and gnarly. 
   • b) ceramic magnets are excessively powerful and that causes unpleasant frequency warbling of the strings, and....
   • c) sustain is shortened due the magnetic string damping.
2. Instead of excessively strong magnets, we gather all the wasted magnetism from our three conventional Alnico-5 bar magnets and focus it into the coil space where it produces 50% more voltage from a given coil.  It's called efficiency.
3. We get all the best sounds and brutal power from our coils and guided magnetic field.  No need to use bothersome ceramic magnets.
4. Our coils behave differently compared to ordinary humbuckers because of our innovative magnetic device.  Gone are the upper midrange spikes and gone too is the 'mud' of the low E string.  All strings sound highly agreeable despite the brutal output they produce.  The low wounds have improved depth and clarity and the plains have a new kind of sweet cut that.
5. The two coils have radical geometry and are wound radically (30%) different which is partly the reason for the excellent sounds, BUT .... despite unbalanced coils there is absolute Zero-Hum
6. Clean tones are surprisingly beautiful and come to the fore with the volume rolled back.
7. Gain and distortion sounds are exemplary, probably better than anything you've ever heard before because the tone still shines through the wall of sound.  Absolutely no mud!

Big Little Ripper with super bell cleans and wonderful depth-of-field (3D) performance.  Available now!

Like our Little Ripper Mini-bucker the Big Little Ripper really rips when you want it to, but with it's bright, chirpy, bell-like sound across all 6 strings it's mighty pretty down at clean room volume.  This is one dynamic and versatile humbucker with a single row of headless poles screws.

Both models are available in a wide variety of covers (Durable Black, buffed Nickel-Silver, closed-top and open-top with choice of Cream, Black and a range of decorative pearloid colors.  Check them all out in the Order Channel by clicking the blue BUY button top left.
 

Zero-Hum ..... and zero microphonic squeal.

 

Technical & Application Info

Our pickups are over engineered and designed carefully so that wax potting has no detrimental effect on sound.  All Kinman's are wax potted and you have the freedom to utterly saturated their sound in distortion without a hint of microphonic feedback.

• 53mm bridge pickups with vintage Stratocaster bridge
• 50mm bridge pickup for all other bridges -and- neck pickup with vintage Stratocaster bridge
• 47.5mm neck pickup with all other bridges.  Has our exclusive CLC technology that restores the performance that is lost when poles are spaced closer together.

Mounting hardware (included)

• Two 3-48 UNC mounting screws.  Phillips drive in a domed head.  Can be driven into cavity floor or suspended on a Ring or pickguard.
• Silicon rubber tube springs.

Optional mounting hardware

• Three screw mounting for precise control over tilt and slant.   8mm between the two screws on the bass side.

Hook-up wires

• Robust single wires for soldering, requires effective shielding in wiring tunnels to prevent electrical buzz
• More than 3 single wires for multi-sound versions
• 2 or 3 conductor shielded cable to facilitate phase reversing of non-splitting versions.  Wiring tunnel shielding not required
• All the above with or without Kinman Harness Plugs

Connection means

• For soldering
• Plug for Kinman Goodbye Soldering harness

Cover options

• Hand buffed Nickel-Silver.  Best sonic performance and immunity to feedback screech.  Suitable for relic-ing and deliberate aging
  • Will lose it's mirror-like polish naturally in a few months unless you maintain it with occasional application of clear liquid guitar polish.
• Durable Black.  Low maintenance, easy to keep clean and extremely resistant to scratching.
• With and without Kinman logo
• Is suitable for standard humbucker mounting rings

Pot & Capacitor values

• Best with 500k but works almost as well with 250k and has more sonic substance. 
• Tone pot is usually the same value as the volume but can be 1meg or No-Load.
• Normal tone cap value of 0.022uF, 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester (a green Orange Drop).  Smaller uF value lessen the severity of Treble cut, higher values increase it.
  • The voltage rating of Caps is not important but 63 ~ 100 volt have thicker lead wires that are easier to work with.

Output Polarity: 

• in-phase with all other Kinman pickups
• in-phase with Gibson and Copy humbuckers
• opposite phase to Fender Strat
• phase reversible when ordered with 3 conductor hook-up cable/wires

We highly recommend consulting the Install Guide in the Technical section even if you think you know it all.  Kinmans' require some specialized knowledge and sometimes there is updated info.  There is also a handy wiring diagram available with extra functionality switching options.

We also highly recommend consulting the Adjust & Set-up page in the Technical section so you get the best out of your Kinman pickups.