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Extra Vintage ..... Articulate, Expressive, Defined (5.1k Ohms)

Gibson ES-335 - transformed by the Kinman Extra Vintage

Extra Vintage v2 (the v2 is louder and more silent than previous model - 25-Jan-2019)

Better than conventional humbuckers for the Neck position because of minimized blur and mush factor.  The 30% under-wound Extra Vintage has sweeter highs and more tone with detailed piano tones midrange than regular Vintage or PAF humbuckers, thanks to Kinman’s Triple Alnico Tone advantage.  Nicely touch sensitive and responsive expression.  Sweet brilliant highs and Pinch harmonics literally jump out. 

• High expression factor
• Totally immune to microphonic screech.
• Absolutely Zero-Hum (more silent than regular humbuckers)

Recommend mainly for the neck position paired with an Extra Vintage Astound in the bridge.  We do not recommend mixing with any of the PAF types because of the large volume difference.  If you want split single coil please consider the 2n1 Gen-2 which produces a great Fender sound.

Our Humbuckers cancel hum better than any other humbucker but there is another type of noise called 'buzz which can only be minimized by shielding the wiring cavities (refer to >Technical >Perfect Guitar >Shielding for newer guitars)

Introduced Dec-2011 \ Patent number 8,791,351

Kinman Humbuckers can be ordered with the optional 2 wire and 5 wire Gibson Quick Connect circuit board connectors shown below.  Check inside the control cavity.  More connection options below.

Number of parts in this pickup: 46
Number of parts in normal pickup: 24

Technical & Application info:

	The Baseplate is Laser engraved with all Identity info

Kinman humbuckers with advanced magnetic circuit technology will take you where no other humbucker can take you …. on a journey into another sonic dimension.

The neck pickup in the Extra Vintage Suite.

The Extra Vintage model has even more vintage flavor than a PAF.  The 30% under-wound Extra Vintage has sweeter highs and more detailed midrange tone than regular Vintage or PAF humbuckers thanks to the Triple Alnico Tone advantage.  Has some of the thwack factor of a P-90 thanks to improved attack.  Midrange honk has been reduced so the sound is remarkably fresh and open. It is also noticeably more touch sensitive and responsive.

It's a cleaner sound on the wound strings (less growl) in the bridge position and sings sweetly on the plain strings with a nice harmonic bloom.  The plain strings never sound offensive / harsh like they often do with conventional humbuckers.  High end harmonic clarity shines through heavy distortion which is not the case with conventional humbuckers.

Works better than conventional humbuckers in the neck position because of minimized woof and mush factor and is also good for the Bridge position.  A pair of Extra Vintage is highly recommended for Arch-top Jazz guitars since they produces a nice, sweet both-on-together sound and the bridge has a low growl factor.

Direct replacement for conventional humbuckers such as Gibson, Duncan etc.  Some guitars (a few Ibanez, some Fender Strat and one or two others) have pickups with excessively rounded corners.  If a pickguard is fitted (for example Fender Strat Deluxe) a small modification to the pickguard opening to accommodate a Kinman humbucker is well worth the effort since Kinman's sound so much better.  The cavity in the body is suitable as it is.

Split single coil is the Secondary coil, the one without adjustable screw poles or the one that's closest to the opposite pickup.

Hook-up cable

• Standard is 2 conductor shielded
• Not recommended but can be split so 3 conductor hook-up cable is optional upon request. See our 2n1 / Converge-3 ultimate splitting models.
• Phase reversing  can also be done with 3 conductor hook-up cable.
• Not recommended but 4 conductor cabling for Series, Parallel and Coil Splitting upon request at addidional cost.
• Neck 380mm / 15" long -and- Bridge 150mm /6" long for bridge.

Connection means available

• Bare wires for soldering.
• Kinman connectors for plugging into any Kinman Goodbye-Soldering Harness.- including the 2 pickup KHP-90 for Gibson style guitars.
• Gibson 2 wire and 5 wire Quick Connect circuit board connectors shown below.

Output Polarity: 

• in-phase with Gibson and Copy humbuckers
• in-phase with all other Kinman pickups
• opposite phase to Fender Strat
• Can be phase reversed by specifying 3 Conductopr Hook-Up cable when ordering

Pot & Capacitor values

• Best with 500k Ohm for Volume & Tone.  Many Gibson's have 300k which makes a darker, less dynamic sound.
• Normal tone cap value of 0.022µF in 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester.  Smaller value lessen the severity of Treble cut, higher values increase it.

Pole spreads

• 50mm for all applications except the bridge position of a Strat with vintage 6 point bridge and saddle spread of 56.4mm as well as bridge position in other guitars with a bridge saddle spread less than 54mm.
• 53mm for bridge position in Strats with a genuine vintage 6 point bridge, saddle spread of 56.4mm.

Covers and colors

• Open and Closed top Natural Nickel-Silver, Kin-Chrome and Gold plated covers.  Our exclusive Kin-Chrome covers have Zero impact on sonic performance (a world first)
• Open top Natural Nickel-Silver, Kin-Chrome or Gold covers
• Various colored top plates are available for open top covers (Black, Cream, White, Blue & Green).
• Kinman humbuckers are engineered differently without molded plastic bobbins.  Removing covers will not reveal bobbins and we advise against it.