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The Scoop ..... deeply scooped midrange sounds from the 70's


Mid 70's Big Headstock Stratocaster

 

The Scoop - a Gen-2 Kinman pickup





 

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The Scoop with Kinman's Gen-2 technology

Frequently seen Forum comment “Noiseless Strat pickups sound different to genuine single coils”  Until recently that did have an element of truth in it, but not anymore.

Here is The Scoop, it uses our remarkable Gen-2  technology to give you the same sound as a mid 70's Fender pickup which is an astounding achievement for a noiseless Strat pickup.

Recommended for clean to distortion Strat* sounds.  Richie Blackmore and some John Mayer sounds too.

Outstanding characteristics:  Much the same as the Big Dipper neck from Fender and Duncan.  Deeply scooped lower midrange, purity of highs, less aggression that all other Strat models so the sound is very smooth.  Resists crunching at clean loud room volume.  Due to milder attack the plain strings in particular sound extremely sweet and pretty, light and very open, almost acoustic, natural and transparent.  The wound strings have deeply scooped midrange, not much of piano mid-tones or sharp attack and have a deeper bass than most Stratocaster pickups.

Additional benefits:  There is a whole lot less magnetic string pull than regular Strat pickups so consequently there is no Strat-itis pitch warbling and string crash, just pure sustaining musical energy like you've never heard before (unless you already have Kinman Gen-2 pickups).  Balanced G-3rd string loudness.  Position 2 & 4 produces a milder version of Knopfler-esque sounds in a set of 3.  You will get Zero-Hum, longer sustain, minimized fret buzz and quite pretty mid 70's non-aged sound with this pickup.  Balanced 3rd string loudness.

Waxing the Lyrical:  The name was chosen for it's sonic similarity to Fender’s mid 70's and Big-Dipper pickups.  The most acoustic, natural sounding Strat model we make.  Softer attack and the strings can be pounded and the sound won’t crunch naturally.  This could not be achieved with conventional noiseless technology, it took several revolutionary technologies that were pioneered, invented and Patented by Kinman. 

Signal chain requirementsAny old cable won't doAs with any pickup it's a good idea to use a low capacitance cable to get the maximum incredible performance of this pickup.

Comparison to othersThe Impersonator A69 has less scoop, a tad more volume, snap and dynamic response.  Choose an Impersonator E69 bridge pickup if you want a balanced bridge sound or the Mayer set which is fully graduated with 3 different models from bridge to neck.

Tech stuffThe Gen-2 models have taller magnets and taller coil with  Kinman's patented magnetic focusing device incorporated.  In concert with a squashed 600 Ohm hum-sensing coil all these new features produces non-aged sound.  As of 10-Sep-2018 the pickups that have narrow and intermediate magnet spreads incorporate our new Gen-2+ technology which restores the slight but noticeable loss of attack & presence when the magnets are placed closer together to align with strings off a narrow spaced twin Pivot bridge.  More technical info below.

Works well in any Kinman Goodbye-Soldering Harness.

Signal chain requirements for best tone:   As with ALL passive pickups it is a good plan to use a low capacitance cable to get the incredible Tone and dynamic performance of these pickups.  Learn why here Any old cable won't do.

 

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


Technical & Application info:


Under the Hood of The Scoop you can see the taller upper coil and the squashed lower 600 Ohm Hum sensor.  What you can't see is our patented Magnetic Focusing device inside the tall coil.

 

 

The Scoop - specification nomenclature

US Patents  5,668,520    6,103,986    8,791,351

Introduced Dec-2014

To cancel hum we added a sonically transparent 600 ohm Hum Sensor coil to the bottom of the pickup which is designed with a low profile coil so it doesn’t make the pickup too tall.  This Hum Sensor is extremely efficient and uses big wire and low turns count to minimize capacitance so it has no impact on the string signal as it passes through.  The Hum Sensor is so transparent it can be disconnected without causing any change to the sound of the pickup (except it will have hum of course).  Additionally, the low profile Hum Sensing bobbin allows us to make a taller string sensor which in turn and in combination with a Patented magnetic invention allows the pickup to produce non-aged sound.  That is ….. bright and sparkly with varying degrees of mid scoop just like the best Strat pickups of yesteryear when they were brand new.

Kinman, like no other noiseless Strat pickup, has broken through the compression / transparency barrier.  Now you can compare Apples with hum to Apples without hum.  Introducing the new T-100 Generation-2 hum cancelling Stratocaster pickups, the world’s first non-aged hum-cancelling Strat pickup.  T is for Triumph and 100 is 100% single coil sound.  This new model represents a major milestone in the evolution of Fender type pickups as it has taken about 26 years of inventive thinking to achieve. The Kinman P-90 Hx and this new model re-affirms Kinman as the King of noiseless.

Mixing and matching with other Strat pickups: Some players will love The Scoop in all 3 positions (bridge, middle and neck) to get nicely balanced authentic vintage sounds from all 5 positions.  The new Impersonator A56  makes a good companion bridge pickup and pos 2 is reasonable authentic Knopfler-esque.  But if you prefer an even hotter bridge pickup the Impersonator Fat 50 bridge pickup is powerful, sweet, thick and loud, a great companion at the bridge if growl is your thing.  Position 2 sound is not authentic Knopfler-esque but sound great anyway with a lot of retained attack.

How does it compare to the Traditional Mk-III set?  The Trad Mk-III has aged sound which means more midrange content (less scooped), less brilliant highs and compresses (crunches) when picked hard. The Scoop has non-aged sound and therefore has highly scooped mids, brilliant highs and like a new pickup does not compress / crunch when picked hard.

Covers

  • Standard Kinman cover without height extender bushings included
  • Available in White, Black, Aged White.
  • With and without Kinman logo.
  • Can be tinted with food stains such as Coffee and Tea.
  • Generic covers will not fit Kinman Strat pickups.  We sell replacement covers in these three colors.

Connection means available

  • Bare wires for soldering.
  • Kinman connectors for plugging into any Kinman Goodbye-Soldering Harness.

Dimensions

Pot & Capacitor values

  • Best with 250k Ohm (measured minimum) volume pot.  Less punch and more bright with 500k.
  • Tone pot is usually the same value as the volume but for a little more top end brightness can be 500k, 1meg or a No-Load.
  • Stock pots can actually measure as low as 175k.  Pots in our Goodbye-Soldering Harness are guaranteed to measure no less that 250k.
  • Normal tone cap value of 0.022uF, 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester.  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 result in a neater job.

Magnet spreads we normally ship (ensures magnets align with the strings in each position)

  • Narrow 49.5mm
  • Intermediate 51mm
  • Standard 52.5mm
  • Option to specify your magnet spreads of sets and singles in our 'After-Order Supplementary Questions' email we send you.

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 14" ~ 20" for specific compound radius fretboards (Warmoth 10 ~ 16 inch and Post 2010 Fender Deluxe 9 ~ 14")
  • Option to choose your magnet stagger for sets and singles in our 'After-Payment Supplementary Questions' email we send you.

Hook-up cable

  • 2 conductor shielded is standard.  Cut generously longer than necessary for the 3 stock Strat positions.
  • Middle pickups when supplied with a K9 or TK4 harness have 3 conductor shielded.
  • 3 conductor by request with Order.
  • Custom lengths by request with Order.

Output Polarity: 

  • in-phase with Gibson and Copy humbuckers
  • in-phase with all other Kinman pickups
  • opposite phase to Fender Strat

Mounting hardware included

  • 2 Pan head mounting screws.
  • 2 Silicon Rubber tube springs.

Covers

  • Standard Kinman cover without height extender bushings. 
  • Available in White, Black, Aged White, Cream and Mint.
  • With and without Kinman logo.
  • Generic covers will not fit Kinman Strat pickups.  We sell replacement covers in five colors.

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.  There is also a handy wiring diagram available.

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

** Alnico-K is a unique proprietary Alnico 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 and Stratocaster and Strat 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 reference our products.