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Bridge Blaster (Gen-2) .... the name says it all

Brett belts it out	With a WR neck humbucker	Click to watch Country picking demo
	Soft, clean and PRETTY!!!

Designed especially for excellent volume balance with a neck Humbucker this Gen-2 ultra high output single pole bridge pickup with the thump and output level of a P-90 does just that.  Our new Tele Neck Blaster and our P90-Bucker are great companion neck pickups for this gutsy pickup.  Gen-2  is generation two, a new design utilizing our Patented magnetic focusing device that increases the efficiency of the coil.  It's a blast!!!

One customer from Texas recently wrote "These are off the chart excellent!! I've tried so many conventional and noiseless....I'm fortunate I did not give up the search for the best. My search is over with Kinman. In my humble personal observation, these are so good, I'm retro-fitting all my guitars with Kinman. Thanks a million for THE BEST pick-ups made!!! Ciao Terry

For a traditional twangy Tele sound choose our AVn-60b which is also very loud and works satisfactorily with vintage output neck humbuckers.  The Bridge Blaster is significantly louder and works better for medium output neck humbuckers as well as our new Tele Neck Blaster and the Texas Jalapeno Strat pickup.

The Bridge Blaster is the 2nd most awesome Tele bridge pickup ever conceived, the new Kick-in-the-Arse is the other one.  The outside appearance of a Telecaster bridge pickup with Alnico rod magnets and black twine coil wrap … but with more than a casual resemblance to a P-90.  Great for Telecasters with medium output neck Humbucker or P-90 because the output is balanced …. no more huge volume difference between neck and bridge pickups.  The Bridge Blaster is very sensitive to height adjustment and this allows it to balance with a wide range of humbuckers by adjusting it close to the strings for high output or away from the strings for lower output depending on the humbucker concerned.

With a whopping 7 Henry inductance and DC resistance of 12.5K ohms the Bridge Blaster has a similar thumping attack of a P-90 and surprisingly more than a hint of twang and Tele character. It's so sweet it could be used in Jazz at low volume.  But best of all is the HUGE output, about the same as a P-90 it will easily hold it’s own in competition with a P-90 or Humbucker in the neck position … now that’s powerful.

The Bridge Blaster is similar to a P-90 in several ways, similar slam dunk wall-of-sound attack, similar high output level.  The main difference is it does not have quite the high end juicy bloom/sizzle of a P-90 Hx.

Zero-Hum and wax potted for Zero microphonic screech.  However, be aware that magnetic steel bridges compromise the hum cancelling ability of our Tele bridge pickups.  The solution is a non-magnetic Stainless Steel bridge made by Glendale Guitars in Texas.  They make 4 different kinds of Tele bridge with various Cut-Aways designed for comfort.  https://glendaleguitars.com/stainless-steel/

Info about pot values and more in the section below.

This is one sweet but brutal pickup.  One of the amazing new generation hum-cancelling pickups coming from Kinman,

The KING of noiseless & the Prince of Expression

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

In case you forget.

 Patents 7,022,909  &  8,791,351

The Bridge Blaster requires no modification to the pickup cavity in your guitar.

Mixing and matching with other Tele pickups

The usual Tele neck pickups do not have enough power to balance with the Bridge Blaster, that is except for the Kinman Neck Blaster. 

Mixing with Humbuckers

Thanks to new technology this new Bridge Blaster model has such surprisingly high output it balances well with a PAF or Wide Range type neck humbucker.  500k is the best volume pot value for most humbuckers and the Bridge Blaster works ok with 500k, so it's not necessary to have different value pots.  The genuine Wide Range humbucker requires a 1Meg volume pot so an easy solution is to wire one end of a 1Meg fixed resistor from the switch terminal that is the hot for the bridge pickup and the other end of the resistor to ground.  This will resolve the resistance of the 1Meg volume pot to 500k when the bridge is selected.

Adjustment requirements

The Bridge Blaster has a our patented 'focused magnetic circuit' and needs to be adjusted close to the strings to get it's best performance. You can adjust the pickup as close as 1.5mm gap between bottom of E 6th and top of magnet with string pressed onto the 12th fret. It really cooks, is very loud and sounds similar to a P-90 .... that close.  The Bridge Blaster sounds best with a 250k volume pot and develops more high end sizzle and dynamics, more like real P-90.  It will work with a 500k volume pot but punch is compromised to a noticeable degree.

Also please refer to >Technical >Adjust & Setup

Connection means available

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

Hook-up cables

• Optional Teflon coated single wires for soldering.
• Custom lengths by request with Order.
• Optional 2 conductor shielded.  The 3 mounting screws provide a ground link to the bridge/strings.
• Available with Kinman Harness plug for connecting to any Kinman harness.
• NOTE: the 3 mounting screws provide grounding to the bridge & strings (like old fashioned Tele bridge pickups do).  However, unlike old fashioned Tele bridge pickup, when ordered with 3 conductor hook-ups the phase can be reversed.

Dimensions

• Click for dimensions page

Output Polarity

• Phase reversible when specified with 3 single hook-up wires so can adapt to any companion pickups.

Pot & Capacitor values

• Sound great with a 250k volume pot.  A 500k volume pot makes the sound slightly thinner, brighter and more twangy.
  • Our Goodbye-Soldering Harness can incorporate our Auto-Change device which provide both 250k and 500k for either neck or bridge or both.
• Tone pot is usually the same value as the volume but for a little more top end brightness can be a 500k No-Load.
• Volume pot value in our Gen-2 TK3 and TK4 Goodbye-Soldering Harness are guaranteed to measure no less that 250k and the incorporated slide switch changes the pot value from 250k to 500k.
• Normal tone cap value of 0.022uF in 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester.  Smaller value reduces the severity of Treble cut, larger values increase it.

Magnet spread

• Standard 55mm only

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' Compound Radius 9 ~ 14")
• Option to choose the magnet stagger of sets and singles in our 'After-Order Supplementary Questions' email we send you.

Mounting hardware included

• 3 Pan head mounting screws 6-32 UNC x 21mm
• 3 Silicon Rubber tube springs.

Covers

• Tele bridge pickups don't have covers, the top coil is bound with Black twine and wax potted for protection.
• Upon request we can fit a decorative top plate for a modest cost.  Available is Pearl White, Cream, Aged White, Green and Blue.
• With or without Kinman logo.

We highly recommend consulting the Install Guide in Tech Info 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 Tech Info so you get the best out of your Kinman pickups.