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Nashville sets ..... TST or TSS


 

This page is for information only. 

Begin your order by adding a Tele bridge pickup to your CART and then click ADD ANOTHER PRODUCT and navigate to the Mixed Set of 2 Strat pickups Tab to add the middle and neck pickups.  Add them to CART and then click CHECKOUT to complete your order.

Also check out our Nashville TK7 & TK9 Goodbye Soldering Harness for 3 pickups.

Nashville set based on the super twangy 60's Custom set.

  • AVn-60b Gen-2 bridge
  • Impersonator E56 middle Strat
  • AVn-60n Gen-2 Tele neck -or- Impersonator E69 or Impersonator E56 Strat neck

Nashville set based on the Broadcaster set.

  • AVn-48b bridge
  • Impersonator E56
  • AVn-48n Gen-2 Tele neck -or- Impersonator E56 Strat neck

Nashville set based on the Impersonator 52b and two Strat pickups (Blackguard Tele sound)

  • Impersonator 52b (Tele bridge)
  • SCn middle (Strat )
  • AVn-52n Gen-2 (Tele neck) -or- AVn-59 neck (Strat)

Nashville set based on the Bridge Blaster and two Strat pickups (balls to the wall bridge & twangy middle / neck).

  • Bridge Blaster (Tele bridge)
  • Texas Jalapeno middle (Strat)
  • Tele Neck Blaster -or- Impersonator MV (Strat)

Check out our Nashville TK7 Goodbye Soldering Harness for 3 pickups.

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

** 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 Telecaster and Tele 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.

Technical & Application info:

Adjustment requirements

Please refer to >Technical >Adjust & Setup

Connection means available

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

Pot & Capacitor values

  • Plenty bright enough with a 250k volume pot.  Might be too bright with less punch in Teles with 1Meg or 500k pots.
  • Our Goodbye-Soldering Harness can be configured to provide both 250k and 500k for either neck or bridge or both.
  • 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 in 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester.  Smaller value reduces the severity of Treble cut, larger values increase it.

Magnet spread

  • Bridge 55mm (Standard)
  • Middle: choose Intermediate 51mm Strat magnet spread
  • Neck Strat: choose Narrow 49.5mm Strat magnet spread
  • Neck Tele: 50mm (Standard)

Hook-up cables

  • Cut generously longer than necessary for Telecasters.
  • Custom lengths by request with Order.
  • Bridge pickups have 2 conductor shielded. 
  • Neck pickup has 3 conductor shielded cable (OK for series connection of 4 pos switch -and- phase reversible -and- compatible with Fender's S1 harness).

Dimensions

Output Polarity: 

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

Mounting hardware included

  • 7 Pan head mounting screws 6-32 UNC x for bridge and Strat middle & Neck
  • 2 Pan head mounting screws 4-40 UNC x for Tele neck
  • 5 Silicon Rubber tube springs.

Covers

  • Tele bridge pickups don't have covers, the top coil is bound with black (or white) twine and wax potted for protection. 
  • Strat covers are molded plastic, available in various colors.
  • Tele Neck pickups have durable hand buffed Nickel-Silver cover
  • With and without Kinman logo.

We highly recommend consulting the Install Guide in Tech Info even if you think you know it all.  You'll get the most out of your Kinmans' with  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 Technical section so you get the best out of your Kinman pickups.