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Gold Foil Soapbar ..... SLIDE Players Nirvana

Gold Foil Classic

Expression is the 3^rd Dimension

News flash: No more routing cavity floors, the new shorter Gen-3 version has arrived and fits most P-90 guitars, the exceptions are those with cavities like this.  Same sound, same performance as the original Gen-2.

Kinman's Gold Foil Soapbar delivers slide players Nirvana, great slide tone without mains hum.  Our Gold Foil is more versatile too because it fits guitars with existing P-90.  Kinman solved two problems at once.

Open, clean sound with a little bit of attack-bark, our Gold Foils are particularly good for slide guitar.  Extremely responsive but less aggressive than our other P-90's. 

We make our Gold Foil 90 Hx in two versions

• Gold Foil has clean sound with a tasteful amount of woody bark for beyond excellent on-stage definition.  Preferred for the neck position but also works in the bridge.
• Gold Foil Heavy sounds even more woody, similar to the Supro / Valco / National pickup.  Preferred for the Bridge positions but also good in the neck.

The Kinman Gold Foil 90 Hx fit's into guitars that already have P-90s and is interchangeable with them (see Cavity depth below).  That means you are not stuck with one sound, you can swap with any of the 8 P-90 Hx models and transform your guitar into a completely different TONE monster.  With this kind of versatility your guitar can sound like it has Humbuckers (Nasty 90 Heavy) through a range of 8 different sounds to a Jazzmaster (580 Alnico Staple) and 6 terrific sounds in-between these two extremes.

And our Gold Foils don't do this weird thing as most other GF's do >>>The one weird thing

NOTE, this model can be ordered with a range of decorative and regular Soapbar covers so the price is basic and the decorative covers carry an upcharge.

The Kinman Gold Foil 90 Hx is a Zero Hum Gold Foil pickup in a P-90 Soapbar cover.  It is a specially configured version of our acclaimed P-90 Hx to produce the sound of a Tiesco Gold Foil pickup minus 50/60Hz mains hum.  Like our other P-90 models it has amazing extended dynamic range for more expression.

Introduced Sept-14

Technical & Application info:

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

Number of parts in this pickup: 208
Number of parts in normal pickup: 13
Number of parts in other brand noiseless: Kinman has the only noiseless Gold Foil

Installation

Consider including our optional non-magnetic mounting plate kit, it makes install fast n easy because you don't have to drill holes in the precise position for the pickups mounting screws in the cavity floor.  Do NOT use original Gibson mounting plates, being magnetic will dramatically compromise the hum cancelling ability of the P-90 Hx.

Epiphones

Kinman’s will bring your Epiphone to life because they achieve the maximum sonic potential of the guitar, and are easier to install than practically all other brands too because of our Easy Install Kit for f-hole guitars.  Comprehensive, easy to do step-by-step instructions provided.  Refer to the Overview Tab >Epiphone f-hole talk.  More in Pole Spreads, next item ....

Connections

• Bare wires for soldering.
• Kinman connectors for plugging into a Kinman Strat, Tele or KHP-90 No-Soldering harness.
• Gibson 2 wire & 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
• Fender pickups have opposite output polarity so consider Kinman's Strat models which have same output polarity.

Pot & Capacitor values

• Best with 500k Ohm for Volume.  Many Gibson's have 300k which makes a darker, less dynamic sound.
• Normal Tone pot is 500k however to maximize clarity use a No-Load or alternatively a 1 Meg Ohm tone pot.
• Normal tone cap value of 0.022µF in 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester.  Smaller value lessen the severity of Treble cut, higher values increase it.

Cavity depth

• No need to deepen the pickup cavity in ANY guitar that has flat bottom cavities for P-90's.  Click Install Requirements to discover requirements for pickup cavity.
• Click this for the Install requirements for the original version, now discontinued.

Pole spreads

• 53mm pole spread for bridge position of Stratocasters or with any bridge having saddle spread of 54+mm.
• 50mm for Gibsons or bridges having saddle spread of 50mm ~ 54mm.
• 47.5mm for neck position of Epiphones (NOTE: not all Epiphones have 47.5mm neck pole spread, please measure it).

Hook-up cable

• The P-90 Hx has 2 conductor cable.  3 conductor optional.
• Length is 380mm / 15".

Mounting hardware

• 2 Long mounting screws.
• 2 Silicon Rubber tube springs.
• handy drill guide template for positioning the screw holes in the virgin floor of the pickup cavity of a project guitar or guitars with freshly deepened cavities.
• OPTIONAL extra:  Soapbar cavity mounting plate, including all screws and springs.  It's non-magnetic and won't interfere with hum cancellation.
• OPTIONAL extra:  Bracket for mounting under Dog-Ear covers in Arch-top f-hole guitars.  It's non-magnetic and won't interfere with hum cancellation.

Covers

• Gibson replica Nickel-Silver Soapbar covers in 47.5mm, 50 and 53mm.
• Gibson replica and generic Plastic Soapbar cover available for 47.5mm, 50 and 53mm pole spreads available in Black & Cream only.
• Plastic generic Soapbar covers with 50mm pole spread available in White, Black, Cream and Chrome.
• Dog-Ear covers (Nickel-Silver) with hole spread of 50mm & 47.5mm to suit Epiphones.

• Dog-Ear covers (Nickel-Silver) with hole spread of 50mm & 47.5mm to suit Epiphones (USA and Chinese) 
• Soapbar covers with 53mm pole spread for bridge position in Stratocasters, available in Black & Cream only.
• Soapbar covers with 50mm pole spread available in White, Black, Cream and Chrome.
• Soapbar cover available for 47.5mm pole spreads available in Black & Cream only.
• Transparent 50mm Soapbar covers with decorative top plates available as displayed below ...