Kinman - FatMaster Bridge Pickup

Technical & Application info

Laser engraved identity nomenclature so you'll never forget, and it looks cool too.

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

US Patents 7,022,909 & 8,791,35

Kinman pickups for Jazzmaster are direct replacements and usually no modification to the guitar is required. 

Number of parts in this pickup: 28
Number of parts in regular single coil: 11
Number of parts in other brand noiseless: There are no other noiseless Jazzmaster pickups with Alnico rod magnets.  Kinman is the only one and that makes it the coolest Jazzmaster pickup available.

Pickup adjustment

As with all Kinman Gen-2 pickups they are very sensitive to height adjustment.  A good starting point so the basic SurfMasters (tapped coil) balance is with the two E strings fretted at the 15th fret, adjust as follows ... and after listening further adjust to your personal taste.

• bridge pickup so the string-to-magnet gap is 1.25mm for both E strings
• neck pickup so the string-to-magnet gap is 1.5mm for both E strings

Cavity depth

• 12mm (1/2') standard cavity depth, plenty of height adjustment.

Connection means available

• Single wires for soldering.
• also available with Kinman connectors for plugging into a Kinman Strat, Tele or KHP-90 Goodbye-Soldering Harness. 
  • We can make harness for some Jazzmasters upon request.

Hook-up wires

• 3 single hook-up wires, color coded and facilitates series switching as well as phase reversing. 
• Cut generously longer than necessary for the 2 stock Jazzmaster positions. neck 37cm & 32cm bridge.
• Custom lengths by request with Order.

Output Polarity: 

• Can be phase reversed to match that of any other pickup.

Pot & Capacitor values

• 500k Ohm or original Fender 1 Meg for Volume & Tone is recommended.  250k volume pot compromises the dynamic feel and limits high freqency response to an extent.
• Tone pot is usually the same value as the volume pot.
• Normal tone cap value of 0.022uF / 63 ~ 100 volt.  Smaller value lessen the severity of Treble cut and requires some experimentation.

Magnet spreads

• 52mm, 50mm & 47.5mm depending on type of bridge.
  • Narrow versions incorporate our unique Coil Spread Compensation Technology which restores performance lost when magnets are spaced closer together.

Magnet Staggers

• Suitable for Right and Left hand instruments (The Install Guide tells you how)
• Normal improved Stagger to suit 7-1/4' ~ 9-1/2' inch uniform radius fretboards.
• Flat Stagger for specific compound radius fretboards (eg Warmoth 10 ~ 16 inch compound and Fender Deluxe Compound Radius)
• Option to indicate your fretboard radius is in our 'After-Payment Additional Questions' email we send you.

Mounting hardware included

• Mounting hardware included

• We now include 2 different our own specially made mounting screws that suit Asian and American models. 
• 4 Silicon Rubber tube springs are included.

Covers

• Available in White, Parchment, Aged White & Black.
• With and without Kinman logo.
• Original Fender covers are suitable only for 52mm magnet spread, NOT for our 50mm and 47.5mm neck magnet spreads.
• Ask for bridge and neck with 52mm magnet spreads if you intend to fit Fender covers, but only for vintage bridges.
• Aged White and Cream covers without magnet holes are available on eBay.