The Bridge Blaster balances with a neck Humbucker.
Under the hood of a Bridge Blaster
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 bridge 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
The Bridge Blaster is one of the most awesome Tele bridge pickups ever conceived, the new Kick-in-the-Arse in 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.
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. Highly recommended. https://glendaleguitars.com/stainless-steel/
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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 & Feel
In case you forget.
Patents 7,022,909 & 8,791,351
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
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
Hook-up cables
Dimensions
Output Polarity
Pot & Capacitor values
Magnet spread
Magnet Staggers
Mounting hardware included
Covers
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.
