Technical information and options

• Optional two or three mounting screws for control over height, tilt and slant adjustments for optimum performance.
• Optional Kinman Universal Soapbar cover for Gibson guitars -or- Korean Generic cover for other brands
• Optional Non-Magnetic mounting plate is designed to accept 2 or 3 mounting screws.

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 cavity floors.  Do NOT use original Gibson mounting plates, being magnetic will dramatically compromise the hum cancelling ability of the P-90 Hx.

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

• Pots values are not hard n fast recommendations, most Kinman pickups are very tolerant and sound fine with 250k and 500k with not a huge difference in sonic character.  But generally the higher the value the more emphasis on the trebles.  Changing pickups is something of an adventure to be explored so if you feel so inclined try different values (250k and 500K) and see what happens.
• 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.  We prefer smaller values which lessen the severity of Treble cut, higher values increase it so again we encourage you to experiment.

Cavity depth

• No need to deepen the pickup cavity in ANY guitar that has normal cavities for P-90's. 

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 Gibsons and Epiphones.  Assures perfect string-over-magnet alignment.

Covers

• Kinman Universal Soapbar covers in genuine Gibson Cream, Warm White, Aged White, Black and Nickel-Silver suitable for all 3 pole spreads.
• Generic Korean covers
  • 53mm pole spread for bridge position in Stratocasters Cream and Black only.
  • 50mm pole spread available in White, Black, Cream and Chrome.
  • 47.5mm pole spreads available in Black & Cream only.

• Not suitable for Dog-Ear covers

Hook-up cable

• The Budget P90-Bucker Soapbar has 2 conductor cable. 3 conductor optional.
• Length is 380mm / 15".

Mounting hardware

• 2 or 3 Long 3-48 UNC mounting screws, Phillips drive.
• 2 or 3 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:  Soap-bar cavity mounting plate, including all screws and springs.  It's non-magnetic and won't interfere with hum cancellation.

Our Soapbar Twang-Bucker sounds identical to the regular Twang-Bucker in the two demos below.

Our Soapbar P90-Bucker sounds identical to the regular P90-Buckers in the two demos below.