Transform your Jazzmaster into THE MOST desirable guitar with these pickups. Watch the YouTube video and hear what Brett Kingman has to say about his FatMasters.
Now with reduced height for easy install into extra shallow cavities.
FatMaster: All the highs you'd ever want and the midrange is well balanced with the right amount of piano-mid-tone detail that delivers exceptional clarity and definition. Exceptional dynamic range (far more than a Strat pickup). The huge, lush bass end has a nice kick, some refer to as springy or bouncy sound courtesy of the huge dynamic range.
Our FatMaster is so close to an original Jazzmaster pickup it would be hard to pick the difference, certainly there is nothing missing which is is a huge hurrah for our advanced Zero-Hum technology.
Incorporating staggered Alnico-K** rod magnets the sound is alive with dynamic response and oozing with tone and harmonic nuances. The sweet treble tones have not been compromised by Kinman’s technically advanced patented 600 Ohm hum cancelling mechanism and are silky and sweet.
Middle switch position (matched set of FatMasters on together) delivers authentic both-on-together sound with a wonderfully intense hollow cluck.
UPDATE: 12-July-2018 A mixed set of 2 FatMasters should be composed of ....
The FatMaster Extra is a new model with improved balance with the neck pickup (tonally and loudness-wise) which means the matching neck pickup can be adjusted higher to get all of it's tone and both pickups have the same volume. Both-on-together sound is absolutely wonderful with an intense hollow cluck, a touch of twang and some nice attack. With nice touch sensitivity all 3 positions have an airy lightness and are nice to play.
We recommend buying a matched set of FatMaster Extra for the bridge and a FatMaster for the neck position and not mixing with other models.
The 6 rod magnets are Kinman's proprietary Alnico-k** magnets which deliver cleaner sound devoid of string crash and pitch warble. Supplied with your choice of White, Parchment or Black covers. Original Fender covers are generally not suitable should you want other colors but Aged White and Cream covers without magnet holes are available on eBay. Use a brad point drill bit to make the holes to suit the additional non-standard magnet spreads we offer.
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
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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 these are very sensitive to height adjustment. A good starting point, so the neck and bridge pickups balance, is with the two E strings fretted at the 15th fret, adjusted as follows ...
Cavity depth
Connection means available
Hook-up wires
Output Polarity
Pot & Capacitor values
Magnet spreads
Magnet Staggers
Mounting hardware included
Covers
We highly recommend consulting the Install Guide in Technical section even if you think you know it all. Kinmans' require specialized knowledge and sometimes there is updated info.
We also highly recommend consulting the Adjust & Set-up page under the Technical Stuff header so you get the best out of your Kinman pickups.
** Alnico-K is a unique proprietary 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 Jazzmaster 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 describe our products.
Watch Video demos
Tim Pearce's YouTube 'These Pickups Rule' - Kinman FatMaster
