Gilmour Set

The desirable Black Stratocaster* has sold for $5.7M

You can expect non-aged sound with Zero-Hum, longer sustain, minimized fret buzz and sound you'll love because it a Zero-Hum replication of your guitar God's sound, DG.

News flash Apr-2021: Now with our new Synergy baseplate that allows switching off Hum Cancelling as well as switching to 'Synergy' mode for those that think hum is part of Fender sound.  Even with hum they still sound better than ordinary pickups.

 Non-noiseless pickups in the Black Strat in 1979 were custom wound Seymour Duncan SSL1C bridge pickup (forerunner to current SSL5), Fender '71 neck and middle (source http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=66)

NOTE: It appears Fender disregarded the above info in their Gilmour TRIBUTE Black Strat which has a set of three Fender Fat 50's (non-noiseless).  

Our boxed set comprises Texas Jalapeno Extra (new version added 9-Mar-2020) bridge with Impersonator E56 middle and neck which is closer to the pickups of 1979.  We changed the bridge from Impersonator Fat 50 to Texas Jalapeno circa June-2019.  Include our K7 Goodbye Soldering Harness and you'll also have David Gilmours wiring mod which gives you an intense Telecaster funky c-lunky sound when mixing the bridge and neck pickups. 

These pickups will deliver the sound you want with all the amazing benefits that only Kinman can offer.  For a start our low strength Alnico rod magnets promote sustain by reducing magnetic string pull -and- simultaneously reducing string crash which also shortens sustain by robbing energy from the vibrating strings when they crash into the frets.  This also makes the sound cleaner with less buzz and clatter.  And the best of all is Zero-Hum (noiseless).  These are the reasons Kinman Strat pickups are the Pure Musical Energy pickups.

It must be borne in mind that our pickups are versatile and under different amplification environments and in the hands of different artists can deliver a wide range of sounds and that's the reason you'll see the same models included in various different Artist sets.

This set is our take on the Artists sound and is not intended to infer the artist uses these pickups. although some do.

Signal chain requirements for best tone and dynamic performance:   Like any pickup it's not a bad idea to use a low capacitance cable to get the incredible performance of these pickups and hear all the nuances you and your guitar can muster.  Learn why here Any old cable won't do.

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

*Stratocaster and Strat* are a Trade Marks of Fender Musical Instrument Corp.  Kinman is not connected to Fender.

** Alnico-K is a unique proprietary rod magnet developed by Kinman in 1985.  It 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.