All new Gen-2 Tele neck pickup with it's new Nickel-Silver cover
The all NEW Gen-2 Impersonator 52n incorporates newly developed technology and specially made parts engineered to produce our first Tele neck pickup with loud Non-Aged-Sound. We recommend you switch to the Technical Tab to the right for important stuff you should know about this new model.
The sound it produces is non-aged, that means quite dynamic and alive. Behaves like a new non-noiseless pickup and tends to resist crunching too easily under heavy pick attack. Highs with a lot of presence, soft edged twangy midrange with highly prominent piano mid-tones and lovely deep bass .... and it's loud and punchy.
Excellent on-stage definition without having to play too loud. It will sound as good to your audience as it does to you whether it's soft, loud or distorted.
It 's got a far taller string sensing coil, longer magnets and Kinman's patented magnetic focusing technology which enables Non-Aged-Sound to be produced with enough volume to balance with the very loud Impersonator 52b bridge model too.
This pickup has Kinman's propriety Alnico-K low strength magnets, like all our Fender type pickups so string pull and Strat-itis pitch warble is minimized and sustain is longer since there is less rattle and buzz from the strings crashing into the frets from excessive magnet pull.
Best in a Kinman TK3 or TK4 Goodbye-Soldering Harness.
Laser engraved stuff so you won't forget
Adjustment requirements
The Impersonator 52n has an advanced 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 cover with string pressed onto the 12th fret (or not so close if the strings strike the cover).
Please refer to >(main) Technical >Adjust & Setup
Cavity depth required
Connection means available
Hook-up cable
Dimensions
Output Polarity:
Pot & Capacitor values
Magnet spread
Magnet Staggers
Mounting hardware included
Cover
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.
** Alnico-K is a unique proprietary Alnico 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 Telecaster and Tele 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 reference our products.
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