$288.00 USD
Limited edition made in the Kinman Custom Shop
A well known American guitar maker asked us to create a high-performing 6 string Bass pickup and give it a unique sound as well as eye catching appearance. We came up with the Midas series ... and it hands the much vaunted 'Midas touch' right to your fingers.
All other brands are made to a convenient price to make them affordable to end users as well as provide a good profit margin to the maker. We threw that formula out the window and designed our Midas without cost saving shortcuts and you reap the rewards with their extraordinary performance.
This Magnum Opus model is packed with Kinman's advanced Technology and these deliver a sound unlike anything you've probably experience before. We have invented a unique new dimension in Bass sound, we call it Bass Presence ... and like presence from Fender guitar pickups it makes the sound stand out from the mix, giving it an unusual 3D quality that commands attention and it sound better than ordinary pickups on small speakers and even cell phones. But our Bass Presence is not in the treble range like guitar presence, it's in the middle midrange where it's most useful for bass and is produced by another of Kinman's patented inventions. These pickups are very versatile and our unique 'Q' control provides useful expanded sonic horizons.
Outstanding characteristics:
Mated to our K9 Goodbye Soldering Harness you'll experience a wide range of sounds. Especially lovable is the 'series' sound of the bridge and middle pickups, and another unique sound of 'series' bridge + middle connected in 'parallel' with the neck.
Available in 4, 5 and 6 string versions.
We have applied every trick in Boss Chris's huge box of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical design innovations and it's this engineering know-how that makes the Kinman Midas one magical pickup, it stands head and shoulders above any known bass pickup. Designed especially for home builders and pro guitar makers who want something outstanding to elevate their creations from the ordinary to the extraordinary, visually and sonically.
Crafted Excellence, Unrivaled Silence, Un-equaled TONE - Kinman Leads the Way.
And here they are in a Custom Built short-scale 6 string bass being enjoy by the customer, who says ...
"Sound is great! The really good news is that as far as a very playable 6 string short scale with a unique tone you have hit the mark. Nice work Chris!"
The eye-catching multi-functional baseplate with it's unique serial number
And here they are in a Custom Built short-scale 6 string bass being enjoy by the customer, who says ...
"Sound is great! The really good news is that as far as a very playable 6 string short scale with a unique tone you have hit the mark. Nice work Chris!"
Helpful stuff
CAD/CAM (DXF) files are available for routing cavities or openings in pickguards
Inclusions
Magnet spreads
Magnet Stagger
Dimensions
Pot values
Technologies
Electrical performance
Mounting hardware
Covers
Some people will call these noiseless Bass pickups but Kinman prefers to describe them correctly as Zero-Hum Bass pickups. That's because there are 2 types of noise, Hum which is cancelled in the pickup and Buzz which can be minimized only by shielding the wiring cavities (refer to >Technical >Perfect Guitar >
