Revised SCn to SCn PLUS 25-May-2025. One customer asked us to give the SCn bridge pickup more punch and output and after several experimental pickups with changes to the coils and a couple of engineering changes and hours of audio testing we settled on what we call the SCn PLUS and it does exactly what he asked for. We were so taken with this new version we decided to make it standard issue in the Blues PLUS set.
You can expect aged sound with Zero-Hum, longer sustain, minimized fret buzz and a thicker vintage sound with a lot of spank and punch.
SCn Plus is the bridge pickup in the Blues Plus set. The middle and neck pickups are AVn-62 Mk-I.
This pickup is designed especially for the bridge position for you if you like a bridge pickup that's significantly hotter than Vintage models. It delivers very smooth and creamy distortion, either natural overdrive or through FX without losing it's edge. Has prominent midrange presence, bright but not piercing trebles and rock solid bass strings response with a nice growl when you want it.
The SCn was designed to have just the right tone, attack and output level for the bridge position while retaining the most desirable essential characteristics of a regular single coil pickup. It can also be used, however, for the neck (or middle) position, clean or overdriven. If you like fat and bluesy 'direct to the amp overdrive' tone from those positions then you'll like the SCn and it's got none of the usual nasties that hot pickups have.
News flash Apr-2021: Now with our new Synergy baseplate that allows switching off Hum Cancelling as well as switching to 'Synergy' mode.
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.
Works well in any Kinman Goodbye-Soldering Harness.
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.
Under the hood of the SCn
SCn specification nomenclature.
US Patents 5,668,520 6,103,986
Covers - included
Connection means available
Dimensions
Pot & Capacitor values
Magnet spreads we normally ship (ensures magnets align with the strings in each position)
Magnet Staggers
Hook-up cable
Output Polarity:
Mounting hardware included
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.
Kinman Blues Set Pickups - 2004 Std. Strat
Blues set with Vintage Fuzz
