7 sounds for Stratocaster* (3 single coils -or- non splitting humbuckers in HSS/HSH configuration)
Use this ORDER CHANNEL only if you are buying a harness without pickups. If you are ordering pickup(s) there is provision to include a harness (same price as displayed above) after you click the BUY button for your pickup(s). Generally this combination will not increase the cost of shipping.
Accepts non-Kinman pickups also. (Screw-Down connector block accepts bare wires as well as Kinman Harness Plugs)
Screw-Down connector block
A FREE high quality screw driver to tighten the small screws is included with your harness
Soldering is eliminated 100% with this ingenious harness even when other pickups are connected. Provides the optimum electrical environment which allows the pickups to develop their full sonic and feel potential.
The K7-Plus was introduced 2008, it comes with 7+ sound switching as standard. The K7 pot is the lower control that, in conjunction with the 5 pos switch, gives you 7+ (parallel) combinations of the 3 pickups, the extra sounds being similar but different to the normal position 2/4 sounds by mixing bridge and neck pickups. We think it's better than David Gilmour's mod which does it with a switch, our K7 control gradually blends for varying shades of the same sound. Click this link for the K7 sound switching chart
You can also get that much sought after Telecaster mid position funky sound by using the lower K7 Mix control in conjunction with a graduated set of pickups such as our Gilmour set. Read our Blog article There's Quack and there's Cluck ... and there's other C words
A mini-slide switch pre-selects which pickup (neck or bridge) is mixed to the output by the K7 control. This is the additional feature that distinguishes the K7 Plus from the original K7. Scroll down to see a picture of the K7 with it's 2 mini slide switches (on the upper edge).
The switching in the K7 Harness is eminently suited to clean playing so by inference is best suited to the Traditional Mk-IV and Gen-2 sets but will work equally well for all pickups that require a 250k volume pot. It works well for Distortion and overdrive too but the K9 Harness with the fat and gutsy series connections provides more overdrive options.
There are 2 capacitors that can be selected by a second mini slide switch mounted on the harness. Slide one direction to get Kinman's High Definition Tone control, or slide the opposite direction to get a regular tone control if you want normal extreme treble cut.
The volume pot has the famous Kinman treble bypass filter so you won't lose highs when you turn the volume down. Please read our Blog Article titled "Any old cable won't do" The Tone pot and the K7 mix pot are 500k No-Load type (without center detent) and the Volume pot measures 500k+. Another unique feature is the pots are user replaceable without soldering (in the rare event one needs to be replaced).
Kill switches can easily connect without soldering. Get your Kill switch here
When ordering any Kinman Stratocaster harness with or for a Converge-3 splitting humbucker we replace one of the existing controls with the Converge-3 splitting control, and the rotary part can be configured as a Volume control, a Tone control or a K7 Mix control while the Push switch splits the coils. And you get to choose which control is replaced so please state your preference in the Order Notes.
Shipped with pots set to normal torque but convert easily to Easy Turn pots (right hand only) for easy finger rolling (violinning), the Install Guide shows how. The Tone pot is the No-load type (without detent). The Volume pot for Strat pickups actually measures 250K.
NOTE-1: available for Right and Left hand
NOTE-2: The current version is suitable for rear routed control cavity (24th March '06). Click for K7 footprint template to see if it fits into the control cavity of your Non-Fender guitar.
* Fender and Stratocaster and Strat 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.
The K7 is a fully modular harness where all the parts plug together, eliminating soldering 100%
