Kinman PAF Plus Humbucker

PAF+ ..... improved Tone / Definition / Clarity & 3D sound (7.5k)












The '57 legend that started the whole humbucker thing.




Expression is the 3rd Dimension
A much improved PAF which works better in the neck position than conventional humbuckers and is excellent for the bridge position too if you want less dirty growl and grind than a regular humbucker. Featuring vastly improved Tone / definition / clarity on the wound strings with minimum blurring from the low notes in the neck position, thanks to Kinman’s Triple Alnico Tone advantage. The neck position has well defined and clear low notes that have a strong hint of twang and a good dose of piano tones in the mids.
Split single coil sound is the secret weapon of the PAF+, very strong and Strat-like with almost the same loudness as the non-split mode. Also noticeably less hum than regular humbuckers.
Recommend mainly for the neck position paired with a PAF Astound or PAF 59LPS in the bridge. We refer to the PAF Astound paired with PAF+ as the PAF Suite.
Kinman humbuckers with advanced magnetic circuit technology will take you where no other humbucker can take you …. on a journey into expressive sonic dimensions and tonal Nirvana.

High Expression factor
Highly convincing split single coil sound
Totally immune to microphonic screech.
Absolutely Zero-Hum (more silent than regular humbuckers)

Patent number 8,791,351 B2
Kinman Humbuckers can be ordered with the optional 2 wire and 5 wire Gibson Quick Connect circuit board connectors shown below. Check inside the control cavity. More connection options below.








Number of parts in this pickup: 46 Number of parts in normal pickup: 24

Technical & Application info:








The Baseplate is laser engraved with all Identity info and unique Serial number.




Kinman humbuckers with advanced magnetic circuit technology will take you where no other humbucker can take you …. on a journey into expressive sonic dimensions.
The neck pickup in the PAF Suite.
There are countless PAF copies available so I wanted to do something different …. an improved PAF by accenting the best characteristics of the classic PAF sound. This is the Kinman version of the classic PAF vintage Humbucker with Kinman's Triple Alnico Tone advantage.
Remarkable for it’s piano-like mid tones, increased touch sensitivity and dynamic response which are vastly improved compared to a vintage PAF style humbucker. Also it has better midrange detail and noticeably sweeter highs.
It growls when pushed on the wound strings in the bridge position and sings sweetly on the plain strings with an intense harmonic bloom. Plain strings sound better than they do with conventional PAF style humbuckers even though these are quite powerful.
Recommended for Neck position, also the Bridge position with a Kinman Extra Vintage or P90-Bucker in the neck position for a nice and sweet both-on-together sound and is great for both neck and bridge positions on Arch-top Jazz guitars too. Noticeably better than any conventional humbucker in the neck position which have the usual characteristic of tending to be woofy & mushy with a big lack of definition of the wound strings.
Direct replacement for conventional humbuckers.
Hook-up cable

Can be split so has a 3 conductor hook-up cable.
4 conductor cabling for Series, Parallel and Split upon request.

Connection means available

Bare wires for soldering.
Kinman connectors for plugging into any Kinman Goodbye-Soldering Harness.- including the 2 pickup KHP-90 for Gibson style guitars.
Gibson 2 wire & 5 wire Quick Connect circuit board connector shown below.









Number of parts in this pickup: 46
Output Polarity:

in-phase with Gibson and Copy humbuckers
in-phase with all other Kinman pickups
opposite phase to Fender Strat

Pot & Capacitor values

Best with 500k Ohm for Volume & Tone. Many Gibson's have 300k which makes a darker, less dynamic sound.
Normal tone cap value of 0.022µF in 63 ~ 100 volt Polyester. Smaller value lessen the severity of Treble cut, higher values increase it.

Pole spreads

50mm for all applications except the bridge position of a Strat with vintage 6 point bridge and saddle spread of 56.4mm as well as bridge position in other guitars with a bridge saddle spread less than 54mm.
53mm for bridge position in Strats with a genuine vintage 6 point bridge, saddle spread of 56.4mm.

Mounting options

conventional 2 screws mounting,
also available with 3 screw mounting (you specify the distance between the two top screws)

Covers and colors

Open and Closed top Natural Nickel-Silver, Kin-Chrome and Gold plated covers. Our exclusive Kin-Chrome covers have Zero impact on sonic performance (a world first)
Open top Natural Nickel-Silver, Kin-Chrome or Gold covers
Various colored top plates are available for open top covers (Black, Cream, White, Blue & Green).
Kinman humbuckers are engineered differently without molded plastic bobbins. Removing covers will not reveal bobbins and we advise against it.




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