Here are some nice things magazines and people have said about my pickups:
User and Endorser List (below)
- Independant by Alan Ratcliffe (Author of The Electric Guitar Handbook)
- 'FOR: Classic Tele tone, no noise. AGAINST: Nothin, these are the daddies'
- Guitarist Magazine (UK) April '99 Including Audio!
'As someone who's probably tried every set of replacement Strat pickups on the market, I'd say these are my favourites.' - The ToneQuest Report
Links to Kinman postings on various discussion sites:
- Fender Forum : Click 'Search Word', type 'Kinman', hit 'Search'
Other famous players who enjoy using Kinman AVn pickups include:
Brad Paisley AVn-48b & AVn-56
Rob Harris [Jamiroquai] Unknown
Scott Henderson AVn-56 Mk-II x 3
Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Woodstock Regular set
Nick Moroch Traditional Mk-II
Mirko van Stiphaut (The family Popolski -Germany) Woodstock plus, 60's Custom Tele set
Kyoji Yamamoto (Japan) Woodstock set, Woodstock PLUS set, Blues set
Prince ( AVn-62 Mk-1 )
Sean Weaver Blues set
Bonnie Raitt , Blues set
Gary Moore , Woodstock Regular set
Bo Winberg of the Spotnicks (Sweden) FV-HMS
Guthrie Govan (ASIA), Blues set
Keith Airey (Tom Jones') Blues set
Jan Akkerman , AVn-62
David Crosby (CSNY)
David Rhodes of Peter Gabriel
Mick Box (Uria Heap) Blues set
John Sheldon (songwriter to James Taylor)
Miles Joseph , (Albert King, Luther Allison, Player Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Natalie Cole, Joe Sample/Steve Gadd and the Soul Committee) Blues set
Lou Toomey (Faith Hill) Traditional set
Joe Cook (Chris Cagle) Traditional set
Peter Tork (Monkees) Blues set
Ross Bolton (Al Jarreau) Blues set
Rick Berthod , Blues set
John Ussery , Traditional set
Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)
Otis Grand
Anthony Drennan (The Corrs & Genesis) Traditional set. Blues set, Broadcaster set
Zoe McCulloch, Hank Marvin series
Jackson Brown , Hank Marvin CV-HMS set
Matilda, Hank Marvin FV-HMS
Ewan MacKenzie , Hank Marvin CV-HMS set
Wayne Wesley Johnson Traditional set, Blues set, Classic set, HMS
Michael Thompson , Blues set
John Farrar , (ex Shadows, ex Strangers)
Ant Glynne (demonstrator Marshall amplifiers), Blues set
Terje Rypdal , Blues set
Ray Floyd , Blues set/ FV-HMS
Andrew Farnham , Blues set
Jackson Smith (Karen Elson band / Patti Smith band) Broadcaster set / Inaugural P-90 Hx set
Jason Crigler of Lackawanna, Broadcaster set
Ken (L'Arc~en~Ciel) Japan - Woodstock Regular
and more being added to the list all the time...