Kinman Impersonators

jaymenon

After having recently played a strat with good old fashioned single coil pickups - I have this fancy for a conventional strat.

But I do find myself wondering...

Kinman's latest claim is that with the 'Impersonator' pickup they have  finally nailed the sound of a genuine single coil.  They call it 'non-aged sound' (but then a few years ago, they claimed fully authentic single coil sound with their AvN Traditional series of pickups)

Has anyone actually played a set of Impersonators? Are they really as authentic as a 'proper' single coil?

The attractions for me are
1. The graduated pole spacing (52.5mm bridge, 51mm middle and 49.5mm neck that ensure proper string-to-polepiece alignment
2. an improved magnet stagger (the elevated G string magnet is of course obsolete)

Expert first-hand opinions deeply appreciated...

p90fool

Would you take the word of a company who have just admitted they've been lying to you for years? 

It's possible that they really have nailed a true single coil sound at last, but definitely try before you buy, preferably alongside a good proper Strat. 

ToneControl

p90fool said:

Would you take the word of a company who have just admitted they've been lying to you for years? 

It's possible that they really have nailed a true single coil sound at last, but definitely try before you buy, preferably alongside a good proper Strat. 

a bit harsh surely?

fields5069

If the AVNs were Mike Yarwood, maybe these new babies are the Steve Coogan of single-coil-emulating pickups!?