PAFoid N Plus
Sweet necklace…
Trademarks: Clean sound. Balanced spectrum. Very articulate.
Styles: Literally anything...
Output: Medium
Retail price starts at 120 Euros (without VAT) per pickup
This is our all-round, standard series PAFoid for the neck position, delivering a sound with distinctive bite, as many humbuckers of the end 50's era also have. The coils are unbalanced, with a deep offset. Available only in a wax-potted version and 49,2mm spacing, in open coil look (double black, zebra, or double ivory) or with a German silver cover.
Also available as a balanced coil version, called "N Plus (bal)" for Super Strats® (HH & HSH) guitars with 22 frets and as a special version, called "N Plus 24" (designed for 24 fret guitars) with a lower resonance frequency (5,5kHz).
Designed for the neck position.Recommended Combinations*:
1. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with GASlite 59 (middle position) and GASer (bridge position) on a HSH style guitar and you’ll get a set for 80s US metal and more
2. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with GASlite 61 (middle position) and GAStation (bridge position) on a HSH style guitar and you’ll get a versatile set for literally any style
3. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with GASparkle 61 (middle position) and PAFoid M (bridge position) on a HSH style guitar and you’ll get our set with the lowest output
4. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with PAFoid M (bridge position) on a HH (LP or ST) style guitar and you’ll get a typical PAFish oriented set, with very open sound, round on neck, twangy on bridge
5. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with GAStation (bridge position) on a HH (LP or ST) style guitar and you’ll get our bestseller Rockbucker set. Highly versatile, serving almost any style.
6. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with Flaming GAS (bridge position) on a HH (LP or ST) style guitar and you’ll get the typical early 80s Hard rock and heavy metal tone of the NWOBHM
7. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with GASer (bridge position) on a HH Power Strat® style guitar and you’ll get the typical US hard rock and metal tone of the 80's
8. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with GASholder (bridge position) on a HH Power Strat® style guitar and you’ll get a set with smoother attack on bridge, for post/stoner/grunge styles
9. Combine PAFoid N Plus (neck position) with GASer Plus A (bridge position) on a HH (ST or metal) style guitar and you’ll get a versatile, true power set for late 80s and contemporary metal styles
*Important Note: The final tonal result will be highly dependent on the user's guitarRdc range 7,5 kOhms Resonance frequency 6,0 kHz Bar magnet alloy A5-7 Pole screw alloy 1010 Slug alloy 1215 Coils winding Unbalanced Winding wire (AWG, Coating) 42 PVA Hookup wire 4 conductor -
Greek Blues rock slinger Billy Merziotis plays a Gary Moore classic with his LP equipped with a PAFoid N Plus / PAFoid M set
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Introduction
For the proper installation and wiring of your GAS Pickups, we strongly recommend letting a professional luthier or electrician perform this job in order for the pickups to be installed correctly and with no damage, which would harm the pickup’s functionality and warranty.
Delivery
All GAS Standard Humbuckers are delivered with proper height adjustment screws and springs. GAS Standard Humbuckers accept US 3-48 thread screws.
Wiring
GAS Standard full sized Humbuckers come with a four (+one bare) conductor hook-up wire. This will allow you to perform any desired connection (as coil split, out of phase, or series operation) on the same pickup, as well as with other humbuckers from any brand. Humbuckers have several metal parts that are grounded on the bare wire. Therefore, the bare wire always goes on ground.
The color code of a GAS standard humbucker is shown below.
For the desired wiring diagram of your guitar, please refer to the dozens of specialized websites with such diagrams, depending on the desired pickup configuration.
Pickup height or string distance
There is a lot of conversation on this item. The fact is, there is no absolute guidance for a generic pickup height adjustment! The distance of a pickup to the strings is dependent on countless factors, such as pickup output, pickup position, string gauge, the guitar itself, the guitarist’s overall playing technique (string hitting, etc.), and the musical styles that are about to be covered. In the case of a pickup set, usually the pickup height is adjusted so all pickups show a similar output level, but this is not a rule. Our recommendation: The desired pickup height adjustment is a procedure that may last longer than you think; just start with a generic distance of 2mm on the e strings and repeat the procedure (adjust, play, listen, re-adjust) until you are satisfied. Don’t forget to adjust in small steps (e.g., one full turn of the height adjustment screw each time) in order to easily come back one step if you are not happy with the new situation. And, trust us, if you just repeat the whole thing a couple of weeks later, you will probably find yourself re-adjusting the height again. It is something that each musician should go through by himself.
Dimensions
GAS Standard Humbuckers are direct replacements for usual humbucker models, that based on Gibson® humbuckers prototypes and similar models. The dimensions for GAS Standard full sized Humbuckers (with and without a pickup cover) and the GAS 4-connector wire color code are as follows (sizes in mm):
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Are GAS standard humbuckers available in multiple spacing versions?
Yes, they are available in 49,2 mm and 52 mm versions.
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Are GAS standard humbuckers available with 4-conductor hookup wire only?
It is the standard delivered form (except for the Karmabucker models, which are delivered with a single braided wire). Upon request, any standard humbucker can be delivered with a single braided hookup wire at exactly the same price.
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Can GAS standard humbuckers be placed directly on wood?
GAS standard humbuckers are delivered with proper height adjustment screws for placement on a pickup ring. If direct wood mounting is required, please let us know so we can deliver with proper screws.
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