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GAShopper N


A modern approach


Trademarks: Balanced spectrum. Round, articulate tone.

Styles: Modern prog styles, hard rock & metal

Output: Medium

Retail price starts at 120 Euros (without VAT) per pickup

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  • Our medium-output, modern-sounding neck humbucker. Balanced coils. Very open sound with nice upper midrange. GAShopper N offers a modern round sound, which is louder than PAFoid N Plus, but still very articulate. Matches well with almost any medium and higher output GAS humbucker on bridge position. Available in 49,2mm spacing in double black open coil look (zebra or double ivory look upon request) or with a German silver cover.

    Designed for the neck position.


    Recommended Combinations*:
    1. Combine GAShopper N (neck position) with GAShopper B (bridge position) on a HH Power Strat® style guitar and you’ll get a medium output modern humbucker set, very good for fusion and progressive styles
    2. Combine GAShopper N (neck position) with GAS Drax B (bridge position) on a HH (ST or metal) style guitar and you’ll get the Gus Drax favorite combination
    3. Combine GAShopper N (neck position) with Karmabucker (bridge position) on a HH (ST or metal) style guitar and you’ll get a perfect metal set for lower tuning settings
    4. Combine GAShopper N (neck position) with GASer Plus (bridge position) on a HH (ST or metal) style guitar and you’ll get a true metal set (suitable for death, black, speed etc.), perfect for lower tunings

    *Important Note: The final tonal result will be highly dependent on the user's guitar


  • Rdc range11,3 kOhms
    Resonance frequency5,4 kHz
    Bar magnet alloyA5c
    Pole screw alloy1018
    Slug alloy1215
    Coils windingBalanced
    Winding wire (AWG, Coating)43 Polysol
    Hookup wire4 conductor

  • Greek world class guitarist Gus Drax plays Guthrie Govan cover using a GAShopper N



    Nikos Arvanitis (Guitarspot.gr) demoes a GAShopper N / Gaser Plus set on a LP Std from 1979



    Yannis (GAS Pickups) shows some overdriven licks on GAShopper N and GASer



  • 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):

     






    • Yes, they are available in 49,2 mm and 52 mm versions.

    • 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.

    • 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.