GAStation
PAF goes high.
Trademarks: Enhanced midrange. Hot PAFish tone.
Styles: Blues, Rock, Hard rock, early 80's hard rock/metal
Output: Medium - High
Retail price starts at 120 Euros (without VAT) per pickup
GAStation represents our own ideal for a pure rock-sounding humbucker. It has a nice low end and brings up lots of harmonics when overdriven, while retaining a classic tonal character.
Available in 49,2mm and 52mm spacing, in open coil look (double black, zebra, or double ivory) or with a German silver cover. Fits almost any guitar.
Our bestseller among bridge humbuckers, hands down!
Designed for the bridge position.Recommended Combinations*:
1. Combine GAStation (bridge position) with PAFoid N Plus (neck position) on a HH (LP or ST) style guitar and you’ll get our bestseller Rockbucker set. Highly versatile, serving almost any style.
2. Combine GAStation (bridge position) with GASlite 59 (neck position) and GASlite 61 (middle position) on a SSH style guitar and you’ll get one of our highest versatile SSH sets
3. Combine GAStation (bridge position) with PAFoid N Plus (neck position) and GASlite 61 (middle position) on a HSH style guitar and you’ll get a versatile set for literally any style*Important Note: The final tonal result will be highly dependent on the user's guitar
Rdc range 10,0 kOhms Resonance frequency 5,0 kHz Bar magnet alloy A5c Pole screw alloy 1018 Slug alloy 1215 Coils winding Balanced Winding wire (AWG, Coating) 42 Polysol Hookup wire 4 conductor -
Costas Papadopoulos (Karma Violens, Yothiria) demonstartes the GAStation on heavy sounds
Riffing
Wah-leadLead
Yannis (GAS Pickups) shows the capabilities of GAStation on a std drive setting using only vol and tone controls
Greek blues-rock slinger Billy Merziotis on a Gary Moore classic with the Gary Moore members band, using GAStation on bridge of his 97 LP Std
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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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