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60 Legend


A strange brew…


Trademarks: Full yet dry sound. The 60’s British Blues tone. More natural compression than 50s Legend models.

Styles: Rock, 60's British Blues, Jazz, Slide style, post, grunge, stoner

Output: Medium (both pickups)

Retail price: From 340 Euros (without VAT) per set 

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  • A PAFoid set that is based on some 1960 humbucker specs (balanced coils and shorter magnet bars). It replicates that raw bluesy sound with enhanced low midrange for this distinctive mid-60's British electric-blues sound, when blues guitarists of the era rediscovered the sound of the Les Paul guitar. A very different sound than the sweet, rather scooped blues tone of the 50’s era PAFish humbuckers.

    The 60 N pickup is full-sounding, with an overall nice, smooth attack and a natural, slight compression due to its specific, slightly shorter A5 magnet bar. Great for slide licks. Highly preferred by jazz guitar players due to its smooth attack.

    The relevant 60 B is also based on 1960 humbucker specs. It delivers that bluesy tone with enhanced midrange for this distinctive 60's era British electric blues sound. The 60 B is rough-sounding, pretty dry, and also has the same natural, slight compression as the neck model. Also great for slide licks. It is also highly recommended for SG® and semi-solid (ES®) style guitars.

    The 60 Legend set is slightly wax-potted in order to retain some of the acoustic timbre of the guitar. As with every Legend set, it can be delivered in an open coil look or with a German silver cover. In the open coil look, it is delivered as double cream (60 N) and double black (60 B), called the "Beano" set since it nicely captures that LP tone from the iconic John Mayall's album.

    However, the set is surprisingly preferred also by stoner, new rock, and post rock guitarists and plays extremely well on guitars with lower tunings.


  • Neck Rdc range7,6 kOhms
    Neck Resonance frequency6,0 kHz
    Bridge Rdc range8,4 kOhms
    Bridge Resonance frequency 5,8 kHz
    Bar magnet alloyA5 (1964 specs)
    Pole screw alloy1010
    Slug alloy1215
    Hookup wireSingle braided
    Winding wire (AWG, Coating)42 Plain Enamel   (60's specs)
    Coils windingBalanced

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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 Legend PAFoids are delivered with proper height adjustment screws and springs. GAS Legend PAFoids accept long US 3-48 thread screws.

    Wiring

    GAS Legend PAFoids come with the typical single braided hook-up wire. The pickup wiring and phase are compatible with Gibson® humbuckers. All Legend PAFoids metal parts are grounded on the braided hook-up wire.
    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 Legend PAFoids are direct replacements for Gibson® guitars and similar models. They come in 49,2mm spacing and with the traditional long-leg base plate. If you intend installing your Legends on a guitar with a shallower profile, please let us know so we may deliver your Legends with short-leg base plates.
    The dimensions for the Legend PAFoids (with and without a pickup cover) are as follows (sizes in mm):




    • Following our main philosophy, GAS Legends are more "based on" pickups than exact reproductions. To create pickups that offer specific sound qualities, we use specs from particular eras of old, original pickups (we had the opportunity to measure and analyze many old PAFs, PAT sticker- and PAT number pickups in our lab) and finally design them with our own specs. Some sets are closer to the original (as our 59 PE set), and some are more individually designed (as our 58 set).

    • All Legend sets are available in "open coil" look (double black, zebra, and double cream) or with an unpolished German silver cover. In any version, Legend PAFoids are direct replacements for original Gibson® humbuckers.

    • Standard Humbuckers offer our standard GAS quality by using top parts, design, and craftsmanship. Legends offer the same high quality but a higher dynamic range due to the use of exclusively ordered magnet bars, which refer to specific MMPA standards. Further on, we mostly use the standard Poly 155 wire in our standard Humbuckers, whereas in our Legends we use Heavy PVA, red Poly, and Plain enamel wire (with 50’s and 60’s specs).