GAS Dark Grey N
Archetype tone, different footprint
Trademarks: P90 style, sweet tone, no hum.
Styles: Anything...
Output: Medium
Retail price: 120 Euros (without VAT) per pickup
For guitar players with Humbucker guitars, who wish a P90 style tone, we created the Dark Grey. Looks like a typical humbucker, but it's not. The screw coil acts as a sole tone inductor, the second coil is just a dummy coil, empty in its core. The tone is sweet, very p90 like, but without the typical, annoying hum.
Designed mainly for neck position, but can also re-designed for bridge position, upon request.
Rdc range 13,2 kOhms Resonance frequency 6 kHz Bar magnet alloy A5 c Pole screw alloy 1010 Slug alloy N/A Coils winding Balanced Winding wire (AWG, Coating) 43 Polysol Hookup wire 2 conductor -
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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 Dark Grey comes with a single braided conductor hook-up wire. The pickup's hase is the same as standard Gibson humbuckers'.
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
As GAS Standard Humbuckers, the Dark grey is a direct replacement for usual humbucker models, that based on Gibson® humbuckers prototypes and similar models. The dimensions for GAS Standard full sized Humbuckers are as follows (sizes in mm):
