Multi-Voice Pickups For Electric Guitar

Fishman Fluence pickups for electric

guitars are the 1st real advancement in pickup
system design in over 80 years.
A new, analog, system-wide approach to
Multi-Voice — Change Pickups On The Fly
delivering great “idealized” guitar sound that
The nature of the Fluence Core also
is also quiet, free from hum and other artifacts
allows us to create multiple voices for each
that affect our favorite pickups from the past.
pickup, so every Fluence pickup has two
selectable, complementary voices onboard.
Why Fluence?
These voices can be accessed via any number
Fishman is known the world over as the #1
of standard switches or push-pull controls.
maker of pickups and associated technologies
for acoustic instruments. Larry Fishman, the
Power To The People!
company’s founder states, “Before Fluence, SINGLE WIDTH FOR STRAT®
Another example of the fresh thinking applied
we had a number of ideas, and opportunities
to Fluence is the way their power supply is
to get into the world of pickups for electric
stored and managed. Can you use a standard
guitars, but we don’t do ‘me-too.’ Between
9V battery? Yes. But where do you put it if your
what’s already out there from the original
guitar doesn’t have a compartment? Also,
manufacturers and the aftermarket, I just
how do you know when to change them? Most
didn’t see any reason to jump in – Fluence
of us just throw them away before their time,
gave us that reason.”
saving the show, but wasting money
and resources.
The heart of this new advancement is the
Fluence Core, 48 layers of “traces” on a
The optional Fluence battery packs require no
robust substrate. Unlike wire-wound coils, the
CLASSIC HUMBUCKER modification and screw on to your guitar in
Fluence Core is 100% repeatable and stable
place of the control or spring cover. They offer
with tolerances previously unattainable in
200+ hours of playing time and fully charge in
even the most coveted conventional pickups.
a few hours using a standard USB charger.
And unlike conventional wire-wound pickups,
Fluence pickups are not susceptible to wire
Idealized Pickups
gauge variations, coils loosening or tightening
With Fluence pickups you can run hundreds of
due to heat, insulation variances, humidity or
feet of guitar cable without any loss in sound
any number of other anomalies.
quality. Your volume control operates smoother
than you’ve ever experienced and it has no
adverse affect on your tone – allowing you to
MODERN HUMBUCKER get musically useful sounds in the “2 to 5”
region of its travel. No hum, no buzz, no spurious
noise or frustrating inductance issues.

If you’re a player who loves great guitar tone,

but is tired of the limitations of 80-year old
technology, a set of Fluence could very well
be in your guitar’s future.

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