Fluence for STRAT - Fishman Fluence Single Width Features!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Ken Susi (Unearth & Fluence Product Manager) sits down to discuss the key features of the Fluence Single Width Strat pickups vs a standard wire-wound coil. The electric guitar pickup has been wound since 1934. 80 years later, we’ve unwound it. Original and totally re-imagined, Fishman Fluence pickups are free from the hum, noise, and frustrating inductance issues that plague even the most coveted wire-wound pickups-revealing pure, uncorrupted and musical tone.
In this video, Ken will go through each feature and show you how using Fluence can benefit your playing & tone.
To learn more about Fishman Fluence Single Width Strat Pickups, please visit:
www.fishman.co...
I’ve had a set of Fishman Fluences in my partscaster for over four years now and have performed over 1,000 shows with them. My favorite feature that you didn’t mention in the video is the consistency of volume between positions 1/3/5 and 2/4. With my old pickups, I was always having to ride the volume knob to maintain a similar output. The Fluences make my life on stage so much easier. I love the low noise floor (great for venues with bad grounding), and the two voices allow me to use just one guitar for the entire show! Much love from an avid fan! ❤️
How often do you recharge the battery?
@@finoroverato7640 On this particular partscaster, I am still using old-school 9-volt battery tech to power the Fishman Fluence pickups. Pre-Covid-Lockdown, I was replacing the 9v battery every three months or so. Of course, YMMV depending on your playing frequency/length.
On my Tele equipped with the Greg Koch signature Fluence set, I charge the battery pack every two months.
Y’all should make an HSS pickup/guard set with the Fluence Classic in the bridge. I would install that in my strat instantly
Agreed! Getting the parts for an HSS setup in EU is a nightmare.
Yes!!
they shouldn't purely out of spite of you using the word "y'all." you're not even southern. sorry, "yall" "aint" even southern
@@Hyperlink1337 huh?
@@Hyperlink1337bot
You can barely tell he's reading...😆😏
Incredibly distracting for some stupid reason. Ken is aight, though. Been lookin at these since I've installed open core classics in my superstrat. Just badass pickups and insanely versatile. Cheers
I wish you would release a set of Fishman Single Width pickups with modern pole piece radius. The staggered pole pieces you provide are like replacements for vintage guitars which had a wound G. Some of us use modern Strats with a compound radius which is slightly flatter, and there are volume issues between the strings because of the non-adjustable pole pieces on the pickups. Considering that Fluence is modern technology, it might be a good idea to release a set of single width pickups for modern spec guitars.
Well then you wouldn't have that SRV Texas special drive on the second voice 🙂
Sounds slightly compressed similar to actives yet maintains the tonal dynamics of passives.
I bought these pickups. I really liked it! Very good sound
I still need to Hear them in a side-by-side comparison, with True Single Coils to get a more accurate assessment. They do sound very good though ( and versatile ).
How important is the height adjustment on these pickups? Are they more like Lace Sensors, or more like traditional pickups with regard to magnetic pull on the strings?
Why is the G pole piece high? We have unwound "G" strings these days, so...it's the only thing that stopped me from buying it and, after experiencing how badly the Dimarzio Cruiser is, I'm in the market again. So, maybe there's a proprietary reason for the height, but, if not, I still won't consider. Sounds great on your demo though!
I have stock single-coil pickups going into my Fender twin and I'm sorry to say this but it sounds so so so much better than this demo. What amp are they using? This demo sounds super sterile and harsh. I really wanted to like Fishman pickups. Are you guys sure you don't want to redo this demo with a better amp?
Would this fit on a Sterling Cutlass SSS?
I first saw these pickups on a TH-cam channel which the person was building a Strat. They sounded just as good then as they do know! I’m kind of leaning this way maybe on my next Strat, I have Texas Specials on the one I own now, hate to give them up right now. Great video, these pickups sound very good! Do they need a battery?
i think there is no battery.you just recharge them like you do with your phone.
Thanks for the kind words! They do require 9V but we sell a rechargeable battery backplate that is retrofitted for your current guitar. Also, don't worry about abandoning those specials, Voice 2 on this set is exactly what you need!
www.fishman.com/products/series/fluence/rechargeable-battery-pack-strat/
I know this is probably a weird question..... but coming from les paul/sg’s could I get 3 volume knobs instead of the tone knobs? I like to set my neck pickup as my clean and the bridge as my dirty tone.
Yes, you can do that. One way is run the leads from the pickups to the volume pots first and then solder the outputs from the pots to the switch in their respective positions. Then, run the output from the switch to the output jack. Haven’t tried this myself but years of fiddling with guitar mods incline me to believe that it will work the way you want it to!! 👍
may i suggest, SSS type for strat but! In the bridge single coil type i hope there's a Humbucker mode maybe another switch to engage this system without sacrificing the 1st and 2nd voice in the bridge hope you get my point...
Here's my suggestion..
On the bridge position,
There are 4 variation
The 1st and 2nd voice (single coil mode)
And the Humbucker mode (another switch to engage this mode)
(with 1st and 2nd voice)
Thanks for reading this.
Jake From Philippines
@Efren Ponce Vidal Marti yes i know that 7 tone mod i been using that mod since 2017
I just got a set of these SSS fluence installed in a Player Strat, they work really well and sound great. So, you have PAF, P90, and Strat and Tele options. When are you guys going to release some Fluence Gretschy pickup sets, FilterTrons or DeArmonds?
so theyre active yeah? pulling off the pickguard to change batteries on the regular would be a pain in the rear......
That's aktif pickup?
Is the treble bleed like any other treble bleed circuit? I love a treble bleed but can't use them because they absolutely destroy the beautiful fuzz clean up sound, I'm assuming this would still happen?
Whenever I buy a Strat…. These are what I’m buying!
Anyone happen to know if the 'add neck' mod is possible with the loaded pickguard?
The problem is when you use the volume control, the sound doesn’t really change...it’s the same sound just quieter. With passives the sound completely changes. If you’re someone who likes to use the volume knob to get tonal control over your sound, don’t get these pickups. If you’re someone who doesn’t do that, and you play at full volume all the time, then you’ll probably like them.
They have great Dynamics. It you are distorted and you ride your volume down it will clean up, you just won't lose any treble. The Dynamics are very good.
@@Phloored There’s too much high end already, even with it at full…I didn’t care for the Fluence pickups, just my opinion though. I like the fact that passives have volume controls that changes the sound and rolls the high end off along with the gain. I think I will always be a passive pickup kind of player.
Well to each their own. With a less Paul on a neck pup the loss of high end clarity is a real concern for me and with the fluence classics that is solved. Plus the single coil sound is really great so there is that (noiseless) versatility. I have not used the singles coils so i will reserve my opinion on those. The classics offer some really really great sounds along with versatility. In response to your original statements about the sound not changing, I'm hearing all the changes i usually get with the volume knob adjustment, just no loss of high end, so i can get some clean sounds. I can also use my tone control to tame the highs if desired. Anyway, to me these are a massive improvement and welcome change to the guitar pickup world. Rest assured there will always be a market for traditional pickups and that's good. I'm just a big fan of what fishman have achieved and as a current user am enjoying them immensely. I have only experienced the classic humbuckers so my experience and comments are limited to those.
@@Phloored The single coil mode on the Fluence humbuckers is absolutely _not_ noiseless…I found it pretty much un-useable, if you’ve got a decent amount of distortion / drive or a high gain amp is being used.
Hey! Just wondering if it would be possible to use my existing pickup covers and V/T/T knobs (they’re, “mint green”), instead of the white?
Thanks! 🙂🎸
If they are standard Fender Strat pickup covers, then those will fit our Single Width pickups. The diameter of our pole pieces is a little smaller than Fender's, so there would be a gap between the covers and our magnets, but it is a small gap. The V/T/T knobs should also work without an issue.
I can see him reading the teleprompter hehe. Great video and demonstration though.
I hate having no money to buy those...
Hello,
have thiese PUs the multi-voicing since the beginning?
I didn't know it :-(
Yeah, all Fluence pickups are multi-voiced and have been since the release of the line
When you come unprepared for a school presentation 😂
Free from the noise, even the 'frustrating inductance issues' (whatever those are), but not from the string balance problems caused by staggered polepieces... No, thanks, maybe the blues dads who care about things being as vintage correct as possible will buy these modern active pickups 😊
Indeed. He is reading off the board
Indeed,this goes through a computer..enhancing sound. Im sure these pickups sound like any squier pickup. But they charge a lot of $.
@@claudiocruzat7667 You should try these out before you make a judgement. I'm certain you're going to like the sound. There's a reason why we have world class artists playing Fluence.
Totally :-)
It would be cool if you could give a P90 voice to those single width pickups.
Wish all demos did not add distortion or OD to the demo
Stop reading and use your brain!!
Who sticks their guitar into the amp's transformer field on purpose? Of course, Hendrix, you will say, but I never heard 60 cycle hum over the row of cranked Marshalls feeding back. "Inductance issues"? Wtf are they? Single coils don't make noise. Noise sources do.
Doesn't sound like a traditional Strat pickup. Sounds digital.
Thanks for your comment. Everyone will have their own opinions in regards to tone for sure. It is worth mentioning that there is no digital component to our Fluence pickups, they are completely analog.
@@Fishman_Music I'm sorry if I offended you. Didn't mean to. I have an Aura Spectrum, an Aura Analog in my Martin and a Loudbox. I'm definitely a fan of Fishman! I saw some reviews on Fluence humbuckers and they sounded solid. This one just didn't do it for me on a strat. Cheers.
There's no noise because it is not a single coil.
Thanks for your feedback! From a Premier Guitar article: "Fluence is based on the notion that coils can be applied rather than wound. Like traces on a circuit board, concentric spirals of “coil” can be printed." Our single-width pickups have one single "coil" per pickup, and they are also completely analog (there is not a digital element to our pickups or digital processing).
@@Fishman_Music I have seen the inside. It's two coils separated by a piece of plastic. That is why there is no noise.
As I understand it, a Fluence pickup is exactly like a normal pickup, except the coils of wire are in a circuit board. Now, you might be able to switch off the dummy coil, but then you would get the noise back.
@@valueofnothing2487 does not matter at all, it sounds great like a single coil if not better and no noise, win win for all.
@@airgliderz Sure, but anything can sound good to anybody some of the time.
But for the long haul, you need to know what you are buying: -- assuming that you know what factors you like and what you don't like.
Killer.
I just realized that I am force unsubbing as I am subbing to other channels. My limit is 994; the amount of subs that I sub to. I hope that I don't hurt anyone else's channel. Or even yours.:( I will not sub from now on. It is not a bad thing. I had a wonderful time being a commentor on TH-cam. You don't have to sub for me. I can still comment in the comment section of the vid. I just can't sub to more people anymore. But I will be fine. I will stay a commentor until it is time for me to go to college. I will miss you all for the 4 years that I am gone. But I hope I get to see some of you guys in the real world. Happy living to all of you. And I will see you guys in the next video if I can. :)
They don't sound like traditional single coils.
Cuz they aren't your grandpa's single coils😎
They are not single coils.
@@darlyngton_nyc Grandpa's single coils kicked ass and won WW2!
Yup. It’s the nuances that made the Fender single coils what they are.
Fustrating? wtf?
Sorry, pretty bad delivery! He looks he is reading from something. Not a very good presintation!
So, Lace pickups weren't innovative? Uh huh