The Story
Stephen is a player’s player, preferring to concentrate more on his music than equipment. “My signature pickup set has the full range of tones that you’re looking for. Voice 1 is similar to the tone of the original Modern Humbucker Fluence set. And for the second voice, I like a bit more heat, some hot stuff on it… more edge, so that’s in there too.”
Each Fishman Fluence pickup has two distinct and useful sounds on-board. These sounds start with the revolutionary Fluence Core, the heart of Fluence tone. From this Fluence Core we then create the classic timbres and tone — colors you expect from great guitar pickups — as well as some you’ve never expected.
“I was never the super-critical guy. I’m not much for specs, but I like clean, full sounding pickups. We put Fluence in and I jammed on them for 45 minutes and thought… ‘these things are freaking great…’ I didn’t want to stop playing.”
Stephen Carpenter Signature Pickup Set Includes:
- 1 ceramic pickup (bridge position), 1 alnico pickup (neck or middle position)
- All components required to achieve Stephen’s wiring scheme (minus pickup selector)
- Volume and Tone pots
- Push-pull Voice Selector pot for use in Volume or Tone position
- All wiring required for installation
- VOICE 1: "Like the original Modern Fluence sound that I love, but tweaked a bit in the midrange."
- VOICE 2: "This is my custom voicing with some tone and gain tweaks to give it that extra heat and edge."
- BATTERY: 9-volt or optional rechargeable battery pack
- BATTERY LIFE: Up to 90 hours
ALNICO PICKUP SPECS
- PEAK FREQUENCY:
- Voice 1: 630 Hz
- Voice 2: 550 Hz / 8 kHz
- MAGNETIC MATERIAL: Alnico V
- MAGNETIC CIRCUIT: Bar magnets with blades
- GAUSS STRENGTH: 120 gauss strength at string
- OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 2 k
- CURRENT DRAW: 2.5 mA
CERAMIC PICKUP SPECS
- PEAK FREQUENCY:
- Voice 1: 750 Hz
- Voice 2: 1.4 kHz
- MAGNETIC MATERIAL: Ceramic VIII
- MAGNETIC CIRCUIT: Bar magnets with blades
- GAUSS STRENGTH: 145 gauss strength at string
- OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 2 k
- CURRENT DRAW: 3 mA
Description
Stephen is a player’s player, preferring to concentrate more on his music than equipment. “My signature pickup set has the full range of tones that you’re looking for. Voice 1 is similar to the tone of the original Modern Humbucker Fluence set. And for the second voice, I like a bit more heat, some hot stuff on it… more edge, so that’s in there too.”
Each Fishman Fluence pickup has two distinct and useful sounds on-board. These sounds start with the revolutionary Fluence Core, the heart of Fluence tone. From this Fluence Core we then create the classic timbres and tone — colors you expect from great guitar pickups — as well as some you’ve never expected.
“I was never the super-critical guy. I’m not much for specs, but I like clean, full sounding pickups. We put Fluence in and I jammed on them for 45 minutes and thought… ‘these things are freaking great…’ I didn’t want to stop playing.”
Stephen Carpenter Signature Pickup Set Includes:
- 1 ceramic pickup (bridge position), 1 alnico pickup (neck or middle position)
- All components required to achieve Stephen’s wiring scheme (minus pickup selector)
- Volume and Tone pots
- Push-pull Voice Selector pot for use in Volume or Tone position
- All wiring required for installation
- VOICE 1: "Like the original Modern Fluence sound that I love, but tweaked a bit in the midrange."
- VOICE 2: "This is my custom voicing with some tone and gain tweaks to give it that extra heat and edge."
- BATTERY: 9-volt or optional rechargeable battery pack
- BATTERY LIFE: Up to 90 hours
ALNICO PICKUP SPECS
- PEAK FREQUENCY:
- Voice 1: 630 Hz
- Voice 2: 550 Hz / 8 kHz
- MAGNETIC MATERIAL: Alnico V
- MAGNETIC CIRCUIT: Bar magnets with blades
- GAUSS STRENGTH: 120 gauss strength at string
- OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 2 k
- CURRENT DRAW: 2.5 mA
CERAMIC PICKUP SPECS
- PEAK FREQUENCY:
- Voice 1: 750 Hz
- Voice 2: 1.4 kHz
- MAGNETIC MATERIAL: Ceramic VIII
- MAGNETIC CIRCUIT: Bar magnets with blades
- GAUSS STRENGTH: 145 gauss strength at string
- OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 2 k
- CURRENT DRAW: 3 mA
