Fishman Fluence Signature Stephen Carpenter 8-String Pickup Set

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