Guitar Interactive – Issue 66 2019

(Darren Dugan) #1

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Fishman Fluence Open Core Classic Humbucker Pickups STAR RATING


PROS


» Three exceptional voices in
each pickup.
» Zero noise.
» Behaves just like a traditional
pickup.

CONS


» No “covered” option yet.

Fishman Fluence Open Core
Classic Humbucker Pickups
MSRP (UK) £? (US) $337 //
Type: Humbucker // Active/
Passive: Active // Magnet Material:
Alnico V // Position: Bridge, Neck
For more information, please visit:
fishman.com

This Fishman Fluence Classic Humbucker Open Core Pickup Set is a great sonic upgrade for your guitar. Unlike most wire-wound pickups, Fluence


pickups manage to deliver the classic humbucker sound — without noise or inductance issues. This pickup offers three distinctly different voices — a clear,
vintage-sounding PAF humbucker, a muscular, hot-rodded humbucker, and a vintage-style single-coil tone. Here’s Nick Jennison with the full rundown.


THE REVIEWS FISHMAN FLUENCE OPEN CORE CLASSIC HUMBUCKER PICKUPS

identical, and they’re also less susceptible to variations in
temperature and magnetic degradation. Secondly, they’re
exceptionally quiet, with almost no hum or microphonic
squeals no matter how loud or gained-out your amp is set.
Lastly (and probably most importantly) they can provide a
player with a number of very different voices from a single
pickup.

The new Open Core Classic Humbuckers build Fishman’s
existing dual-voiced humbuckers, offering no less than three
distinct sounds in each pickup - a classic P.A.F. sound, a
more modern “hot rodded” humbucker and a vintage-style
single coil. All accessible using your guitar’s controls.

Sonically, the Open Core Classic Humbuckers are
exceptional. The unique construction methods used to »

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