Description
Wound pickups have chased the same PAF tone for eight decades, dragging hum, inductance loss, and cable degradation along with it. Fishman’s Fluence Core rethinks the process entirely, giving you the neck humbucker sound you already know — plus a second, entirely different voice — from a single pickup, silently and without volume loss.
- Voice 1 nails the classic vintage P.A.F. neck character: musical dynamics, familiar output, peak frequency at 2.6kHz.
- Voice 2 is Fluence-exclusive — a clear, airy chime with soaring highs, vocal mids, and controlled low end (peak frequencies 4.5kHz and 350Hz).
- Set-and-forget one voice, or wire up a push-pull/toggle to flip between the two on the fly.
Because there’s no traditional coil winding, you get none of the noise or hum that plague even premium wire-wound humbuckers — and no signal loss over long cable runs, whether you’re at 20 feet or 50. Volume knob rolled back? Fluence keeps your top end and clarity intact instead of turning to mud.
- Magnet: Alnico V bar magnet with poles, 140 Gauss typical string strength
- Pole spacing: 49mm
- Output impedance: 2k, current draw 2.5mA
- Runs on a standard 9V battery (roughly 200 hours) or an optional rechargeable lithium-ion pack
- Direct-fit replacement for standard humbucker-routed guitars
Finished in brushed stainless, this neck humbucker is built for players who want vintage authenticity on tap alongside a tone that classic pickups simply can’t produce — all from one cavity, one pickup, zero compromise.
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