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Fishman Fluence Classic Humbucker 2-piece Pickup Set- Black Nickel Cover

Active Humbucking-sized Electric Guitar Pickup Set with Multi-voice Fluence Core - Black
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A Set of Triple-voiced Humbuckers for Your Guitar

The Fishman Fluence Classic Humbucker pickup set delivers the most sought-after humbucking tones, from vintage sweetness to overwound punch. Unlike most wire-wound models, Fluence pickups manage to deliver the classic humbucker sound without noise or inductance issues. On top of that, Fishman Fluence Classic Humbucker pickups provide you with your choice of three distinctly different voices per pickup: a clear, vintage-sounding humbucker; a wide-range humbucker with airy chime; and the newest voicing addition of a vintage-sounding single-coil — all from the same humbuckers. Give your Sales Engineer a call to learn more about these innovative pickups!

Active electronics deliver classic tone — without the noise

We all love the sound of vintage pickups. That being said, buzz and inductance issues leave a bit to be desired. With Fishman Fluence Classic Humbucker pickups, you can run hundreds of feet of guitar cable without any quality loss. Your volume control will operate with unprecedented smoothness, allowing you to milk useful sounds out of your guitar, even at low settings. To call these pickups "noiseless" would be a grand understatement!

Three distinct voices per pickup

Each pickup in the Fluence Classic Humbucker set provides you with the choice of three unique, selectable voices. The Fluence Classic Humbucker Bridge pickup's first voice is reminiscent of a vintage pickup. Plug into your amp and treat yourself to that familiar sweet warmth, accented by clear and present articulation. The second voice invokes a hot-rodded humbucker, with its muscular, beefy, overwound tone. Newly incorporated is a third voice — single-coil, which produces authentic thickness and clarity without losing any of the highs or vintage tone. The neck pickup allows you to choose between a vintage PAF, a wide-range humbucker, and a warm single-coil. The voices are accessible by any number of standard switches or push-pull controls, and they can be added as a completely reversible modification to most guitars.

Contains all you need for installation

Fishman Fluence is a revolutionary new way to look at the art of pickup building. To deliver their wide range of tones, noise-free performance, and low-impedance signal, these pickups require a power source and specially designed pots. All of this is included with every pickup. Inside the package, you'll find the pickups, wiring, and push-pull and standard 25k potentiometers that are ideal for the active circuitry, and more. Installing a set of Fishman Fluence pickups is a quick and easy way to achieve your electric guitar's full potential.

Fishman Fluence Classic Humbucker Pickup Set Features:

  • Active electronics deliver classic, yet noiseless, tone
  • Multi-voice Fluence Core provides 3 selectable voices per pickup
  • Bridge pickup voicings: vintage PAF, hot-rodded humbucker, and slightly overwound single coil
  • Neck pickup voicings: vintage PAF, wide-range humbucker, and warm single-coil
  • Power supply delivers 200+ hours of use and recharges in a few hours
  • Direct replacement design requires no permanent guitar modification

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Set: Humbucker
  • Active/Passive: Active
  • Configuration: HH Set
  • Magnet Material: Alnico V
  • Number of Conductors: 5 wire plus ground and battery
  • DC Resistance: 2K
  • Connectivity: Solderless
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Covering: Covered
  • Color: Black Nickel
  • Features: Short Shaft Potentiometers
  • Manufacturer Part Number: PRF-CHB-SB2

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

So happy

I watched many videos about different pickups and could barely tell the difference in sound on the videos. Ordered them anyways and the sound difference in real life is substantial. Very happy with these pickups
Rated 5/5

Get them

These pickups are a great replacement in my PRS custom 24 SE. BIG variety in tone. They bring out the sound in my hot rod deluxe. I'm sure they would sound great through a marshall too. Highly recommend
Rated 5/5

Best pickups ever.

Out of anything I've ever tried. I LOVE these pickups. They sound so good on literally everything. I've actually preferred the classics to my modern set. And I play modern rock/metal.

They're awesome.
Music background: Professional musician
Rated 4.5/5

Very Good Pickups

Got a pair of these for a Epiphone Les Paul project guitar. Wow. They are pretty amazing. Definitely a very new and innovative product.

Zero hum (even for a humbucker). They can do about any style of music. Crystal clears to dirt. I have a Kemper Profiling amplifier and can throw dozens of amp models at them. Then can pretty much do whatever I want, better than the other guitars I have.

Very responsive controls. Kind of like a sports car... they go where you take it. Small adjustments really make a difference. The 2 sets of voicings work great. It is not a gimmick. On "Voice One", you get great historic PAF tones on both bridge and neck. "Voice two", and you get a very near acoustic sound on the neck. And the bridge becomes more of a modern humbucker. (but not heavy metal gain modern).

Installation - Unless you are pretty good with a soldering iron, you may want to have professional install them. It is not over complicated, and Fishman has fantastic youtube videos that walk your through it step by step. But working in control cavities can be tight work. And I had to do some work to enlarge the holes for the control pots and for the input jack. I have an electronics background, and do a lot of woodworking. Took me about 2 hours, but I took it really slow, and checked connections each step of the way.

I would highly recommend these. One of your guitars deserve them. I can't wait for the Fluence pickups for telecasters to come out. Got a tele I have had for a while, that I have never really liked the pickups.
Music background: 40+ years of playing for pleasure

Want to make your guitar sound its best? Take it from the lifelong performers at Sweetwater and check out Fishman. If you've bought an acoustic-electric guitar, there's a good chance it came with Fishman electronics, but it's easy enough to upgrade your favorite instrument too - just ask the pros in Sweetwater's Guitar Repair Shop. Do you perform? Are you a singer/songwriter? We'd love to turn you on to Fishman's Loudbox amps and amazing pedals. But Fishman isn't limited to acoustic electronics. Many of us have tricked out our electric guitars with Fishman Fluence pickups and TriplePlay wireless MIDI systems too.

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