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originally posted by: nonspecific
Secondly how on earth do you get a post removed in a thread about pickups? got to be a first.
originally posted by: ugmold
Building a for fun project now, SG Jr, routed for HB, I was going to go with a P90/humbucker size GFS brand. I like the raw edge of singles.
originally posted by: nonspecific
Two thoughts,
Firstly as others said that although this is pretty cool is it able to compete with real pickups or will it sound all digital and fake.
Secondly how on earth do you get a post removed in a thread about pickups? got to be a first.
Fluence is based on the notion that coils can be applied rather than wound. Like traces on a circuit board, concentric spirals of “coil” can be printed.
... isnt that how most magnets are made anyway? I wonder what the 'controlled way' is.... (sitting in the suppliers warehouse for a month?)
How to control the variations in the magnets’ properties? Supercharge the magnets, and then de-magnetize them in a controlled way.
... what? like a pickup selector? or a modelling/effects footswitch?
players could access a switch allowing them to change profiles on the fly
... wow a tone control system. how new.
By starting with a perfectly flat pickup, and then filtering some frequencies while boosting others
.... so their 'single coil pickup' is still a humbucker with two coils.... did this guy even read what he was writing (meaning article author not post author)
As mentioned, hum has been eliminated, even from single-coil pickups. The usual method of creating hum-free single-coil pickups—“stacking” two coils—inevitably causes high-end loss. But Fluence can eliminate hum while retaining the original single-coil sound, thanks to filtering and boosting within the preamp.
..... strewth!!! they've reinvented active electronics
the longer the cable, the higher the capacitance and the greater the high-end loss. That’s not a problem with Fluence, because the pickup connects to a preamp, which acts as a buffer.
..... yaaa no problem except i dont believe that the human ear has a linear frequency/volume response?
Tone-wise, what you hear with the volume set to 10 is the same as what you hear when it’s dialed down to 2, only louder. A 10-foot cable sounds identical to a 100-foot cable. Want to use a 100-foot cable with your guitar volume set at 2? No problem.
... really? i must be outta touch or too oldschool cause most of my associates dont care as long as they get the sounds they are hearing for..
The Fluence team was well aware that most guitarists prefer passive pickups (including all the team members). A battery can be a deal breaker for many players.
... great so now we have a rechargeable battery that will probably last 2 years anyways, but now add a charging circuit, a miniusb lead, a charger, etc... and how long do those miniusb sockets last on your phone or camera... imagine how long that will last in a sweaty, smoke filled, alcohol drenched gig somewhere while spinning your axe around your head and smashing it into the bassplayers rig....
The team concluded that the things guitarists dislike most about batteries are their brief lifespans, the hassle and cost of changing them, and the need to carry spares.
.... again i am amazed... every active guitar/bass i have owned does this, its normally built in thru the ground circuit... without the need for retrofitting a stereo jack.
Unplugging the instrument cable turns Fluence off, conserving juice. (The “off” feature means you may have to replace your existing output jack with a stereo jack.)
..... as musicalmurphy says...'and the climax of the gig will inevitably be at the 251 hour mark.
With a 250-hour charge, you could forget to unplug your guitar, go away for a week, and still have three continuous days of non-stop playing before recharging.