Fishman Fluence STRAT Install Manual

INSTALL GUIDE
FLUENCE SINGLE-WIDTH PICKUPS for STRAT
Strat® is a registered trademark of FMIC
System Requirements
These instructions provide installation options for the Fishman Fluence series of
multi-voice pickups, but these instructions are not comprehensive. A skilled electronics
technician can simply interpret this overview to create a wide range of custom wiring
options. Please consult with your installer for alternate switching and control compo-
nents or options not speci cally detailed in this guide or included with your pickup
purchase.
Installation
Warning! Installation of this product is meant to be performed only by a
professional instrument repair technician.
1. Determine the rotary controls (Volume, Tone, etc.) and switches to be used in your
installation, including those included with your purchase. Test t the components to
make sure that each will t in the allocated locations or modify the instrument until the
t is correct and all controls can be located without issue. Fishman Fluence Pickups are
active and require 25K audio taper potentiometers.
2. Fishman Fluence multi-voice pickups require a 9V power supply.
• If using a standard 9V battery, test t cavity locations for simple installations or
consider installing an externally accessible battery compartment (available
separately.) Note that it is important the battery is not allowed to short contacts
between controls in the instrument.
• If using a separately purchased Fishman rechargeable battery, refer to those
instructions to complete this part of your installation.
• Note that it may be possible to combine other active pickups with Fishman Fluence
pickups, but all pickups will need to use the same 9V power source. Only active
pickup combinations are supported.
3. One of more of your Fluence pickups will have a preamp built into the base of the
pickup assembly. Preampli ed pickups each have their own switching capabilities. In
setups controlled by a single preamp, such as the Fluence Single-Width set, optional
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switching on the preampli ed pickup will alter the output of all pickups connected to
that preampli er. The preamps on Fishman Fluence pickups are not suitable for use
with other brands of guitar pickups.
4. Pickup Voicing and High Frequency Tilt (HF Tilt) are selected by connecting their
leads to Ground. These features and their wire locations are described in the user
guide accompanying each pickup. During installation, any of these selections can be
made switchable (using the included push-pull pot or other preferred switch) or
permanent by either connecting to Ground or leaving "open" (unconnected). Some
switching scenarios are provided below, featuring the components provided with your
purchase, but any schematic allowing connection to Ground can be used.
Voice Switching
HF Tilt
5. Review your planned scheme for errors, complete the soldering, mount and secure
all your components, and test your completed installation before assembly. Consider a
popular wiring option as shown on the reverse side of this guide.
514-300-129 rev.0 9-14
Open (Unconnected) Grounded
Voice 1 Voice 2
Normal On (Reduce high frequencies)