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    Redesigned pickups give your guitar multiple personalities

    REDESIGNED PICKUPS GIVE YOUR GUITAR MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES
    THE FLIP OF A SWITCH CHANGES ITS VOICE


    By Matt Jancer



    The guitar has changed dramatically since 1931—Chuck Berry happened, Elvis happened, even Guns N’ Roses happened. Yet, the component that made this evolution possible, the electric-guitar pickup, has remained largely unchanged.
    In August, guitar-electronics company Fishman launched an entirely new kind of pickup, one that relies on circuit boards. Traditional pickups use coiled copper wire wrapped around poles to create a magnetic field. That field registers disturbances as notes and sends them to an amplifier. The Fluence pickup, on the other hand, uses a sandwich of circuit boards to obtain the same effect. The advantage is that circuit boards, unlike copper wire, are programmable. So while a regular pickup will impart one kind of sound, the Fluence can be programmed to reproduce any number of sounds.



    The Components:

    Circuit Boards: Two 48-layer circuit boards are attached to a separate assembly of poles. Each layer has its own coil. Because all the layers are printed to spec, they’re uniform, so the sound is consistent.
    Preamp: Every Fluence pickup starts out tonally neutral. A built-in preamplifier shapes sound by subtracting unwanted frequencies to create a sound profile that mimics traditional pickups.
    Battery: A lithium-ion battery provides up to 250 hours of playtime and recharges via mini USB. Fishman designs its kits to accommodate 9V batteries and other charging systems, which ensures players can fully customize their guitar.
    Switch Control: With a push-pull knob, the Fluence can transform the tone of a pickup on the fly. That means users no longer have to choose between a hot-rod and an airy chime tone—the two can be integrated.
    This article originally appeared in the January 2015 issue of Popular Science.
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    *yawn*

    Fuck any kind of battery in a guitar...

    Been there, done that, it sucks...

    And this infomercial sounds more like a way to save money due to the price of copper rather than enhance tone...
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    Ehhhh... I don't think I need, or want, those.. I'll stick with traditional pickups. A demo of the tones would have been nice in that video.
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    This seems fitting...


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    Check it out
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    Sounds like shit...

    And again, fuck a battery in an electric guitar...

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    On top of that, that fat fucker made me feel like I was watching HSN...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ELVIS View Post
    Sounds like shit...

    And again, fuck a battery in an electric guitar...
    I would agree. The concept is cool maybe but what if they added that tech to a proper pickup somehow so you had versatility of tone if needed...still lame though I agree

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    These clowns are just looking to cut costs...

    Copper wire is expensive...

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    I'm even less impressed after watching that video.

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    Nice idea. Might be great for cover gigs.
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