Fishman Fluence STRAT Manuals

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 specifcally 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 ft the components to make sure that each will ft in the allocated locations or modify the instrument until the ft is correct and all controls can be located without issue. Fishman Fluence Pickups are active and require 25K audio taper potentiometers. 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. Open (Unconnected) Grounded Voice Switching Voice 1 Voice 2 HF Tilt Normal On (Reduce high frequencies) 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. INSTALL GUIDE FLUENCE SINGLE-WIDTH PICKUPS for STRAT® Strat® is a registered trademark of FMIC 2. Fishman Fluence multi-voice pickups require a 9V power supply. • If using a standard 9V battery, test ft 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. Preamplifed pickups each have their own switching capabilities. In setups controlled by a single preamp, such as the Fluence Single-Width set, optional switching on the preamplifed pickup will alter the output of all pickups connected to that preamplifer. The preamps on Fishman Fluence pickups are not suitable for use with other brands of guitar pickups. 514-300-129 rev.0 9-14