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Gibson installs Fishman pickups in its G-45 Series acoustic guitars. ESP Guitars sells guitars with Fishman Fluence pickups installed. Fishman designed an acoustic guitar pickup for the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. They manufacture pickups for Paul Reed Smith guitars. Soon Fishman was designing pickups for guitar makers. By 2014 Fishman was manufacturing the Fluence pickup. The company was able to control the consistency of the magnets, and the stacked solid core parts of their pickups to make each pickup sound the same. to analyze and charge the magnets used in their pickups. In addition Fishman hired Ching-Yu Lin, Ph.D. Fishman used techniques previously used in the aerospace and telecommunications sectors to make their pickup. They called the new pickup Fishman Fluence. The Fluence pickup represented a complete change in the electric guitar pickup. Most guitar pickups are made with wire coiled around a magnet: the Fishman Fluence pickup is a solid core (2 Two 48-layer circuit boards) with a conventional magnet. With circuit-boards, the guitar pickup could be programmed. They began designing a pickup that uses circuit boards. In 2012 the Fishman company began working on a new pickup for guitars. They have been known for producing high-quality acoustic amplifiers. The Fishman company has produced amplifiers and other guitar-related equipment since its beginning in 1981. They began making pickups for other music instruments: banjos, mandolins, violins, cellos, basses. With the Martin order, the Fishman company rented a larger manufacturing space. Martin Guitar Company called to order Fishman pickups. By 1981 Fishman had taken orders for pickups from the Guild Guitar Company. Baggs are at the top of the food chain.In 1980 Larry Fishman made a prototype acoustic pickup in his basement. There are a few other brands that make their own system, though they're not really available on the open market.įor specialized acoustic pickups and preamps, Fishman and L.R. Taylor guitars makes their own preamp and pickup called the Expression System, but it's exclusive to Taylor and not really an "alternative" unless you buy a Taylor to begin with. Baggs systems, though they're also found in a wide range of brands. Gibson acoustics are commonly shipped with L.R. Baggs, which makes pedals and pickups for acoustic guitars. What are some of the acoustic pickup alternatives?įishman's primary acoustic pickup competitor is a company called L.R. While a lot of the tone will depend on other factors, we think it's safe to count on Fishman pickups when it comes to accurately representing the natural tone of the acoustic in an amplified environment. In an acoustic guitar, the pickup's job is to transfer as much of the natural tone of the instrument as possible and not necessarily to create tone, like we see in electric guitar pickups.īut the Fishman acoustic pickup systems - in particular - are known to be extremely well-designed for this task. It's important to point out that the tone quality of an acoustic guitar is going to be most dependent on things like construction quality, tonewood, and string quality, all of which have little to do with the pickup system that is transmitting that sound. What about the tone and sound quality of these pickups?