Fishman Fluence Bass Soapbar Pickups
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2019
- Ken Susi of Unearth sits down to talk with Fishman about Fluence Bass Soapbar Pickups, and we provide a play-through of all 18 modes. Ken describes how players will no longer be held hostage to inductance and frequency response issues, and also how Fishman Fluence Multi-Voice Electric Bass Pickups move pickup design into the future while respecting the great pickups of the past.
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Play-through links to all 18 modes:
01:30 Voice 1: (Passive*) - Neck and Bridge
01:39 Voice 1: (Passive*) - Neck
01:46 Voice 1: (Passive*) - Bridge
01:51 Voice 2: (Active) - Neck and Bridge w/ Mid Contour
01:59 Voice 2: (Active) - Neck w/ Mid Contour
02:04 Voice 2: (Active) - Bridge w/ Mid Contour
02:08 Voice 2: (Active) - Neck and Bridge
02:12 Voice 2: (Active) - Neck
02:16 Voice 2: (Active) - Bridge
02:20 Voice 1: (Passive* Single Coil Mode) - Neck and Bridge
02:29 Voice 1: (Passive* Single Coil Mode) - Neck
02:37 Voice 1: (Passive* Single Coil Mode) - Bridge
02:46 Voice 2: (Active Single Coil Mode) - Neck and Bridge w/ Mid Contour
03:02 Voice 2: (Active Single Coil Mode) - Neck w/ Mid Contour
03:17 Voice 2: (Active Single Coil Mode) - Bridge w/ Mid Contour
03:32 Voice 2: (Active Single Coil Mode) - Neck and Bridge
03:47 Voice 2: (Active Single Coil Mode) - Neck
04:03 Voice 2: (Active Single Coil Mode) - Bridge
*The word "Passive" is used as a tone descriptor only. All Fishman Fluence pickups are active in operation. - Розваги
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Passive and Active modes on this thing are like night and day! Need to get my hands on them!
I've been waiting for a decent review of these since NAMM. Definitely putting these in my 5 string when they are available.
Rodney McG's review seems to capture the character of these pickups a lot better.
Thanks. I got myself the Schecter SLS Elite 4. Very pleased with it. Seems a bit odd that people are complaining about this video. It's hard to make a video of something so wide-ranging and not make it less than at least 15 minutes.
Hey. I'm a fender jazz bass guy. I have an elite model that I love the sound but hate the weight, fat neck and everything about it. I'm considering a SLS Elite 4. Unfortunately local stores don't carry them.
How would you compare the vintage tones with this? I do not play metal, do not pay any padels. Straight to the amp, old vintage tones.
@fazquasha2632 yes, this bass can give you a good jazz bass tone (or tones). Switch the three way selector to the passive tone and pull the volume pot for single coil. The added advantage is that you can add or remove some bass and treble to fine tune. Not to mention the other tones available if you needed. I play mine with the volume pot out most of the time, as I'm not a fan of humbuckers on bass. It's very comfortable to play with a slim through-neck design and substantial chrome frets, which never get ground down and are smooth for bends, if that's you're thing. Of course, if you want a more traditional style J-type, the Sire Marcus Miller basses are the best value for money. The Schecter is medium weight I would say. Not the lightest, but it's not as heavy as my Fender Precision.
thank you. Ordering one today.
If you had to record and no one is looking, you'd do that with P bass or SLS?
@@fazquasha2632 that depends on my mood at the time, or what type of music i'm recording. if it's hard rock it's probably the precision. anything else then probably the SLS. My precision has Seymour Duncan quarter pounder pickups, so it has more grunt. However the SLS can give me sounds that might suit different tracks.
Amazing thank you my friend
I think they sound great,the sounds available are all you'd need.
wow!!!!! that sound great i want some
please keep this line just as it is
This would probably be a lot more informative and tantalizing if it wasn't recorded through a tin can.
He should have talked into the pick-ups. They sound great. 😂
God, I thought it was just me that was hearing issues with the recording. What happened? Too much compression?
I have these in my Schecter Evil Twin 5. They are fantastic. I can play old 60's & 70's, Metal, Primus songs, they sound fantastic. The versatility is great if you play multiple styles, get lots of different sounds. They seem to really pull the sound out of your playing, so if your sloppy you'll hear it. Maybe too hot if your going Frank Bello, or Steve Harris style. The idea seems to me that the better you play the better they'll sound. Forcing me to be more consistent. I would say check em out when you get the chance. You'll be happy for the versatility, and if you can't get the sound you want, your probably doing something wrong.
Haha that's exactly what I have settled on. The Evil Twin.
Same here!
sounds noting like old 60s.
Hey. I'm a fender jazz bass guy. I have an elite model that I love the sound but hate the weight, fat neck and everything about it. I'm considering a SLS Elite 4. Unfortunately local stores don't carry them.
How would you compare the vintage tones with this? I do not play metal, do not pay any padels. Straight to the amp, old vintage tones.
Think I might have just found the perfect set to show my Schecter some love.
How did it go? I'm eying a set for my stiletto studio.
I really enjoy the tones of these pickups. Some more variation like P and J bass would be killer. Maybe even Music Man? IDK just spit balling here.
Will there be 6 string guitar p90 spacing humbuckers? Would love to get some for my PRS SE 277 baritone
Can you please tell me the singal chain for this demo?
So, for those not wanting all the options or don't have Soap Bar style cut outs in their basses. When is there going to be replacement pickups for Fender, Gibson, Ernie Ball-style Basses? I have a P-Bass and would be willing to try out a P-Bass pickup ya'll would make one.
I was wondering the same. I think Fishman have been trying to get these to more builders and get them more into the market, but it’s hard because in the bass world it’s not exactly the same marketing strategy as in the guitar world, where they can make signature models and have a bunch of sponsored players that are really good at what they do. There’s really only a handful of great bass players in the public spotlight (that people would actually know of, not saying there aren’t good bass players out there, they’re just not well known), and the artists like Flea and Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, etc - the bass players we all know and love, they already have business deals that are going well for them, and aren’t really interested in switching to Fishman pickups. So far I think the only mass market bass company to actually ship these is Schecter, but I think LTD may be using them in their new models for this year, so I guess that’s something 🤷♂️
@@5urg3x Spector foray into Multi-Fretted basses (Dimension) use Fishman Fluence soapbars. I dont know if it is these or ones specifically made for it but I definitely wanna buy one or a dingwall
You put so much money into R&D developing these pickuo system, wich sounds good in other videos, and you have the balls to record the worst clips possible ever for the sole selling point of these pickups which is the character changes available at a switch flick. Im not even mad at the guy for not being a good bass player, but I am at the fact that there was noone in this recording session who actually knew how a bass sounds, and whoever reviewed this content before releasing to the public didnt either. Its like the company is against selling these.
I have these in a spector dimension. They sound like balls on most of the settings. Thin, brittle and fake. They are "clear and flexible" though, but what's the use of a heap of sounds when 90% are shit.
I got halfway through and I'm thinking, "yo this sounds like shit what is going on. Let me check the comments."
@@sigmundsoundhow is it possible?
@@sigmundsoundI have the SLS Elite 4 and I can say I was very impressed with the Fluance pickups that I put them in my Spector 5 string. Injected life into it and I play it all the time now. Horses for courses.
This video is legit "what bass playing sounds like to non-bass players"
what are the dimensions of the 5 string version? I've looked all over online and can't find them anywhere, including the website.
Good demo, it gives me a pretty good idea of what these pickups sound like. Thanks.
My problem with the sound of these is that it just seems like all I'm hearing is a preamp and not the natural sound of the instrument at all.
Roger Baer that’s active pickups for ya
Can we installment other preamp for that pickup?
What are the recommended pickup height for these each pickup?
well THAT was disappointing - expected THUNDER and got a raindrop shaped like a tin can. This is how my basses sound when im noodling NOT plugged in - WTF
Will there be a 6 string model?
possibly in the future
What bass is that???
Wow Fishman. I do not like being negative. BUT This is a POOR demo of , for me, a SUPERB PRODUCT.Luckily there are vastly superior ones elsewhere. (Bass The World and Marcelo Feldman.)I cannot find anywhere in the U.K. that stocks these. Demos like this MAY be the reason.
I don't know if its the bass or the bass player, but I'm really not feeling these pickups at all!! Although I do like the versatility.
Its the bassist
@@Saxoprane he just sucks so damn bad
long nail
Why is he slapping on the fret board and constantly muting out the sustain with the palm of his hand ..fast slapping same riff over and over ...sure they're just pickups ..but one suppose to demonstrate the high lights of a giving product ..not hold back and hender... the out come can turn people away appose to gaining interest...
i was upset with myself for selling my Ken Smith BT6 pickups. these have a voice that are just as impressive
Ken card read good
Looks great, but why is the majority of the Active samples/demos using slapping? I want to use this for Metal, and need to see what it would sound like for that as well. - Just straight playing.
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Here's a demo/review by a metal geeze with no slapping 👍
@@owenwarr5400 - Thanks! Great vid suggestion
@@owenwarr5400 Thank you!
I thought the exact same thing...it's just some dude slapping...is that all the pick up is for?!?! LOL
They use the slapping technique because it tends to show the overall versatility of the pickups and bass. With all of the overdriven and distortion in the metal songs its hard to tell what kind of pickup is being used!!
Metalheads tend to knock the slapping technique, but it is the one technique that you can use to really size up a pickup or bass because there are so many different tonalities involved in playing that style of bass.
Its also really annoying to hear it in every video review. I like good slap players, unfortunately it is too often used to sound like a better player than they are as well. Hence why Metalheads scoff at it. I myself feel that you can do all you need with your fingers too show a pick-up, but you have to actually know how to play to do that. Its just my opinion, I do agree it can show some of the pick-up, not all though, with fingers you can.
Here's one thing that I do know,that everything isn't for everybody! Metalheads are or maybe talented but , you wouldn't know that by just listening to their music because its hard to hear what is being played because of the sound of the bass is being masquaraded by distortion and shear loudness. To play slap bass requires the musicians and the equipment to respond in a way as to be fairly judged.
To each his own! just my opinion!!!
Check out the Mike Inez demo ,no slapping and they sound great
…but when someone just slaps a bass, I still don't know what fingerstyle tones or pick tones sound like. As such, the slap technique is not "the one technique that you can use to really size up a pickup or bass." Like, that much is obvious, right? Also, um… is it me, or is this guy's slap technique really weird and off-putting?
Cliff would be like: HOLLY SHIT BRUH
so many options to sound bad, mesmerising
I feel like the guy playing the bass isn't actually a bassist. It's like he's doing his best impression of a bassist.
Just wait, everything is going to have these electronics.
ooooo he card read good
Rodney McG reviewing the Schecter SLS Elite did a much better job covering these pickups. Glad I seen that first or I would have gone in a different direction.
Fishman Flatulence Pickups
Sounds a bit thin to me.
That's why you drop tune it lol jk yee
Why is everyone complaining about the sound? It sounds fine on my phone. I can’t imagine it sounds super awful on a pair of monitors...
Make these for 6 and 7 string bass and color me Impressed. The lack of sublime frequency is disturbing. I do not like my bass to sound like a guitar. That’s just sad. More 20hz please.
Sub bass frequencies *
I don't know. They look good though...
I am sure alot of research and time and money went into developing such a product. They are clear sounding pick ups. I myself am not a fan at this time. This is only my opinion. Your modern bass pickups sound thin ( lack bass) cold and sterile ( no personality) I do understand that there are thousands of bass players who love you products. And that's great. Good luck to you guys in the future
Sounds pretty horrible in this video. Tried these in a Cort and the sound was much less aggressive.
Less slapping and more finger style would of given us a better idea of the sound.
:D
Where's Davie504 when you need him this dude should be straight slapped for this audio geez hopefully I can find some other reviews on these as the range is appealing but you couldn't here it here :~(
please have someone with good bass technique play for your next video.... PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD... the playing was not very flattering to the pickups
NIRVANA - BREED
More Emg then Emg, a lot treble .......
They couldn’t afford Victor Wooten
f**k me, i need it
*Each pickup should have its own three way voicing toggle switch, and its own push/pull double/single coil volume knob..., though you would have two push/pull volumes instead of a single push/pull master and blend pot... That way..., with the volume knobs either full up or down, you would have forty-eight pickup voicing combinations instead of only the eighteen offered here... Why are you forced to set the same mode and voicing for both pickups in tandem? Is it not much more logical that if you're going to develop a brilliant new state-of-the-art pickup system, where a single pickup can have six different voicings..., if you install two in an instrument..., that you take full advantage of your new system and allow people to configure their instruments how they want to? What if I want a nice vintage single coil at the neck blended with a modern humbucker at the bridge? Too bad with this thing..., especially knowing that the pickups could have done it, except that they didn't want to add a second mini-toggle switch and replace a pan-pot with a second push/pull pot... Right now, I use two EMG-40TW dual mode pickups, and two of my favorite settings are, "neck single + bridge double", and, "neck double + bridge single"... This new, "EMG Killer", pickup set could have been able to do this..., but due only to the limited stock wiring configuration, it can't... Do I not have a glaring point?...*
They're already too feature-heavy for me, so I reckon that going on the straightforward side when stock is the right call. If you wish to complicate things further, then you can do that yourself with half an hour, €20 of parts and a soldering iron. They're not forcing you to set the same mode and voicing for both pickups, that's just the standard wiring pattern.
Sorry! But this Demo is pretty weak and is not demonstrating the breath of Bass tone from the pups ,it's a Bass dammit .
Rather unimpressive demonstration. Send that bass to Ed Friedland the Bass Whisperer for a proper review.
i dont like how this sounds...tinny comes to mind....ill keep my EMG JVX soap bars thanks..
Action is way too low, sounds bad
I would go check out some other reviews or try them at a store. Thanks for your comment.
Sound sucks
No low B string playing. Not good for a 5 string review. Usually I stay away from products where they can't play the low. It is a 4 string bass in disguise. I use a lot the low B and a bad low B is a disaster for me. Fluence is definitely not for people like me. It is for snobs and hypocrites who buy 5 string basses for the look.
Oh well... maybe you are a deaf snob then. He is playing the B here and there. You would notice if you wouldnt focus on the fret hand. Or maybe you are not that good to hear an open B string... who knows
@@BratislavMetulski Well, your problem is you don't have a clue what playing the B string means. A few short and very short touches of the low B does not mean he played the low B. There are few reviews where the reviewer really plays the low B and showcases how it woks all by itself and then it shows how it works with the other strings. If you have your eyeglasses with you I wrote there very clear "playing the low B". Stop being cheeky, learn to read, go to school and get some smart brain because yours is anything but smart.
@@BujorOvidiu ok let me read your comment again: "No low B string playing"; "It is a 4 string bass in disguise". i dont know what goes wrong with the word "playing" in your brain. as a versatile 5 string player i can tell you that PLAYING a note means you PLAY a note. doesnt matter if you slide up and down a single string (which i assume is a you can do since you dont understand the point of this demonstration) or you play a single stroke. so actually this guy is PLAYING on the B string. oh and just saying... despite being an extreme metal bass player and using picks i like that demonstration because it shows how the pickups handle fast action over the whole board. and since they handle it very well you should understand that this demonstration makes sense. even the B doesnt slam into the whole mix like normal EMGs whould do and a good musician should understand and hear that. thats what makes a good pick up. but what am i saing anyways.... theres a guy telling that he is using the B a lot. for me (and probably for every other bass player who know how to use a bass guitar) it tells me that there is a person who owns a 5 string because of the B string :D you know... the 5 strings can be used together and there is some wizardry like bass chords. playing 2,3 or even 4 strings at a time. so... stop being a douchebag anyways.
@@BratislavMetulski Oh, yeah. Glenn Fricker told me everything about about you. Please accept my humble apologies.
@@BujorOvidiu no problem. it came clear very fast that you are that typical rule #2 bass player :) btw go and change your strings. maybe your B will sound better then ;)