Fishman (company)

In 2012 the company began working on a new pickup for guitars[4] that used circuit boards, enabling it to be programmed. Most guitar pickups are made with wire coiled around a magnet. The Fluence was a solid-core pickup with a conventional magnet and two 48-layer circuit boards[5]—a completely new approach, using techniques previously used in the aerospace and telecommunications sectors.[6] Fishman hired Ching-Yu Lin, Ph.D. to analyze and charge the magnets used in their pickups. The company was able to control the consistency of the magnets and the stacked solid core to make each pickup consistent.[4] They began manufacturing the new product in 2014.[6]

Fishman continues to design and make pickups for guitar makers, including Paul Reed Smith guitars.[7] They have designed an acoustic guitar pickup for the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.[8][9] ESP Guitars sells guitars incorporating Fishman Fluence pickups.[10] Gibson installs Fishman pickups in its G-45 Series acoustic guitars.[11] in 2019 Ibanez Guitars began selling a guitar model with Fishman pickups.[12] Reverend Guitars[13] and Schecter guitars sell guitars with Fishman Fluence pickups,[14] and Caparison has begun installing Fishman pickups in their Dellinger basses.[15]

• Guitar pickup system (pickup + preamp + cable + endpin output including USB port)
• Pickups
  • Acoustic guitar soundhole pickup[16]
• Guitar bridge
• ToneDEQ Preamp[17]
• Effects pedals
• Acoustic guitar amplifiers[18]
• Performance audio systems