Re: Questions about Fishman Fluence Modern set
I dug through some old Fluence threads and think I found most of my answers.
1. Yes, they are swappable. The moderns have blades (not poles) so no differentiation of trem vs regular spacing.
2. I found this from Frank regarding the Modern Alnico:
"The Modern Alnico V1 is very smooth, and has that smooth, round EQ curve like an EMG85 has, but as I always say with Fluence, it has the Fluence stuff. So even if you hated an EMG85 you could still love Fluence because it's absent all the stuff you hate about the other pickup(s).
BOTH the Classic neck and the Modern Alnico Voice 2's have what we like to call "Fluence only" voices; sounds you could never wind a pickup to have traditionally. They are not the same voice as one another, each is unique but the basic premise is some push in the lower mids like a warm neck HB would have, while simultaneously having insanely clear top end brilliance. With a wire-wound coil you can play with a LOT of variables, but if a pickup maker is being honest theyll tell you that when you shoot for lower midrange, the treble is sacrificed. In addition, even a humbucker with low winds and good brilliance still has a steep fall-off slope on the treble inherent to the resonant peak. Fluence doesn't have that, so we can open it up as brilliant as we want. And it's not an artificial boost of what isn't there."
"Voice 1 and Voice 2 both stay clear under gain, Voice 2 is super fluid and liquidy in the low mids AND has crisp and dynamic top end at the same time."
Regarding the Modern ceramic, reading other folks' comments, I'm gathering it's like an EMG 81 in V1. And in the range of a Distortion, 500T, etc. on Voice 2.
3. I'm still not sure on the output switch. It was recommended to one person to install the -6db jumper on a Modern Alnico in the neck position to reduce it's output in comparison to a Modern Ceramic in the bridge. But I'm still not sure how they compare to stock EMG 81/85 output.
