Gear Review - Fishman Fluence Single Coil Voice Comparison

We are comparing the Fishman fluence single width Stratocaster pickups to the Signature Series Tosin Abasi Pickup Set in voice 3 and the Open Core Classic Humbucker Pickups in voice 3 for an overall comparison on (most of) the fishman fluence single coil voicings.

Riff 2 is one of my favorite riffs and its from the John Mayer Trio's song "Who did you think I was?"

Gear:
2006 BC Rich NJ Classic Mockingbird with Fishman Fluence classics

2004 Fender Stratocaster with Fishman Fluence Single Width Stratocaster pickups

Custom Made Xiphos with Fishman Fluence with Signature Series Tosin Abasi Pickups

00:00 Channel Intro

01:51 Riff 1 - Stratocaster Bridge Voice 1: Matchless Chieftain Model
02:03 Riff 1 - Stratocaster Bridge Voice 2: Matchless Chieftain Model
02:13 Riff 1 - Classics Bridge Voice 3: Matchless Chieftain Model
02:25 Riff 1 - Abasi Bridge Voice 3: Matchless Chieftain Model

02:37 Riff 1 - Stratocaster Neck Voice 1: Matchless Chieftain Model
02:48 Riff 1 - Stratocaster Neck Voice 2: Matchless Chieftain Model
02:58 Riff 1 - Classics Neck Voice 3: Matchless Chieftain Model
03:10 Riff 1 - Abasi Neck Voice 3: Matchless Chieftain Model

03:23 Riff 2 - Stratocaster Bridge Voice 1: Matchless Chieftain Model
03:33 Riff 2 - Stratocaster Bridge Voice 2: Matchless Chieftain Model
03:42 Riff 2 - Classics Bridge Voice 3: Matchless Chieftain Model
03:52 Riff 2 - Abasi Bridge Voice 3: Matchless Chieftain Model

04:02 Riff 2 - Stratocaster Neck Voice 1: Matchless Chieftain Model
04:11 Riff 2 - Stratocaster Neck Voice 2: Matchless Chieftain Model
04:21 Riff 2 - Classics Neck Voice 3: Matchless Chieftain Model
04:31 Riff 2 - Abasi Neck Voice 3: Matchless Chieftain Model

04:41 Riff 1 - Stratocaster Bridge Voice 1: Bogner Shiva Model
04:54 Riff 1 - Stratocaster Bridge Voice 2: Bogner Shiva Model
05:05 Riff 1 - Classics Bridge Voice 3: Bogner Shiva Model
05:19 Riff 1 - Abasi Bridge Voice 3: Bogner Shiva Model

05:31 Riff 1 - Stratocaster Neck Voice 1: Bogner Shiva Model
05:42 Riff 1 - Stratocaster Neck Voice 2: Bogner Shiva Model
05:54 Riff 1 - Classics Neck Voice 3: Bogner Shiva Model
06:07 Riff 1 - Abasi Neck Voice 3: Bogner Shiva Model

06:20 Riff 2 - Stratocaster Bridge Voice 1: Bogner Shiva Model
06:30 Riff 2 - Stratocaster Bridge Voice 2: Bogner Shiva Model
06:40 Riff 2 - Classics Bridge Voice 3: Bogner Shiva Model
06:50 Riff 2 - Abasi Bridge Voice 3: Bogner Shiva Model

06:59 Riff 2 - Stratocaster Neck Voice 1: Bogner Shiva Model
07:09 Riff 2 - Stratocaster Neck Voice 2: Bogner Shiva Model
07:19 Riff 2 - Classics Neck Voice 3: Bogner Shiva Model
07:29 Riff 2 - Abasi Neck Voice 3: Bogner Shiva Model

07:38 Recap

[moosenamedjabon]

This is super useful dude, thank you for making this!

[joejohnson]

This was great. Thank you for the hard work

[Tiger.]

This was super helpful. I am surprised with how much I prefer the Classics in this, which is nice since I have a set lying around that I am thinking about finally installing.

FYI you might want to check out the Fishman Fluence Greg Koch P90 set. I am a huge fan. Just tried out the Reverend Gristlemaster and the pickups were mind blowing. I did not care for the guitar enough, so I sent it back and ordered a trio of the pickups along with a Reverend Jetstream 390 to put them in.

[JavierPwns]

Thanks so much, wish people would do this for the TW series of emgs, IE EMG 57/66TW 81TW/89 etc!

[Alkatross]

The guitars themselves sound so different from eachother. The difference in the pickup settings was subtle by comparison. Those pickups really allow the unique sound of each guitar to come through.

thank you for this. It seems that they've made the voice 3 of these humbuckers a lot louder than regular single coils, to probably be a better match to the humbucker modes.

[simonsmith]

Hey man, Im dropping HHH in my SG.. In your research and opinion. Which HB sounds the best in single coil mode? Which in your opinion is best jack of all trades? If I were dropping 3 in HHH in an SG..

[jigoujitoku]

Good video. That mockingbird is loud! Sounds good.

[birdsiview]

The bc rich had the best sound overall .

[szaruck]

Open core and tosin sounds far from single coil sound