Fishman PRF-HS6-MT2 Install Guide Mick Thomson Fluence

FLUENCE SIGNATURE SERIES MICK THOMSON
INSTALLATION GUIDE

ELLIE MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY

System Requirements

These instructions provide installation options for the Fishman Fluence series of multi-voice
pickups, but these instructions are not comprehensive. A skilled electronics technician
can simply interpret this overview to create a wide range of custom wiring options. Please
consult with your installer for alternate switching and control components or options not
specifically detailed in this guide or included with your pickup purchase. Please visit www.
fishman.com for additional wiring diagrams.

Installation Warning!

By self-installing and/or misusing this product, you understand and agree that and such uses
are high risk activities and, to the extent permitted by law, YOU EXPRESSLY AND VOLUN­TARILY ASSUME THE RISK OF DEATH OR OTHER PERSONAL INJURY SUSTAINED WHILE
PARTICIPATING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE
OR ANY OTHER FAULT of Fishman, including but not limited to equipment malfunction from
whatever cause, or any other fault of Fishman. Additionally, you agree to indemnify, defend
and hold Fishman harmless from any third party claims arising from such activities.

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Getting Started

1. Determine the rotary controls (Volume, Tone, etc.) and switches to be used in your
installation, including those included with your purchase. Test fit the components to
make sure that each will fit in the allocated locations or modify the instrument until the
fit is correct and all controls can be located without issue. Fishman Fluence Pickups are
low impedance and perform ideally with 25K audio taper potentiometers.

2. Fishman Fluence multi-voice pickups require a 9V power supply.

• If using a standard 9V battery, test fit cavity locations for simple installations or
consider installing an externally accessible battery compartment (available separately).
Note that it is important the battery is not allowed to short contacts between controls
in the instrument.

• If using a separately purchased Fishman rechargeable battery, refer to those instruc­tions to complete this part of your installation.

• Note that it may be possible to combine other active pickups with Fishman Fluence
pickups, but all pickups will need to use the same 9V power source. Only low imped­ance pickup combinations are supported.

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3. One or more of your Fluence pickups will have a preamp built into the base of the pickup
assembly. Preamplified pickups each have their own switching capabilities. In setups controlled
by a single preamp, such as the Fluence Single-Width set, optional switching on the preampli­fied pickup will alter the output of all pickups connected to that preamplifier. The preamps on
Fishman Fluence pickups are not suitable for use with other brands of guitar pickups.

4. All Pickup Voicing, High Frequency Tilt (HF Tilt) and Gain reduction features are selected
by connecting their leads to Ground. These features and their wire locations are described in
the user guide accompanying each pickup. During installation, any of these selections can be
made switchable (using the included push-pull pot or other preferred switch) or permanent by
either connecting to Ground or leaving “open” (unconnected). Some switching scenarios are
provided below, featuring the components provided with your purchase, but any schematic
allowing connection to Ground can be used.

5. Review your planned scheme for errors, complete the soldering, mount and secure all your
components, and test your completed installation before assembly. Consider a popular wiring
option as shown on the reverse side of this guide.

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2

1

6

7

OUTPUT

GND

Outer Coil V3

GND

Inner Coil V3

GNDHFT

+9-18V

Voice 2

8

Mick Thomson Bridge

5

SCO

3

V1

Boost

Bass

Fluence Mick Thomson - Connection Points & Functions

1. Voice-2 Select Wire - Voice-1 is the default voice with no voice pins grounded/selected.

To select Voice-2, connect this pin to ground through a switch contact or permanently by
soldering it to any ground or by using one of the included jumpers across the pins.

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This pin is an electronically controlled switch and has no signal on it. It can share a switch
contact with other voice select wires without interaction.

GND

Note: the Single Coil / Voice-3 select pins (2&3) over ride Voice-2 select. Therefore, the
Voice-3 pins must be disconnected (not grounded) to allow Voice-2 selection.

2. Voice-3 Outer Single Coil Select Wire - To select Voice-3 with Outer Coils active,
connect this pin to ground through a switch contact.

This pin engages Voice-3 with the outer coils active (Bridge-side / North Coil for Bridge
and Neck-side / South Coil for Neck). Both pickups used together in this mode will
provide hum cancellation.

When selected, either Single Coil / Voice-3 mode over rides the status of Voice-1 or 2.

3. Voice-3 Inner Single Coil Select Wire - To select Voice-3 with Inner Coils active, connect
this pin to ground through a switch contact.

This pin engages Voice-3 with the inner coils active (Neck-side / South Coil for Bridge and
Bridge-side / North Coil for Neck). Both pickups used together in this mode will provide
hum cancellation.

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4. Voice-1 Bass Boost (Bridge Pickup Only) - Voice-1 is ne tuned for tight chugging tone. This option provides a
subtle bass boost for extra punch and fullness. It can be useful to optimize and ne tune the response of various
guitar/amp combinations. This pin is an electronically controlled switch and can share a switch contact with
similar control wires without interaction.

5. SCO (South Coil Out) - This solder pad is used to conveniently access the south coil output on each pickup for
HSH (Humbucker, Single, Humbucker) and HSS pickup combinations using the Fluence SSA Single width pickup.

The south coil is on the neck side of each pickup. The SSA pickup is a north coil, allowing hum cancelling combi­nations in the 2&4 positions on a 5-way pickup switch.

6. +9-18V - This is the + dc power input pin. Fluence pickups are designed to have a wide dynamic range
running from a 9V supply, however they are 18V compatible for instruments already set up that way.

7. Output - The main output pin has a 2k ohm output impedance and is suitable for driving low impedance
volume and tone pots, typically 25k.

8. HFT (High Frequency Tilt) - This feature provides a subtle high frequency rolloff at 10kHz to smooth out the
top end of guitar/amp combinations that have a bit more “zz” than desired.

To activate, connect the HFT contact pad to ground either wired through a switch or permanently by creating a
solder bridge to the GND pad next to it.

The HFT pad has signal on it. To prevent unwanted interaction, it should not share a switch contact with any
other HFT or voice select wire.

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Mick Thomson Humbucker Set

5. Neck Humbucker (Voice-1 or 2 selectable)

Volume - Pull for Bridge Pickup Voice-1 Bass Boost
Tone - Pull for Voice-2 (1,3,& 5 positions)
Oak Grigsby 5-way Superswitch

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

GND

GND

GNDHFT
+9-18V

+9-18V

Neck Pickup

Mick Thomson Neck

SCO

Switch Positions:

1. Bridge Humbucker (Voice-1 or 2 selectable)

2. Bridge & Neck - Voice-3, Inner Coils

3. Bridge & Neck Humbucker (Voice-1 or 2 selectable)

4. Bridge & Neck - Voice-3, Outer Coils

Outer Coil V3

Voice 2

GND

Inner Coil V3

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

GND

GND

GNDHFT
+9-18V

+9-18V

Bridge Pickup

Mick Thomson Bridge

SCO

Rev 2.0

Outer Coil V3

GND

GND

Inner Coil V3

Voice 2

V1

Bass

Boost

Switch:
Oak Grigsby
5-way 4-pole

Neck Pickup

9V Battery

(-)

(+)

Bridge
Ground

5

1

Pull for
Bridge
Voice-1

Bass Boost

Sleeve

Volume

Ring

Output
Jack

Tip

.22uF

25k25k

0.22uF
“224”

Tone

Pull for
Voice-2

on 1,3,& 5

Positions

Bridge Pickup

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Mick Thomson Humbucker Set

M2024SS1W01

Volume - Pull for Bridge Pickup Voice-1 Bass Boost
Tone - Pull for Voice-3 Outer Coils (Inner Coils Default)
Mini Toggle for Voice Select

Outer Coil V3

GND

Inner Coil V3

GND

+9-18V

Neck Pickup

Mick Thomson Neck

OUTPUT

GNDHFT

Voice 2

SCO

OUTPUT

GND

+9-18V

Bridge Pickup

Mick Thomson Bridge

SCO

Outer Coil V3

GNDHFT

Voice 2

Neck

Pickup Selector
“Import” Style Toggle

Neck Pickup

GND

Inner Coil V3

9V Battery

(-)

GND

V1

Bass

Boost

(+)

Bridge
Ground

Sleeve

Output

Ring

Jack

Tip

2

3

Bridge

GND

Bridge Pickup

Both

8

Volume

Pull for
Bridge
Voice-1

Bass Boost

1

Voice
Select

DPDT

ON-ON-ON

(a.k.a. SP3T)

Mini Toggle

Example:

NKK

0.22uF

.22uF

25k25k

“224”

Tone

Pull for
Outer Coils when
Voice-3 Selected

(Inner Coils Default)

Mick Thomson Humbucker Set

Volume - Pull for Bridge Pickup Voice-1 Bass Boost
Mini Toggle for Voice Select

Outer Coil V3

GND

Inner Coil V3

GND

+9-18V

Neck Pickup

Mick Thomson Neck

OUTPUT

GNDHFT

Voice 2

SCO

Voice-3 Outer Coil

Wires (Not Used)

Swap With Yellow &

Blue Wires if Outer

Coils Preferred for Voice-3

Pickup Selector
“Import” Style Toggle

OUTPUT

GND

+9-18V

Bridge Pickup

Mick Thomson Bridge

SCO

Neck Pickup

9V Battery

(-)

GND

Bridge Pickup

(+)

25k

Bass Boost

Pull for
Bridge
Voice-1

Bridge
Ground

Volume

Outer Coil V3

GND

GND

Inner Coil V3

GNDHFT

Voice 2

V1

Bass

Boost

Bridge

Neck

Both

Ring

Sleeve

2

3

1

Example:

NKK

M2024SS1W01

Output
Jack

Tip

Voice
Select

DPDT

ON-ON-ON

(a.k.a. SP3T)

Mini Toggle

9

Mick Thomson Humbucker Set

Both

Volume - Pull for Voice-3 Outer Coils (Inner Coils Default)
Mini Toggle for Voice Select

9V Battery

GND

+9-18V

Neck Pickup

Mick Thomson Neck

OUTPUT

SCO

GNDHFT

Voice 2

Outer Coil V3

Inner Coil V3

GND

Pickup Selector
“Import” Style Toggle

Neck Pickup

OUTPUT

GND

GNDHFT

+9-18V

Bridge Pickup

Mick Thomson Bridge

SCO

Neck

Outer Coil V3

Voice 2

GND

Inner Coil V3

Boost

V1

Bass

GND

Voice-1 Bass Boost

Connect to Ground
to activate or apply
jumper across the
two pins.

Bridge

Bridge Pickup

10

GND

(-)

(+)

Bridge
Ground

25k

Volume

Pull for
Outer Coils when
Voice-3 Selected

(Inner Coils Default)

Ring

Sleeve

2

3

1

Example:

NKK

M2024SS1W01

Output
Jack

Tip

Voice
Select

DPDT
ON-ON-ON
(a.k.a. SP3T)

Mini Toggle

Mick Thomson Humbucker Set

Bass Boost

Bridge Volume - Pull for Bridge Voice-1 Bass Boost
Neck Volume - Pull for Voice-3 Inner Coils
Tone - Pull for Voice-2

Outer Coil V3

GND

Inner Coil V3

OUTPUT

GND

GNDHFT

Voice 2

+9-18V

Neck Pickup

Mick Thomson Neck

SCO

Bridge Pickup

*

Voice-3 Outer Coil

*

select wires (not used).
Can be swapped with
Yellow & Blue
Voice-3 Inner Coil
select wires.

Pull for

Bridge Voice-1

Bridge
Volume

OUTPUT

GND

Outer Coil V3

GND

Inner Coil V3

GNDHFT

Voice 2

+9-18V

Mick Thomson Bridge

SCO

Pull for
Voice-3

Inner Coils

9V Battery

(-)

GND

(+)

V1

Bass

Boost

Sleeve

Ring

Output
Jack

Tip

Bridge Ground

Pickup Selector

Neck
Volume

Neck Pickup

“Import” Style Toggle

Both

Bridge Pickup

25k25k

25k

Pull for
Voice-2

Tone

0.22uF
“224”

.22uF

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Mick Thomson Humbucker Set

Bass Boost

Bridge Volume - Pull for Bridge Voice-1 Bass Boost
Neck Volume - Pull for Voice-3 Inner Coils
Tone - Pull for Voice-2

Outer Coil V3

GND

Inner Coil V3

OUTPUT

GND

GNDHFT

Voice 2

+9-18V

Neck Pickup

Mick Thomson Neck

SCO

*

Voice-3 Outer Coil

*

select wires (not used).
Can be swapped with
Yellow & Blue
Voice-3 Inner Coil
select wires.

Pull for

Bridge Voice-1

Bridge
Volume

OUTPUT

GND

GNDHFT

+9-18V

Bridge Pickup

Mick Thomson Bridge

SCO

Voice 2

Outer Coil V3

GND

GND

Inner Coil V3

V1

Bass

Boost

Pull for
Voice-3

Inner Coils

9V Battery

(-)

(+)

Output

Ring

Jack

Sleeve

Tip

Bridge Ground

Pickup Selector

Neck
Volume

Neck Pickup

3-Way Blade

Bridge Pickup

Both

25k25k

25k

Pull for

Voice-2

Tone

0.22uF
“224”

.22uF

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