STEPHEN CARPENTER

Fishman’s latest collaboration with legendary Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter!

Stephen Carpenter, renowned guitarist of the hard rock/ heavy metal band Deftones, boasts an illustrious profile in the music industry. Stephen’s Fluence Signature Series Humbuckers have undergone a significant transformation with a new and reimagined voicing across a range of 6 to 9-string options, while retaining the unique and exclusive glow-in-the-dark Fluence accent line. Utilizing the revolutionary Fluence Core, we’ve enhanced Stephen’s previous model by introducing a distinctive Voice 3 to each pickup. This innovation offers an authentic crystal clear single-coil tone, seamlessly integrated with the two beloved voices that Stephen has come to love.

Stephen Carpenter Signature Series Alnico Pickup features:

All the musicality, power and explosiveness of Alnico. Full chords and fluid solos, plus a voice you’ve never heard in a humbucker, and a true single coil tone. Great in both positions, or commonly paired with a Ceramic bridge pickup.

Voice 1: Modern Active High Output – The ideal active alnico sound. Full, round, and boosted, but with unprecedented articulation and dynamics.
Voice 2: Crisp, clean and fluid – The clean, crisp neck humbucker tone you’ve always wanted, without the thin, plinky sound you don’t.
Voice 3: (Single Coil) – Glassy, Scooped, Hi-f

Stephen Carpenter performing on stage while tuning the guitar

Stephen Carpenter Signature Series Ceramic Pickup features:

Cutting ceramic attack. Brutal active aggression and passive punch in the same guitar, plus a true single coil tone. Great in both positions, or commonly paired with Alnico neck.

Voice 1: Stephen’s Active High Output – The ideal active ceramic humbucker tone. Crisp, searing crunch, tight bass with no mud, and a growl.
Voice 2: Stephen’s Passive Attack – Organic, high output, passive ceramic tone. Superb distortion characteristics with Fluence dynamics and response.
Voice 3: (Single Coil) – Cutting, overwound single coil

PRF MS8 SC2 Fluence Stephen Carpenter Straight Alnico 8-String Pickup set

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Specifications

	ALNICO HUMBUCKER	CERAMIC HUMBUCKER
PEAK FREQUENCY	Voice 1: 650 Hz Voice 2: 420 Hz / 8 kHz Voice 3: 4.7 kHz	Voice 1: 750 Hz, Voice 2: 1.6kHz Voice 3: 4.6kHz
MAGNETIC MATERIAL	Alnico V	Ceramic VIII
MAGNETIC CIRCUIT	Bar magnets with blades	Bar magnets with blades
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE	2k	2k
CURRENT DRAW	2.6mA @ 9V	2.7mA @ 9V
BATTERY	9-Volt or optional rechargeable battery pack	9-Volt or optional rechargeable battery pack
BATTERY LIFE	Up to 200 hours (for the set)	Up to 200 hours (for the set)

PEAK FREQUENCY	Voice 1: 650 Hz Voice 2: 420 Hz / 8 kHz Voice 3: 4.7 kHz
MAGNETIC MATERIAL	Alnico V
MAGNETIC CIRCUIT	Bar magnets with blades
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE	2k
CURRENT DRAW	2.6mA @ 9V
BATTERY	9-Volt or optional rechargeable battery pack
BATTERY LIFE	Up to 200 hours (for the set)

PEAK FREQUENCY	Voice 1: 750 Hz, Voice 2: 1.6kHz Voice 3: 4.6kHz
MAGNETIC MATERIAL	Ceramic VIII
MAGNETIC CIRCUIT	Bar magnets with blades
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE	2k
CURRENT DRAW	2.7mA @ 9V
BATTERY	9-Volt or optional rechargeable battery pack
BATTERY LIFE	Up to 200 hours (for the set)