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4. Single Coil Mode Select
- A row of three solder pads is used to select the active coil in Single Coil /
Voice-3 mode. The active coil is selected by a solder bridge connecting the corresponding outer pad to the
center one. The pickups ship from the factory with the inner coils (when used as a Bridge/Neck pair) set as
the default. To change the active coils to the outer ones, remove the solder bridge and create a new one
from the other outer pad to the center. To avoid damaging the pads, solder wick or a desoldering pump are
strongly recommended for removing the solder bridge.
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. HFT (High Frequency Tilt)
- This feature is for players who prefer a darker top end, similar to the effect of
using passive pickups loaded by a long instrument cable. 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.
7. +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.
8. Output
- The main output pin has a 2k ohm output impedance and is suitable for driving low impedance
volume and tone pots, typically 25k.
