As active pickups, they’re powered by a pair of 1.5-volt button-style batteries (a replacement with a single 3-volt battery is also possible) which are mounted to the bottom of the pickup, which is also home to an easily accessible volume control. The pickups use powerful neodymium magnets and are pre-voiced for an even balance across the strings-there are no adjustable pole pieces. Both are housed in a black plastic casing with a screw-operated, cork-padded clamping mechanism. The Rare Earth Single Coil and Humbucking pickups share an identical exterior design. For this video, I installed both in my 1994 Taylor 712c and plugged them into a Fishman Loudbox Mini amp.
I recently demoed the Rare Earth Mic Blend and Rare Earth PowerTap versions of the design, but since many players don’t require a dual-source setup, I also wanted to highlight the standard Single Coil and Humbucker versions that represent the entry point into the Rare Earth line.
The Rare Earth line of pickups became a huge success for Fishman, and has remained so to this day. The Rare Earth Mic Blend added a small internal microphone, offering a simple solution to an approach that previously required stereo cables, blender preamps, etc. It was about a third of the size of other popular magnetic pickups, and because it included an onboard preamp integrated directly into the pickup, it sounded great without any additional outboard gear. Here was a soundhole pickup built from the ground up with clean, transparent acoustic sound in mind. So, when Fishman introduced its line of Rare Earth pickups in the late ’90s, acoustic guitarists everywhere took note.
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In the early ’80s, the Sunrise pickup became the favorite of many professional players, and while it was a major step toward a more natural, acoustic sound, it was bulky, heavy, and required an external preamp for optimum sound. From the 1950s all the way to the ’70s, simple designs that were basically electric guitar pickups made to fit into a soundhole ruled the field. Magnetic pickups that mount in an acoustic guitar’s soundhole have been around since the very earliest attempts to amplify the instrument.
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