Martin Guitar Company ordered Fishman pickups; to accommodate it, Fishman and his company rented a larger manufacturing space, and began designing and making pickups for banjos, mandolins, violins, cellos and basses as well.

The Fluence was a solid-core pickup with a conventional magnet and two 48-layer circuit boards[5]—a completely new approach, using techniques previously used in the aerospace and telecommunications sectors.

[6] Fishman hired Ching-Yu Lin, Ph.D. to analyze and charge the magnets used in their pickups.

[7] They have designed an acoustic guitar pickup for the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.

[10] Gibson installs Fishman pickups in its G-45 Series acoustic guitars.