Larry Fishman

Larry Fishman holds more than 30 patents in transducer and musical instrument design. He is president and founder of Fishman Transducers, which he began in his garage in 1981. In the early ’90s, he also co-founded and managed Parker Guitars (which was later sold to U.S. Music Corp.) with his friend Ken Parker.

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Larry Fishman

Acoustic Soundboard: Crossing the Digital Divide

It’s time to question some common analog/digital assumptions.

Acoustic Soundboard: The Intersection of Creativity and Technology

It’s good to recognize your own biases—and to challenge them sometimes.

Acoustic Soundboard: Great Live Sound Doesn’t Just Happen

Due diligence will yield the live sound you seek.

Acoustic Soundboard: It’s All in Your Head

Achieving a great live sound with an amplified acoustic takes work and a solid understanding of what is and isn’t possible.

Acoustic Soundboard: You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Pt. 2

Before you can achieve your ideal amplified-acoustic sound, you need to have a very clear definition of what that ideal really is.

Acoustic Soundboard: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Larry Fishman talks about the virtual impossibility of using amplification to exactly replicate the sound of acoustic guitars.

Acoustic Soundboard: One Word—Plastics

Who knew that new developments in plastics would revolutionize under-saddle pickup technology?

Acoustic Soundboard: A Personal Design Study, Pt. 2

How two under-saddle acoustic guitar pickups can look identical—but perform very differently.

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Larry Fishman

It’s time to question some common analog/digital assumptions.

It’s good to recognize your own biases—and to challenge them sometimes.

Due diligence will yield the live sound you seek.

Achieving a great live sound with an amplified acoustic takes work and a solid understanding of what is and isn’t possible.

Before you can achieve your ideal amplified-acoustic sound, you need to have a very clear definition of what that ideal really is.

Larry Fishman talks about the virtual impossibility of using amplification to exactly replicate the sound of acoustic guitars.

Who knew that new developments in plastics would revolutionize under-saddle pickup technology?

How two under-saddle acoustic guitar pickups can look identical—but perform very differently.