Pairing the two took only one try and they are now permanently connected. Plug it in to any USB port, even on powered hubs and it starts blinking looking for a controller. The whole process took about a half hour.

Adjusting the height of the pickup is accomplished with two screws on each end of the pickup. Both controller and pickup are easily removed and can be installed on another guitar once Fishman begins offering separate installation kits.

The pickup attaches to a bracket that fits under the Tune-o-matic bridge. There is a bracket for the controller that connects to the end pin to which the controller attaches using magnets. Installation was very simple on my Les Paul Custom and completely non-invasive. For unrepentant guitar synth aficionados like myself, this IS the guitar synth you’ve been waiting for. And it does it wirelessly using Bluetooth. But, the TriplePlay has no latency to speak of and for the most part tracks great. This was playable, but still had some degree of latency. The Axon was able to detect able to detect the pitch much more quickly from just the transient or attack portion of the sound. It it made it nearly impossible to play in time. The delay on the low E string was 4 times the delay on the high E. This caused all sorts of problems because not only was there a delay between attack and sound, but it increased as the pitch went lower. Early MIDI pickups like the GK2 on on my mid 80s GR700 required at least two cycles to detect the pitch and then convert it to MIDI data.

The pickup is the work of Andreas Seleazy who was also the inventor of the Axon system, which was the previous champ as far as MIDI guitar latency*. There is virtually no latency whatsoever regardless of how fast I play.

Wireless MIDI guitar pickup and I must say it’s that issue is dead. I’ve now spent a week with the incredible Fishman Triple Play Latency, the delay between the time you play an ote and when the MIDI note sounds, has always been the issue preventing guitarist from embracing guitar synths.

Sampletank 3 in fishman midi