Which Nordstrand soapbars?

[Baconator]

So I've been following the 'Nordstrand Rocks' and 'Carey for President' threads and am thinking about replacing the custom Basslines soapbars in my Ken Lawrence with some Nordstrand soapbars. The bass is a light swamp ash 5-string with a maple fretboard. It's good for the Marcus vibe, but I'd like a little more booty and I'm thinking that humbuckers would fit the bill nicely. I'm assuming that series-wired pickups would work better for me than parallel and that the dual coil pickups would be a better match for my bass than the fat stacks or big singles.

If there are any folks out there that have experiences with these pickups I'd appreciate your feedback. I have had a brief correspondance with Stew at Nordstrand and he basically told me that I seem to know what would work with my bass, but it's always nice to have other opinions.

[steve21]

I think Dual Coils are the shizznit.

[JPJ]

The first step is to make sure that they will fit your bass. Second, it's important to understand that evern though the shapes are the same size, the Fat Stack/Big Single pickups and Dual Coils are very different in tone. The 'Stacks are more of a jazz bass influenced pickup, whereas a the DC model is not...it is its own animal (what most people identify as a modern, hi-fi, boutique bass tone).

[fullrangebass]

I am very happy with the growl of my (heavy) northern ash Brase I with the original double coil pickups (SD they are). If you'd like to add a bit more growl to your sound then IMHO the series Nordstand would suit the bill. It will add a bit more to the mids part of the sound (a bit more volume too, i think). IMHO light ash bodies do not give as much low mid punch as heavy ash, so the series DC would give it a boost there