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Anyone got experience with Nordstrand NPJ Blade Set?
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This is probably the last alteration except for a black tone knob with a pearloid top I will add tmrw. Had to have the blocks to go with the Blades. I have to say it came together pretty well. These pickups are life! Puts a Squier Jag to shame......
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It really is a beautifully balanced PJ set with some serious grunt to it.
We are working on it. Unfortunately easier said than done, but we will figure it out!
Dumb question. Has anyone with the J blades compared them to a Thunderbird? Just curious if they are even remotely close.
Thanks. From what I can find newer model T Birds use ceramic humbucking pickups. There are only a few jazz bass sized pickups out there that are ceramic and humcancelling. Nordstrand Blades are one of them. I don’t know how much effect the shape has on tone if anything. Now the construction of a T Bird is totally different than a Fender but I think if I can get close to the underlying tone, I may be able to EQ the rest in.
Just read your post and made this. Jazz with the clean and clear blades straight into the focusrite and recorded. 1st full, 2nd bridge and last neck. It's short but it sounds nice.
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Wow. Sounds amazing. You just can’t go wrong with those pickups.
I have a set (with Warm and Wooly J) in an Ibanez Talman. These are superb pickups. I can't fault them. Yes, I know the pickups doubled the cost of the bass, but they are well worth it.
Holy crap! I just got my npj blade set (warm and wooly)n imy aerodyne p bass. I'll post some before and after sound clips tomorrow. The npj blades sound almost twice as loud and have waaay more tonal options than the lace sensor man-o-war pups i had in there. They were a step up from the fender pups, but these kill them both. These are very aggressive but can be dialed back to be more tame when necessary. Definitely more tonal variety than sd qp pups.
I am impressed.
I am impressed.
Here are some sound clips of the old lace sensors vs the nordstarnd npj (W&W)
Played through Ampeg pf-500, eq set flat, no effects, pups in a Fender Aerodyne p bass. Same strings. Tone knob wide open.
These are just for fun. I know they are sloppy.
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These are the Nordstrand clips
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Played through Ampeg pf-500, eq set flat, no effects, pups in a Fender Aerodyne p bass. Same strings. Tone knob wide open.
These are just for fun. I know they are sloppy.
These are all the lace clips
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These are the Nordstrand clips
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