True, it can be a bit OTT. I don't use it fully jammed into the the strings so the rubber's touching the body but inserted lightly, right by the bridge, and sometimes at an angle to get the sound I want. Works for me.
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My 2 cents on the Nordymute is you've got to break them in and it gets much better over time. Also the P IV is 19mm string spacing and you've got to match that up correctly. I have a 20mm for my Sadowsky and if I put that on a 19mm bass it's way too muted and unusable.
I own 3 of them, 20mm for the Sadowsky and it's great now. 19mm that will be for my P IV that I used on a Lakland for a bit but never really broke in, it was overly muted. I also have it since it came with my Acinonyx but this one is tricky because of the shorter scale. Once you get past the 7th fret it's way too muted but mine could probably use some more breaking in on that one.
I will try to break mine in, and use the correct width (I didn’t know Moollon 4s were 19mm). That said, this bit of foam from my local foam shop is straight up Chuck Rainey every time. (@RudyTardy knows what I'm talking about)
I'd be inclined to agree. I've got the 4 string version and a 5 string versions of the Nordymute. One variable that you might consider with the Nordymute is how far you seat it towards the bridge. I saw a video with Sean Hurley where he was using the Nordy but it was sitting a little higher on the E and A strings than on the D and G strings. I haven't tried this with either of mine yet, but it seems logical to assume that the more you depress the mute onto the strings, the stronger the muting effect is going to be.
Totally agree. I've tried orienting mine six ways to Sunday and I'm still not able to get the intended tone out of it, but then as mmbass21 pointed out, it may need time which I have not been patient enough to sit through—mainly because I'm looking for results in the moment and have to go with what works. However, if they can "loosen up", then the break in will be worth it. I return us to our regularly-scheduled Moollon content.
I absolutely angle mine on the Acinonyx but not on the Sadowsky. I push it as far as it'll go in the bridge saddles on the G string side and that seems to work for me. I've read elsewhere that not putting it all the way down helps too but for me it didn't. Maybe because mine for the Sadowsky is broken in when I seat it all the way down. I think however you find where you like the initial muting then let the neoprene break in from using it in the same spot will yield good results. Nordymute's are funny, live they sound like it deadens things too much but then listen back to a recording and it does what it's supposed to do and sounds great.
With all this said, now I really can't wait for my P IV to try this mute on it!! @600 Ohms maybe leave the mute on when not playing it and see if that helps break it in faster.
Now that I put my 19mm on the P-Classic, it is surely a better fit. Will fiddle.
Agree...I planned on exactly this. Break it in and break down the material a bit. I figure there's a way to shave/file it down with tools manually if I want less muting.
I can get reasonable results this way, maybe 80% of the way there:
that looks very similar to how I use mine! All about fiddling with the angles and how far down you push it on the strings. I always have it butted up against the bridge.
That finish tho
I was gonna say the same thing. Looking at the mute but the finish of the bass is distracting in a very good way. Is that Inca Silver @600 Ohms ?That finish tho
From day 1 I always put the mute all the way down, didn't know about angle ideas. I got the 20mm first and have had it for a year now. I actually have to pay attention to which way it's on so the broken in gap for the E string is on the correct string. Accidentally reversing it now doesn't work well, winds up being very unevenly muted.
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Inca Silver, yes!
What you're describing sounds like the right way to go. Once the gap is allowed to form, the E string won't get "fubby", a word I would use to describe the unintended flapping against the neoprene that seems to happen on certain notes.
It's not perfect but it doesn't wreck intonation for me and it always sounds good when listening back to a practice.
Here is my home grown Nordy and how I mount it:
I get better results this way, but I don't like having the bridge cover on that much:
I get better results this way, but I don't like having the bridge cover on that much:
Yeah, I would prefer to have it semi-hanging over the bridge saddles like in pic #2, kind of almost MM-style. You also have much wider slots cut, which is probably what @mmbass21 is on about.
So we've established that fubbiness is a genuine thing!
