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Delano Quadcoils VS Nordstrand Dual Coils

Delano vs Nordstrand

  • Delano Quadcoils (soapbar)

    Votes: 27 50.0%

  • Nordstrand Dual Coils

    Votes: 27 50.0%
  • Total voters
    54
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tomas_almeida

Oct 5, 2007
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Portugal
#1
Ok, in the furture I'm going to buy a new bass, a F405 from LTD, ESP.

I've already tried the bass. Liked it a lot, great playability and looks, and the acoustic sound was great, but I really don't like EMG stuff.

I'm going for a massive growl, so lots of midrange needed here.
As you can guess, I play metal. :smug:
I play fingerstyle (HATE picks) so low mids preferably, around 400hz.

I can get the Delanos for 248€ the pair and the Nordstrands for 255€ the pair. This without including shipping costs.

Here are the models:

Delanos:
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Nordstrands:
http://www.woodandtronics.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=106&category_id=5ddbe8008b6145911485e6c4113a49ff&category=pickups_nordstrand&
 
#2
Honestly I've only heard sound clips of the Nordies, but have heard excellent things about both.

What I would LOVE to hear myself (because I'm thinking of buying a set of these for a 55-01 or similar bass) are clips from TBers who own either one of them! :hyper:
 
#7
For the record I already did a search and saw the thread. It sound like a J bass on steroids, as some good growl. But I would be using the series wired version, since paralel has a lot less midrange than series.

I imagine in series they would cut through like nobody's business.

But I want some input on the Delanos, because who knows, maybe they are the specific sound I'm looking for.
 
#9
You'd said that you dont like EMGs, but actually they does have this very midrangey tone, you'd described, very aggressive and actually i like it for fingerstyle.

I can provide you with sound clips if you want
 
#10
Ach said:
You'd said that you dont like EMGs, but actually they does have this very midrangey tone, you'd described, very aggressive and actually i like it for fingerstyle.

I can provide you with sound clips if you want
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I've actually tried EMGs and they sounded ultra scooped, not midrangey at all. Tha EMGs that come with the bass are DCs. If you can prove me wrong please be wolcome to show me some sound clips, but without EQ obviously.

Another thing: The Delanos are a little bit smaller than the EMGs (but almos nothing) but the Nordies are bigger, so I would have to make some adjustments on the pickup cavity.

I would like more inputs on this please.
 
#11
tomas_almeida said:
I've actually tried EMGs and they sounded ultra scooped, not midrangey at all. Tha EMGs that come with the bass are DCs. If you can prove me wrong please be wolcome to show me some sound clips, but without EQ obviously.

Another thing: The Delanos are a little bit smaller than the EMGs (but almos nothing) but the Nordies are bigger, so I would have to make some adjustments on the pickup cavity.

I would like more inputs on this please.
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You can order Nordstrand in EMG size!
 
#12
tomas_almeida said:
For the record I already did a search and saw the thread. It sound like a J bass on steroids, as some good growl. But I would be using the series wired version, since paralel has a lot less midrange than series.
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The Nordstrand DC's give you all four wires (two for each coil) The coils are wound differently depending on whether you are planning on favoring parallel or series. I picked the parallel wind because I figured it would be wound hotter. The point is that you can pick either the wound for series or wound for parallel and still run single coil, parallel or series.

When I was ordering I was told that the wound for series were much more popular.

KO
 
#13
maurilio, I do know that, but since I'm in Europe I don't think I can find those in stock, and custom orderering those would be a lot more expensive.

kraigo, I also know that, but I think I would prefer the wound for series, that's why I said that.

I have seen lots of stuff about the nordies, any comments on the Delanos?
 
#14
tomas_almeida said:
maurilio, I do know that, but since I'm in Europe I don't think I can find those in stock, and custom orderering those would be a lot more expensive.
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I have bought a set EMG size Big Splits from bestbassgear.com. Brian (at bestbassgear.com) told me that there was no upcharge since the spacing is the same. I only had to wait a few weeks.
 
#20
I've had the Nordstrand duals and now have the Delano dual coils. I prefer the Delanos myself. The Delanos are very warm, clear from top to bottom...they remind me of Bartolini Classic Bass pickups but even more even. Basically I feel like the Delanos sound like what I imagined my bass to sound like before I plugged them in. That's what I was looking for. The really take to eq well too.
 

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