NBD: ESP LTD B-4B

[mark beem]

Hmmm I have a B205SM fretless and have been thinking of changing the pups and pre. Will have to give the Nordys a look!

Beautiful bass BTW! Congrats!!

 

[dStar]

Love it can't believe they are still $499.00 what's the difference tone wise with the Nordy's ?

There are so many more tonal possibilities with the Nordy's. The Nordy's are great pickups, but the coil switching is where the magic happens. In single coil mode you'd swear it was a Jazz (so much for "tone woods"), growly, punchy mids. In parallel mode, there is less high end and mids, I would say a flatter overall response. In series mode, lots of output, very aggressive sounding. I can get a real PJ tone with the neck in parallel and the bridge in single.

 

[elBandito]

I have a new ltd 5 stringer shipped my way. I never knew how small the body compares to a Jbass. Looks much smaller than I expected from pics. very nice.

Here it is with it's stablemates. You can get a good idea it's size.

 

[dStar]

Smaller, but not much lighter. That would be the mahogany.