NBD - Mayones Patriot MM

So now I have two

The 4-string patriot with Big Singles/Nord 3 band pre became my main - and after a while - only instrument. It sounds great, I like it a lot and it`s extremely comfortable. So I ordered a second one, this time 5-sting.

I used to own a Patriot 5 for a few years that was great but a bit too heavy for me. The new ones have both roasted Ash Bodies and while not feather-weight, both are a solid 1kg less than my old fiver.

I went a tiny bit indulgent, and contacted Nordstrand to build me a neck pickup that is basically a half of their excellend 5.2 MM pickup. They did, and boy - does it sound good There is also a noticeable difference between the modern 3-band, transparent nord pre and their old school, 2-band, boost only, compressed MM pre. They`re both great but vastly different.

I`ve only managed to record a few clips due to my maudio acting up, but here they are:



thats the MM soloed, then Both pickup with the MM split (so basically two singe coils), and finally both pickups with the MM in humbucking mode.

and a crappy cellphone test of the slap tone:




BTW - check out the flames

 

I`ve had it for a while now and I REALLY dig the pickup combo.

Being - mostly - a rock n roll player I have two usable tones with the big singles - both pickups on, and the neck soloed. With this one I use 3 distinct tones - the MM, both pickups in single coil (jazz-like) and the neck soloed that`s somewhere between a p and j neck pickup.