The Nordy Club

[Big String]

Tom
Man that is a beauty. Congrats dude.
Have you played the Big Singles?
I can't make up my mind on pups.

 

[jmain]

Bah? Explain...

Yay, see!

 

[tombowlus]

Adrian,
Your knowledge on the bass side of life is impeccable, but you have demonstrated through our conversations, and correspondence, that you are a man of integrity. I would follow you to the edge and beyond.

A big +1 to that.

Thanks for inspiration that caused me to get an F Bass, and a Skjold, now a Nordstrand

Three instruments, and three gentlemen, that are truly wonderful, and top of the heap (with a select few others) in my book.

Tom.

 

[tombowlus]

Tom
Man that is a beauty. Congrats dude.
Have you played the Big Singles?
I can't make up my mind on pups.

Thanks! I feel very fortunate to have 'found' this instrument.

I played several Nordy's at NAMM, and I don't recall all the details, but I do recall from talking to Carey that the Big Singles seemed like the ticket for my preferences. But then I get this vJ5 with the Fat Stacks, and I am in love!

Still, I think I may have Nino build me something involving at least one Big Single.

 

[tombowlus]

On a side note, as I was writing this, my Bergie IP112/EX112 just showed up via Fed Ex! Life is soooooo good!
Gary

Woot!

 

[tombowlus]

Bah? Explain...

Custom preamp, made for Carey, 3-bands.

 

[jmain]

Custom preamp, made for Carey, 3-bands.

By???


Awesome looking bass, Tom!!

 

[needmoney]

By???

+1.

Never knew about this.

 

[tombowlus]

By???

To be honest, I am not sure who made it, only that only a couple were made, it was a custom job, and it sounds great!

 

[Bernie Connors]

For anyone that didn't catch his post, Carey talked a little about the preamp here...

Link

 

[Bernie Connors]

I'm in here as well!

I was waiting to see that bass!

Thanks for chiming in, Tom. That bass is a beauty.

 

[jmain]

For anyone that didn't catch his post, Carey talked a little about the preamp here...

Link

Thanks! Remembered the Audere, but the other had slipped my mind.

You guys got my gears turning. Everybody needs a goal!

 

[Bass7755]

I was waiting to see that bass!

Thanks for chiming in, Tom. That bass is a beauty.

+1

Nice Nordy Tom!

Dan

 

[tombowlus]

Okay, guys, I talked with Carey yesterday, and here is the scoop. That preamp was made for him by Homebrew Electronics, and it was a one-off. Turns out Carey loved it, and asked them to make more, but they basically forgot exactly what 'magic' went into that one. So, I sent the bass to Carey, and they are going to 'reverse engineer' their own preamp to make more.

 

[ptidwell]

Okay, guys, I talked with Carey yesterday, and here is the scoop. That preamp was made for him by Homebrew Electronics, and it was a one-off. Turns out Carey loved it, and asked them to make more, but they basically forgot exactly what 'magic' went into that one. So, I sent the bass to Carey, and they are going to 'reverse engineer' their own preamp to make more.

Interesting......
So, what's in it for me
I just order mine with the Audere, how would the custom compare? Can you give a comparison to like the bart, aggie OBP-3, sadowsky, or even the East/Skjold pre?

 

[Senor SQUID]

I keep looking at this one

 

[tombowlus]

Interesting......
So, what's in it for me
I just order mine with the Audere, how would the custom compare? Can you give a comparison to like the bart, aggie OBP-3, sadowsky, or even the East/Skjold pre?

Not really. I didn't spend enough time tweaking knobs on the other Nordy's to get a feel for their preamps, and I really don't have an identically spec'd bass with a different preamp in it, so it is very hard to tell. Sorry. I am sure that the Audere works great with the Nordy, too, though.

 

[Bass7755]

I keep looking at this one

Go for it Joey.
I'm lovin my Nordy's! I really LOVE this one too!
Dan

 

[GRoberts]

Okay, I want in!
Top of the month I order an Olympic White, Ash, Rosewood/Brazilian Rosewood JJ/PJ.
It will have pearl blocks and bindings and a matching headstock, with NJ5’s and a NP5 reversed, it will have a white pearl pickguard for the JJ setup and a tort pickguard for the PJ, for the electronics it will have Audere Pre with Master Tone Control.
I knew a PJ was possible, but I wanted the best of both worlds, so I talked with Carey about the possibility of routing the bass for the jazz and a reverse P pickup configuration, and a quick connect when I wanted to change the pickups, I was thrilled when Carey said he could do it, and it's only a slight up charge, plus mine will be the first Nordstrand with this configuration. I am anxious to seeing which pickup combo I will favor. I had a Valenti with the Nordy Dual Coil pickups they were awesome, I hope the NJ/NP will be as hot as the DC's.

I'mn curious why you chose Ash with Braz Rosewood instead of the more tradition Alder?

 

[GRoberts]

The stock bridge isn't bad, just what you said: Carey wouldn't use it if it weren't good stuff, and Carey is very careful and methodical when picking out materials. He is a pro at what he does.

For me, after playing the bass for 3 months with the stock bridge, I felt that I needed more mass. So I decided to have this one installed:

sorry the crappy pic, I was in a hurry this morning.

Now that you've had the Hipshot B style Bridge on your Nordy for a while, how would you describe the sonic differences? More growl? Punchier? B string? Anyhing else?
Gary