Fat Bass Tone
Big J Blade 4 Set-WW
DIRECT RETROFIT FOR MOST JAZZ BASSES
WORKS WITH ALL STRINGS SPACINGS
SINGLE COIL
OFFERED IN TWO TONE STYLINGS: WARM & WOOLY OR CLEAN & CLEAR
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In order to provide players with a choice in tone, this pickup is offered with either a “warm and wooly” or “clean and clear” wind. As you might have guessed, the names of these winds denote the tone which they have been designed to facilitate. This pickup’s stylish, mean looking slotted blade piece makes sure that each string’s output is accounted for.
These pickups are an innovative application to the jazz-style pickup using the solutions excavated through discovering the secrets of the Big Blade. Their aesthetic elements reflect the groundbreaking development of signature Nordstrand blade tone. These pickups are the weapon of choice for the war-time jazz player—the funk master that has all but ten seconds to shred his way to infinity before his bass based pride is compromised by an opponent of lesser tone—and have been rendered as such in order to supply the player with a diversifying sound that is broken down even further by its dual choice in winds.
Size (Neck):
3.60” [91.44 mm] Long
.72” [18.29 mm] Wide
Size (Bridge):
3.73” [94.74 mm] Long
.72” [18.29 mm] Wide
The warm & wooly version of Nordstrand’s Big J Blade, has a thicker top and bottom than most pickups that we have tested. The thick lows are powerful. Top end has a bit of a roll off.
Put on a good set of headphones and check out the audio demo below to hear it for yourself.
As always, keep in mind that these are generalizations. Your experience could be different depending on many factors.
Definitely a similar flavor to the Warm & Wooly pickups, in the aggressive nature of the pickups. Less low end warmth. Truly a cleaner/clearer version of the WW version. Nice snap, bridge pickup is big with lots of upper mids.
Put on a good set of headphones and check out the audio demo below to hear it for yourself.
As always, keep in mind that these are generalizations. Your experience could be different depending on many factors.
My jazz bass had some dimarzio pickups that were split able but they just sounded thin.
Slapped these nordstrand blades in and the difference is massive. Louder and just sound fantastic!. Would recommend.
Nordstrand 4 String Big J Blade 4 Single Coil Jazz Bass® Pickups
I had been searching for something more aggressive / less hifi than the Barts I had. These did he trick. I made a video comparing the two. Both these and the Barts are great pickups, but these were definitely a much better fit for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVcvnU0ZzK8
Warm and wooly. Precisely. Fat bottom, yet no lack of top end, even with flatwounds. Plus they look super cool!
I love these pickups. Perfect single coil tone, and lots of it. I use them with a .100 uF capacitor on the tone pot and they can get nice and dark without being muffled. They’re just awesome pickups.
