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Nordstrand Big Blade 5 String Bass Pickups

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DESCRIPTION

The Big Blade is a product of the pursuit of a continuous sensing blade style pickup whose sound is powerful, huge, and ballistically belligerent...something close to Nordstrand's Big Singles but a bit more modern in both tone and appearance. The blade's radius is designed for even output in most basses, which is analogously derivative of the uniform magnetic field that is sure to capture an accurate representation of each string's vibrational nature. This pickup is the Spartan of Nordstrand's discriminating pickup regiment; the sonic soldier who wages war against any tonal incongruities that might suggest vulnerability. If any band's thin, feeble-bodied, or indistinct mix dare cross its path, it will without a doubt be decimated by its unrelenting characteristics. Arm your bass today!

TECH & SPECS

  • Uniform magnetic field—no worries about pole spacing.
  • Loaded with two ceramic bar magnets.
  • Single Coil
  • Available in "Clean & Clear" or "Warm & Wooly" winding.
  • Available in standard black soapbar covers.
  • 19mm maximum pitch
  • Laser cut bobbins.
  • Wax-potted to contain any unruly frequency that may attempt to desecrate your desired tone.
  • Blade radius designed for even output in most basses: (14r: vintage round) and (20r modern flat)

DIMENSIONS

Size (Bridge & Neck):
4.27” [108.46 mm] Long
1.27” [32.36 mm] Wide

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WHAT IS THE TONE OF THE NORDSTRAND AUDIO BIG BLADE - CLEAN & CLEAR BASS PICKUPS?

The Big Blades are a hot pickup with plenty of output. They have a punch that will help your bass stand out in the mix and be heard and felt. Compared with the Warm & Wooly version of this pickup, the Clean & Clear have a tighter sound that is simply brighter, with a snappy top end.

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.


WHAT IS THE TONE OF THE NORDSTRAND BIG BLADES WARM & WOOLY BASS PICKUPS?

The Big Blade Warm & Wooly have some similarity to the Zen Blades, but are a bit punchier. A nice warmth, with a slightly rolled off top end, the mids are forward. This pickup was likely the hottest pickup in our soapbar demo tests.

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.

Customer Reviews

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Kevin Fowler
Excellent Aggressive Jazz Bass Tone

Recently got the Clean & Clear set paired with a Nordstrand 3b-4a preamp, and I am completely blown away by the versatility of this setup. In passive mode, these pickups get that nice aggressive late 70's/early 80's Jazz bass sound not unlike Geddy Lee's sound on Moving Pictures. Active, and this gets a very modern metal bass sound, especially with some distortion on top of it. This really brought my old Ibanez EDB405 back to life, and I'll happily throw these into other basses going forward.

Also shoutout to the team at Fat Bass Tone, they got these out to me nice and quick. Highly recommend shopping with them.

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Robert McNeal
Nordy Big Blade Clean and Clear

Not as much growl as the Warm and Woolly but a little more clarity and bite. Both versions are pretty similar, TBH

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William Kroeker
Amazing pickups

I got these pickups for my Ibanez BTB865SC and along with the darkglass tone capsule and my microtubes infinity these things sound absolutely amazing for heavier genres if you want a tone that cuts and is very percussive in the high mids and highs. Infact I actually ended up buying two sets and dropped a set in my BTB605MS aswell, even though the routes are oversized for them the cosmetic gaps are worth it for the tone. 100% recommend these for anyone who has been looking for a aggressive high output pickup that fills out the mix, especially in a 1 guitar 1 bass band.

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Fenton McLaughlin
Top People.

Excellent products, great customer service, I can’t fault they on any point.

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