Nordstrand Audio's new PolyVox multi-coil pickups are designed to offer the ultimate expression of Carey Nordstrand's lifelong search for the most inspiring and musically evocative bass tone.
PolyVox pickups include asymmetrical angled coils with a proprietary Alnico magnet load and supporting ceramic bars that achieve real-world output in a totally passive design. At long last, discriminating bass players can enjoy the multitudinous benefits of a fully passive multi-coil pickup system that’s ready to drop into any 4, 5, or 6-string bass that fits our standard soapbar shape.
Isolating each string’s transducer alters the resonance of each pickup, resulting in a flatter, more “transparent” frequency response in comparison to conventional pickup designs. The focus, integrity, and texture of every note transcends even the best conventional pickup designs.
- Multicoil, hum-cancelling bass pickups
- Available as single neck, single bridge, or as a set
- Angled poles
- Built with Alnico and ceramic magnets
- Laser cut, fiber bobbins
- Potted in a paraffin-beeswax mix to contain any unruly frequency that may attempt to desecrate your desired tone.• Standard spacing is 19mm ctc at the bridge
- Street price, starting at $192 for a single pickup.
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The Acinonyx is a bass by Nordstrand Audio designed to have all of the playability and tone you would expect from a short scale, plus the added fun of tone control switches.
The V2 Acinonyx bass features 3 classic styles single-coil alnico 5 pickups utilizing our innovative push-button pickup switching system. This system utilizes individual on/off switches for each pickup allowing any combination desired. The fourth switch is a series modifier which puts the middle pickup in series with either of the other pickups. Add in a .1mfd tone control(extra dark roll-off) and the available tones are thus rooted firmly in the massive fat punch of the OG Acinonyx. But the three single coil platform explodes the tonal palette with rich detailed open and soaring vintage character.
Technical Details:
- 780mm scale (about 30.7”)
- 17mm spacing at bridge
- 1.4” wide nut
- Alder body with Indian Rosewood fingerboard
- 3 vintage style alnico V single-coil pickups
- Our proprietary push button pickup selection system with “all in” mode
- Volume and extra wide range tone knobs maximize versatility)
- Multiple pickguard and pickup color options
- Very lightweight - averaging 6.5 pounds
- 2-way spoke wheel truss rod
- Classic color options: Lake Placid Blue, Olympic White, SurfGreen, Black, and Dakota Red
- Compound radius for excellent playability
- D’Addario Nickel Round Strings
- Proprietary custom US Hipshot bridge
- Proprietary custom-licensed Hipshot oval tuning machines
Extensively designed, and set up in Redlands, California, these basses are available online and at select dealers. MSRP $999.00.
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Optimized for a balanced sound with plenty of booty on tap, Nordstrand Audio CatPups offer classically inspired tones for any platform into which you can fit them.
This simple ceramic and steel single coil pickup utilizes a single (monolithic) steel bar and 2ceramic magnets arranged in a classic P90 style configuration. Optimized for a balanced sound with plenty of booty on tap, Nordstrand Audio CatPups offer classically inspired tones for any platform into which you can fit them.
The exact same pickups that come on their Acinonyx “Cat” bass, these were developed with an ear towards vintage character with thick and punchy lows and mids. Inspired by simple clas-sic single coils they pair simplicity of design and solid reliable tone together in a chrome-covered violin size pickup.
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Nordstrand Audio Cat Pups Pickups
- Violin style pickup
- Loaded with 2 ceramic bar magnets
- Laser cut, fiber bobbins
- Wax-potted to contain any unruly frequency that may attempt to desecrate your desired tone