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Nordstrand Audio Releases Zen Blade—Big Hum Cancelling Blade Pickup
August 14, 2018
The sidewinding pickup is balanced, meditative, and at one with the face of the musical universe.
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Tools for the Task: Vintage-Voiced P-Bass Pickups
April 16, 2018
Give a P-style bass new life with an old-school sound by swapping in a set of vintage-flavored pickups.
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Nordstrand Audio Releases the Nordenbocker Pickup
March 5, 2018
The classic Nordstrand Big Single is now available in Rickenbacker size.
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Rocket Surgeon Boris Review
December 19, 2017
The smoother side of fuzz rears its head in this interpretation of an Eastern-Bloc Big Muff.
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Nordstrand Audio Releases the Big SplitMan
September 15, 2017
A drop-in replacement that features alnico V magnets.
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Nordstrand Audio Releases the Big BladeMan
August 25, 2017
The essence of the pickup's tone starts with a custom-designed 3B preamp.
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Quick Hit: Rocket Surgeon Labs Seratone—Mood Altering Bass Fuzz
August 3, 2017
This fuzz box for bassists takes a pass on the clean and goes all-in on the dirt.
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Nordstrand Audio Releases the Power Blade
July 19, 2017
A hum-cancelling pickup designed for cop P-bass tones.
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Rocket Surgeon Effect Pedal Laboratory Introduces the Boris: Fuzz For the People
June 13, 2017
The pedal's roots lie in a particular four-transistor Russian circuit from the '90s.
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Rocket Surgeon Effect Pedal Laboratory Introduces the Seratone
April 26, 2017
A "mood-altering" bass fuzz from the creators of Nordstrand Pickups.
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Nordstrand Pickups Introduces the 2b+ Preamp
February 10, 2017
The preamp offers up to 15 dB of gain via a trim pot on the circuit board.
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Nordstrand Pickups Releases the BigRig Bass Pickup
December 16, 2016
A hum-canceling pickup where the coils sense different parts of the string movement.
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Nordstrand Pickups Releases the Bonecrusher
September 23, 2016
Humbucker that's optimized for output and brutally focused power.
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Nordstrand Pickups Unveils the Big J-Blade Bass Pickup
September 19, 2016
A J-style pickup, with a continuous sensing blade offered in two different winds.
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Nordstrand Pickups Releases the Big Blade Bass Pickup
April 29, 2016
The sound is a bit more modern and aggressive and there are no more worries about making sure the pole pieces line up with your strings.
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Nordstrand Unveils the Jazz Bar Pickup
June 9, 2015
All the standard Nordstrand J-style pickups are now available in the most popular soapbar shapes.
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Nordstrand Pickups Releases Alnico III Bass Pickups
February 11, 2015
A sweeter, more organic tone that's available in a variety of models.
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Quick Hit: Nordstrand NVT A3 Pickups
October 12, 2014
T-style pickup set with addictive textural quality that sets it apart from many vintage-style units.
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Nordstrand Pickups Introduces the BigMan
July 10, 2014
The pickups are optimized for 250K pots and are available is Music Man-style replacement sizes.
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NAMM '13 - Nordstrand Pickups Shush Puppy Single-Coils Demo
February 11, 2013
PG's Shawn Hammond is on location in Anaheim, California, for the 2013 NAMM Show where he visits the Nordstrand Pickups booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of their newest single-coil pickups -- the Shush Puppy models.
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