Finally, the direct comparison! Well done! Now it's much easier to hear the differences. For me, it's the NP4A, for all styles, rounds and flats. They seem to be a little brighter and richer compared to the NP4, but deeper/rounder than the NP4V, and richer as well. The Power Blades are not for me. Far too dark, and lacking growl.
I have tried the NP4A, the NP4 and the NP4V in my 1983 Squier JV as well. That bass of mine is a bit brighter (or lack of amp makes it sound less muffled). So the NP4 is my "to go" PU for a 4 string P. Maybe, an "ampless" sound comparison would be more "realistic" as we all play different amps.
Great demo! I think these pickups sound more similar than different. The differences are quite nuanced. The exception being the Power Blade, which sounds deeper in the lows and tighter in the highs. Overall, they seem to lack the low mid range warmth and thickness while favoring clarity, attack, and articulation (more modern?). I can see having one P Bass with a more vintage voice pickup and the second one loaded with one of these choices from Nordstrand when you need articulation and clarity. I imagine these pickups would sound great with overdrive and distortion effects.
@@sonojon0 from my experience of cheap basses having a decent string configuration & set up, including a good fret board, works,, being able up swap out pick ups is an extra advantage ,, more in line to pro bassists, either for recording ( mainly) ,, & sometimes for live performances where many are also led to accepting pre amp installations to boost signal quality ,
the powerblade is the closest thing im gonna get to achieving that vintage pbass tone, sounds perfect idc what y'all say
Thank you for not sitting on the fence - I think NP4V.
Carey makes terrific stuff. I’ve got Nordstrand’s in my jazz basses.
Yes he does and I’m looking forward to his new bass pickup coming soon!
Finally, the direct comparison! Well done! Now it's much easier to hear the differences. For me, it's the NP4A, for all styles, rounds and flats. They seem to be a little brighter and richer compared to the NP4, but deeper/rounder than the NP4V, and richer as well. The Power Blades are not for me. Far too dark, and lacking growl.
Agreed! The Power Blade fell short with me and won’t likely be using those pickups in any of basses anytime soon. Glad you enjoyed this series!
PowerBlades for the win!
I have tried the NP4A, the NP4 and the NP4V in my 1983 Squier JV as well. That bass of mine is a bit brighter (or lack of amp makes it sound less muffled). So the NP4 is my "to go" PU for a 4 string P. Maybe, an "ampless" sound comparison would be more "realistic" as we all play different amps.
Great demo!
I think these pickups sound more similar than different. The differences are quite nuanced. The exception being the Power Blade, which sounds deeper in the lows and tighter in the highs. Overall, they seem to lack the low mid range warmth and thickness while favoring clarity, attack, and articulation (more modern?). I can see having one P Bass with a more vintage voice pickup and the second one loaded with one of these choices from Nordstrand when you need articulation and clarity. I imagine these pickups would sound great with overdrive and distortion effects.
Big Nordy fan here and definitely a fan of your content. Appreciate these review/demos, very helpful. NP4A for me. Thanks!
Glad you like them! NP4As are awesome 👏🏾
Thumbs up for the Altın Gün bass line!
Yeeee!!! 🥳🤙🏾
Very nice!
Will help me on the parts bass I'm going to do.
A different direction then I was thinking.
Thanks Sono!
Happy to help!
The Tatsuro yamashita For you Album is the real star in this video, jk good to know about other p bass shape pickups thanks
He’s the GOAT for a reason 🐐 glad you enjoyed the series!
This is great! Do you post your sessions on spotify bc it makes great backfround music for videos also.
I don’t but I should! 👀
@@sonojon0 100%
They're all nice. The first one, np4 caught my ear. The powerblade surprisingly didn't really do it for me.
Hmm! The power blades would do it for me.🤔🎶🎸👍🏾
Good choice!
NP4A!
For my taste - NP4A
they all sound good IMO
Can’t deny its hard hitting tone! NP4A rocks!
@@sonojon0 from my experience of cheap basses having a decent string configuration
& set up, including a good fret board,
works,,
being able up swap out pick ups is an extra advantage ,,
more in line to pro bassists, either for recording ( mainly) ,, & sometimes for live performances where many are also led to accepting pre amp installations to boost signal quality ,