barks Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) NOW SOLD Ash body with really nice grain. Natural finish with flawless vintage amber tint. Vintage tinted maple neck with gorgeous Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. Tort guard. [attachment=88012:Nordy_197_body.jpg] [attachment=88013:Nordy_197_back.jpg] Neck finish is silky smooth matt finish and feels better than any other bass I have played. Pickups are Nordy Big Singles and the bass has the excellent two band Nordy pre-amp. Controls are: Master volume with push / pull for passive mode, Pickup blend, Passive tone control Stacked bass and treble boost / cut This spec would be £2700+ if ordered from new now. This is a lovely bass to play. Big sounds and very versatile. Used for a couple of gigs and sounded great in both my rock and blues band and my covers band playing lots of styles from 70's funk and 60's soul to modern pop stuff and rock classics. This bass can really do it all. Nice and light weight too. I don't have an exact weight but it would be around or just under 9lb. Comes in it's original semi hard gig bag made by Protec in silver/grey. Bought new from Bass Direct less than 2 years ago. So why the possible sale? Well I am pretty much using 4 string basses all the time at the moment and it is likely that this beautiful instrument will be getting virtually no use in the forseeable future. It may be that I am just going to admit that I'm not a 5 string bass player. So my loss will certainly be someone else's gain. Probably looking for a cash sale in the region of £1995.00 Edited October 28, 2012 by barks
bubinga5 Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 man that is nice.. what can i do to get this bass
gillento Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 Nordstrand, 5 strings, ash/brz, Big Singles, 2 band preamp -> perfect spec!!!!!
AaronScho Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 this bass looks amazing :| Nordys are (IMO) The best basses going Nothing I have played outshines them
barks Posted May 13, 2012 Author Posted May 13, 2012 Back to the top. Just a feeler still but this bass may still be available to the right buyer!
LemonCello Posted May 14, 2012 Posted May 14, 2012 I played one of these in Bass Direct not so long ago, HUGE sound, nice and light and flawless build quality! Good luck with it dude..
barks Posted May 20, 2012 Author Posted May 20, 2012 [quote name='poptart' timestamp='1337520229' post='1661229'] Mr Barker! [/quote] I know! It's just a feeler, Mark. I still play my 4 string most of the time.
barks Posted May 21, 2012 Author Posted May 21, 2012 Just to let potential traders know that I would be interested in trading for a Nordy VP5.
gillento Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 (edited) very tempted...... but I can't let go my lovely VP5 Edited May 22, 2012 by gillento
ferg36 Posted July 8, 2012 Posted July 8, 2012 Any interest in trade with beautiful 2004 Overwater P/J, walnut body, john east preamp. Tempted to try 5 string, cheers
barks Posted July 8, 2012 Author Posted July 8, 2012 Sorry Ferg - just looking for a sale rather than a trade.
barks Posted August 14, 2012 Author Posted August 14, 2012 Another photo [attachment=115638:Nordy 197.jpg]
loic.bass Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Do you want à Benavente Vortex Custom 5 strings ? You CAN see it here
barks Posted September 3, 2012 Author Posted September 3, 2012 Looking for a cash sale rather than a trade please.
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