nobodysprefect Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Less gigs, more daily grind. And what gigs I have the Roscoe fits better or call for the upright anyways. Carey Nordstrand built the famed Nordy jazz copies and built some NX models on the side, then stopped building the NXs altogether, and now only offer NX5 with bolt-on necks. This means this bass can't be bought new. When it was new, it cost over USD5k! [url="http://www.nordstrandguitars.com/instruments.html#nx"]http://www.nordstran...ruments.html#nx[/url] The mandatory talking the bass up part: Playability: must have the easiest playing neck on a sixer, ever. I've had: Smiths, Spectors, Dingwalls, Roscoes, Skjolds, F-Basses and other basses that are said to be ergonomical... And this bass has them beat, seriously. The mandolin-sized frets help, obviously. Chords like a mofo since it has 17,5 mm string spacing at bridge - this would be the easiest-playing six I've played, and for someone thinking about going from fivers to sixers this gets my recommendation. 34,5" scale, long upper horn: great balance on strap or on the lap, similar or less of a reach to 1st position as you get with JBs. Sound: Nordstrand Fat Stacks, Nordstrand preamp. Arguably the best 'jazz bass on steroids' electronics around. When split, you get the JB single-coil lovelyness. The top-notch construction makes this a very responsive bass. Put it in passive mode and it's a really great 6-string JB... You can go from quite mellow to spanky to reggae with this bass. Does a decent Marcus tone, though to nail that tone would really take maple board, bolt-on neck and single coils imo. And a bit of practice. The bad: this bass has a new top, shown in photos. Will take more photos showing the work done on the bass later today. *** [b]EDIT[/b]: More photos at [url="http://s626.photobucket.com/albums/tt342/prkl0405/NX6/"]http://s626.photobuc...2/prkl0405/NX6/[/url] *** Edited February 9, 2012 by nobody's prefect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 How much cash would it take to relieve you of these tasty beast? I don't think it would interest you but I could throw down a Spector euro 6LX in part exchange... Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Well... I already have the US NS6-XL... Which doesn't get played enough as is I'll try to think of a number today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 bump for photobucket link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Please add a value to give people an idea what to offer in trade . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 What I'm looking for: I've never had a Fodera... or a vintage Fender. But I could go for anything that strikes my fancy, really, and would do cash adjustments too. i guess you have missed the last bit and jumped on the pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) Yeah, I'm fickle (oh, really? ) so any nice bass is like to whet my appetite. Been listening to lots of Fleetwood Mac lately, and a 6-string Alembic would be really high on my list. Edited January 24, 2012 by nobody's prefect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 bamp for a cash price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 would also trade for a Stingray or a J or a P and not ask for too much cash on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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