anzoid Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Just bought this from Dan (danweb22) - NS Design Radius WAV. It's beautiful and plays so nicely. Mixing the piezo in the bridge with the EMG gives a wonderful growly sound. It's also my first red bass in more than 20 years I have a Steinberger Synapse and this feels like the natural evolution of that bass - the annoyances of the Synapse (odd jack socket placement, the weird hook, overly resonant piezo in the bridge and the fact I can't get strings that fit it anywhere...) have been ironed out. This is what the Synapse should have (and could have) been. Funnily enough it's also lighter than the Synapse despite having a normal(ish) sized body. [attachment=208325:20151231-AJF_0544.jpg] [attachment=208326:20151231-AJF_0545.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 That's a nice looking bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r16ktx Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I agree with the OP with every point about both the Radius and the Synapse, except I had no difficulty obtaining strings for the latter. The Radius is a beautiful design from both ergonomic and tone perspectives, but the I'm a Ned fan boy and arrived at the Radius from my first bass, a Warwick Streamer, via various Spector NS and the Synapse :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Think I want one of these. Met the prototypes in 2012 and they were gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 That's really nice, you don't see too many four string version of that bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I've always been a big fan of the Steinberger tuning system, and this new one on the radius looks really clever. There's a vid on youtube of Ned demonstrating it - very neat and cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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