NordyMute

[fretmeister]

5 hours ago, Aidan63 said:

I bought it off ebay as buying direct from Mantec a lot cheaper than buying small pieces advertised as pickup foams

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADHESIVE-BACKED-NEOPRENE-SPONGE-FOAM-RUBBER-SHEET-VARIOUS-SIZES-THICKNESSES/254162194616?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=553513281525&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Thank you!

 

[dannybuoy]

I just got some too, the 15mm variety!

[fretmeister]

I made one.

 

 

It's self adhesive strip foam stuck to an ice lolly stick.

 

It works brilliantly. The mute effect is quite strong so I'm going to experiment with different width of foam. Might even angle it so the D and G have less muting.

 

$40 for a Nordy one can sod off. I've got enough foam and sticks to make about 50 of them for about £10

[booboo]

On 25/05/2019 at 10:44, fretmeister said:

I made one.

 

 

It's self adhesive strip foam stuck to an ice lolly stick.

 

It works brilliantly. The mute effect is quite strong so I'm going to experiment with different width of foam. Might even angle it so the D and G have less muting.

 

$40 for a Nordy one can sod off. I've got enough foam and sticks to make about 50 of them for about £10

Just make sure you let your insurers know - that's another forty quids worth of kit you've got in the gig bag there ;-)

Seriously though, what a shame nordstrand didn't pitch the price a little better. It's actually a cracking idea, because a lot of the other ways of doing this (including the Bassmute which I use and love) push against the strings and do cause tuning issues. This as far as I can tell doesn't, is easy to get on and off, and I'm assuming is adjustable in terms of muting depending on how far/hard you push it on?If  nordy had these made in china by the thousands for 10p a throw and sold them for £5-10 not many of us would be arsed buying the foam, glue and lollipops to make them ourselves. They would become an essential part of our standard kit and they would have regular repeat business through disorganised and short sighted folk like me losing one every few months. 

[chris_b]

I'd prefer it sprayed black.

[Kev]

Shame a builder can't charge for innovation anymore.  Everyone complaining about the cost, yet are now taking the idea and making their own versions because it doesn't require any real skill.  

Consider the size and location of the company, is he really going to shift the volumes of these he would need to make it worthwhile if he sold it for a tenner?

[Aidan63]

I think you'll find that Nordstrand didn't invent it, it's an old idea, they just decided to put it into production, at a price point they were happy with, and I'm sure they realised that people would copy it, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all, same as they and everyone else copy Fender's basic pickup design

[Kev]

Invent and innovate are not necessarily the same thing; in this context they brought a product to market and I was referring to people in this thread making their own based upon it.

I am, however, assuming knowledge that there is no other product that works in this same way i.e. foam with string cut-outs stuck to wood and designed to be placed on top of strings.  If I'm wrong, hands held up!

[fretmeister]

Another company called Grossman makes them too. For £23.

 

Presumably because they haven’t “innovated” by not using cocobola and other posh woods like Nordy have. And because thy don’t have slots, you cut your own rather than Nordy attempt to make you buy different ones for each bass spacing you have.

 

With 17.5mm to 19mm spacing on my basses I can make 1 with double sets of slots that fits both basses. 

[Kev]

Well yeah, one of them certainly hasn’t innovated.  Can’t say Iv heard of Grossman though, appears they are located in Europe too so doesn’t surprise me they’re cheaper. 

[booboo]

Not linking because I'm not sure of the rules on that, but found at least one uk seller doing the grossman ones for £23, and to be fair they also do the nordy ones for £30 as well as a couple of other good options. 

[wateroftyne]

I'm confused. Why does Bass Direct's bass mute page list prices for the Grossman, but spiel for the NordyMute?

[ped]

1 minute ago, wateroftyne said:

I'm confused. Why does Bass Direct's bass mute page list prices for the Grossman, but spiel for the NordyMute?

Because the website is a complete mess - reminds me of websites from 1999 😂

[fretmeister]

9 hours ago, ped said:

Because the website is a complete mess - reminds me of websites from 1999 😂

This!

 

Their web designer needs shooting. There's so much cut n paste for bass specs going on you pretty much have to ignore a lot of it.

[Stub Mandrel]

On 16/05/2019 at 18:22, NJE said:

I seem to remember reading that Carey kept the pickup and bass guitar sides of the businesses separate by using the different names. I know he has effectively stopped building basses but perhaps he still wants to distinguish these from the pickup business?

His new pedals are under another name as well, Rocket Surgeon.

Might be three separate businesses to keep under the VAT threshold.

Those mutes might look expensive if they were £36 each...