My new pink Nordy VP4

[kevin_lindsay]

Well, well, well............ look what finally arrived into the bass world? I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

[Clarky]

Wow, thats surf-tastic! Fabulous looking bass

[theosd]

Needs a black pickguard/white pickup cover

I would never get a pink bass but that looks awesome!

[warwickhunt]

Now that's attention to detail... the guy even wears matching strides when he's working on a bass!

[Grand Wazoo]

[size=7][color="#DDA0DD"][size=3][font="Comic Sans MS"][i][b]Nice.... Do they come in boys colours? [/b][/i][/font][/size][/color][/size]

... says the man with a pink bass in his avatar lol

Edited April 24, 2010 by Grand Wazoo

[Platypus]

Congrats Kevin, would love to hear than one play

[Bassassin]

Not having any insecurity about my sexual orientation, I would love a pink bass. :brow:

Jon.

[implo]

Glorious!

[The Burpster]

Sorry thats just porn off you go!

[BassBod]

I was thinking what good taste your previous basses displayed....time for a re-think. Enjoy!

Edited April 25, 2010 by BassBod

[AndyTravis]

one of the best looking basses i've seen in ages.
Mega.

[Clarky]

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='818018' date='Apr 25 2010, 12:54 PM']one of the best looking basses i've seen in ages.
Mega.[/quote]
Agreed, I can so see the Beach Boys playing one of these

Not sure I could get away with it in a punk band ... well actually I probably could as punters would think it ironic. Me, I think its lovely

PS, Kevin is it passive?

Edited April 25, 2010 by Clarky

[lozbass]

I think that is just fantastic - love the pastel colours. I saw a pink VJ with bound and dots Brazillian board on here and was hooked. I would have no qualms whatsoever in playing that bass anywhere - just a fabulous slice of '50s Americana. I've got to get a shell pink to go with my sonic blue - I'm inspired

[Platypus]

[quote name='lozbass' post='818024' date='Apr 25 2010, 01:12 PM']I saw a pink VJ with bound and dots Brazillian board on here and was hooked.[/quote]

That one was also one of Kevin's, I believe

[wesfinn]

looks great Kevin!

[lozbass]

[quote name='Platypus' post='818026' date='Apr 25 2010, 01:19 PM']That one was also one of Kevin's, I believe[/quote]
Hmm...not had a dig around but I think you're right...a pattern appearing

[OutToPlayJazz]

Lovely looking bass, but not sold on the colour - Faded Fiesta Red is the closest I go to pink, personally.

Edited April 25, 2010 by OutToPlayJazz

[Clarky]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='818145' date='Apr 25 2010, 04:06 PM']Lovely looking bass, but not sold on the colour - Faded Fiesta Red is the closest I go to pink, personally. [/quote]
Hey OTPJ, Faded Fiesta Red is well documented as the first step towards acknowledging your feminine side - pretty soon, you will be enquiring of Rob Green about a Shell Pink Status

[alanbass1]

Very nice

[throwoff]

You don't happen to know the RAL code for that paint do you?

[kevin_lindsay]

Okay, the bass is being picked up today by DHL and will make it's way across the USA and Atlantic to me - should be here by the end of the week - depending upon how quick Customs are at clearing it this end.

As for the comment about the Shell Pink Nordy VJ5 - yeah, that was mine. I was actually looking for the shade of pink we've got on this new P-Bass, but due to my providing incorrect details, it ended up with the Shell Pink look. That bass played and sounded AMAZING, but the colour wasn't what I was after so it was sold - it's now in Austria.

As for my new pink bass - it's a traditional passive Vol, Tone layout. Swamp Ash body with 1 piece maple neck (fingerboard radius 9"-14"). The neck is CHUNKY - 0.875" at the first fret, and 1.0" at the 12th". I did this to replicate the hefty necks on the early P-Basses. They are incredibly comfortable and sound super solid and woody due to the baseball bat neck.

I'll keep everyone up to date with how it actually plays and sounds when it arrives in a few days time. Carey says that it sounds great, so I'm looking forward to receiving it.

As for the colour of the paint - I'm not sure. What I did was buy an A4 sheet of coloured paper at an art supplies store in Glasgow to show Carey what shade of pink I was after. That meant the sprayer could match the colour up rather than having to rely on my own description and judging it against something on a computer monitor.

Edited April 27, 2010 by kevin_lindsay

[kevin_lindsay]

Okay, so the pink wonder has been taken out for a test drive at a rehearsal - it sounds REALLY good!!!!! The Tone is just as a P-Bass should be with deep lows and a lovely top end "zing". Dead spots? Only the one at the Eb on the G string (8th fret position).

The neck is chunky at my own request - I wanted to emulate the early P-Bass style necks. The feel is big but is in no way clubby or clumsy - it feels really comfortable in the left hand and the notes have a fantastically woody tone - just what I was looking for.

In a band setting the bass sounds incredible - the natural sound just sits in it's own pocket on the mix and rumbles along. Everyone commented on how clear and solid it sounded. The colour is exactly what I wanted, so I'm extremely happy. delivery was quick also. Left Carey's workshop mid afternoon on Tuesday (around midnight Tuesday night my time), and was delivered to me here in Scotland on Friday lunchtime).

I'll try and get some sound clips posted.

Here's some initial pics (including some with chrome covers placed on the body to see how they would look)

[Platypus]

Congrats again Kevin , lovely bass. Look forward to hearing those sound clips, when you get round to doing them

[antti]

G'day Kevin. This pink Nordy is going to Finland. I pulled the trigger and couldn't resist when I saw it was for sale. I really wait to get my hands on it and start playing some Heavy rock with pink P-bass.