The Inspiration Behind the Big BladeMan pickups, plus Demo

I gotta say, I am not usually impressed by pickups but this sounded fantastic

whoa, I see my comment from 5 years ago that I forgot...life is strange....

Dang! I want one just like that one. Beastly..

I’m a huge fan of these pickups, but man, that bass all together sounds fantastic!

Hey do have any pickups that would fit my Sire M5

That instrument is beautiful!

what pre was used?

I'd settle for a Nordy and Carey's studio please

I bought the fatstacks a few years ago, awesome sound and now it’s getting the obp-3 to have more tonal options. Big fan of the product!

Sounds great. Looks like Wal pups tbh. Would be cool if the onboard pre was parametric or had filters.

Great work.

This looks like something I might be interested in.

Did Justin use this bass on fear inoculum?

sweet bass, really love the sound of the neck pickup especially

theres ne way somebody wouldnt love that bass!

I need that bass! Exactly this bass 😫

OMG...sounds thick, beefy and smooth, and clean all at the same time.

I use Nordstrand in the basses I build because they are great! Grunt, growl, sweet, aggressive....whatever I need they have something for. Nice demo.

Beautiful!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!! You should ask if you could record the delivery!

You came really close to playing a Tool bassline there for a second.

That's an amazing bass, I'm glad he liked it and may well build myself one like it soon. Those Big Blade Man pickups sound great, and the whole package does sound a fair amount like a Wal. Awesome work all around. Come on, though, you couldn't learn 46 and 2 real quick for the vid? Haha!

Is this preamp available for purchase?

Would it be possible to get a pre-wired 4 knob version of this preamp to use in a Warwick Double Buck Corvette(Volume/Passive Tone stack, Pan, Mid with the Push/Pull frequency shift, Treble/Bass stack, and 2 switches for Series/Parallel switching) with a pair of the Big Blademan pickups? I don't need or want an Active/Passive bypass Push/Pull.

Parallel mode sounds great to my ears! That's a very nice looking bass with great tone!

@Carey Nordstrand What are the settings on the preamp when you’re going for the Wal tone ?

IS THIS BASS FOR SALE?

What preamp is in this bass?

Hey I inbox you on facebook. Can u make a bass for me? Will pay

What woods were used? I want to build that bass

Fantastic sounding bass, Carey! And it's definitely not a one trick pony. -And, it also looks great!

What’s his custom pre amp?

With the ungrounded blend pot noted on the video - do you have any grounding noise or RF interference? I've always thought that everything had to be connected in the cavity to complete the shielding.

How much would cost the entire electronics package ,pickups plus preamp?

THAT is a killer bass!!!! I love the obsession!!!

Lovely bass and beautiful job all the way around!!! As a guy who loves the Justin Chancellor and Geddy Lee wal sound I really love what you've done on that bass!!! I hope I get a chance to get your pickups in a bass of mine and turn it into an instrument that can capture that unique tone! thanks again for the vid and I'm glad Justin liked your work enough to get it in his bass!

Thanks a lots for posting this. I am currently building my own custom bass to suit my playing style and was considering your electronics, I was very much interested in MM/MM set up with blademan pickups and after seeing this I am finally convinced. Thank you, keep up the good work!

I've not seen that type of skunk stripe before. It's really nice and unusual, you should make it a regular option!

Out of tons of videos testing bass pickups, I can confidently say these pickups kick the ass of everything I've ever heard.

Really great sound. But I have a question for you. When will you put this design into a Soapbar? If not this how about a Dual Big Blade design in a Soapbar with a toggle switch, Parallel/Single Coil/Series.

Just stumbled onto this vid. Very very cool bass and the sounds are awesome!

NEW G.A.S attack coming on

I like the tonal versatility of this bass.

Any plans to produce an alnico v big blade man in the future?

Love the versatility, tone, & looks of that bass - I'm assuming I could replace the H in my StingRay5 with one of these?
Mine doesn't have the tabs on the pup. Is there a tab-less version?

Sounds awesome! I'm really exited to get these for my Warmoth build and try them for myself!

Awsome pickups

Sounds really fricking awesome!

lovely sounds i like the growl.