Description
This product is brought to you by our disdain for not being able to control the future. You see, the quality of the NordyMute is something that Carey Nordstrand has been working on for quite a while, and what he found during his many experiments is that most mutes try much too hard to determine the player’s intonation and articulation. They want to speak for you, determine the story told in the millisecond of time between string plucked and vibration amplified. They want to mutate how you’d like your voice to sound, and therefore mutate your future. What they say is this: “X!” It’s fixed, constant, and almost rude. However, Carey was able to manipulate the mutations deposited from the legacies of the Elder Mutes, and what he was able to grow and nourish to adulthood was what we have come to know as the NordyMute.This specimen of mutation says this: “—— —— ——!” It suggests a void—a dark, staccato quality for which the player can adjust and take control of their own voice, intonation, and articulation. In essence, it lets you take control of the time between pluck and amplification. It lets you control the future. God Bless you, Nordy, the Mute.
These versatile gadgets are a simple combination of a sponge mute with a wood covering, which work to provide the player with dark, staccato articulation, forwarded by the vehicle of a nostalgic vintage subtlety. The essence of the NordyMute’s effect is akin to upright-like inhibition of resonance, a kind of execution of sustain—its body subject to an almost unnaturally fast decay. But what’s especially significant about the NordyMute is the uniquely versatile quality it lends to the player’s particular style. A lot of mutes will stunt playability, creating an awkward relationship in player to instrument intonation and articulation. In contrast, the NordyMute is designed for easy adjustment, giving the player modulating intonation and articulation instead of being stuck with one mode of mutability—of MUTE-ation. This modulating quality comes from the mute’s foam body pinching the strings, whereas most mutes push against them. To put it simply, pinch over push is what leaves the NordyMute’s intonation without compromise.
At the end of the day, the NordyMute is a simple design that compacts our company’s essence: a kind of microcosmic display defining how we will never subject ourselves to something that doesn’t exceed our expectations. And besides all the technical jargon and effectual description, the NordyMute is also just too damn cute. No player who uses a mute will be disappointed.
Features
- Bass mute with a foam body and wood cover
- Walnut wood colour
- 19mm string spacing (.750″).
- Handmade in sunny Redlands, California.
Item shown: Nordstrand 4 String Nordymute 19mm Spacing – Walnut
Model #: NORDYMUTE-19-W
UPC: 617353801385
marshmanandy (verified owner) –
This is a quality made little accessory. It takes a bit of effort to get it on the strings but perhaps it would get easier if the sponge material gets broken in from frequent on, then off cycles of use.
For me, it works too well at damping. It kills my attack and tone too much. So, it’s not an immediate ‘plug and play’ tool. I’ll continue using it at home on my various basses to see if it works right for me.
I think the stiffness of the damping material is the problem. In the past I’ve used a piece of grey, soft foam with huge success.
The Nordymute is well made for what it is. That’s impressive. It’s also way overpriced in my opinion. If I had purchased this on Amazon, I’d send it back (in its lovely tubular container) but Solo bent over backwards to get this to me – FedEx must have lost my order initially, so I’ll keep it.