THE ONLY MUTE YOU'LL EVER NEED! BONUS: JAMERSON TRANSCRIPTION

The Nordstrand Audio NordyMute is the best bass mute money can buy. I put it to the test on the Jackson 5's "Darling Dear."
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[@gregbradshaw7220]

That Jameson baseline just constantly keeps evolving. Crazy

[@leftybass5860]

“If you nail together two things that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck will buy it from you.” - George Carlin

[@chrisblubaugh2655]

Jamerson was something else. You did a great job emulating his playing and achieving that trademark sound. I haven't heard all your basses yet but every time I hear that Pino bass I become more convinced it is quite possibly my favorite in your collection. It really is a special instrument.

[@elmanitasdeplomo]

This comment makes me more convinced that tone is often influenced by the eyes.

[@tsiggy]

hot damn, your tone is fire and so is your playing

[@kingofallwhites]

Bruce Thomas bass!

[@basskiller296]

That was outstanding my brother, upright bass technic applied to the P-bass looks so good, your sound is the real deal, I’m working on it myself. James Jamerson really put the bar up there, that line is a masterpiece, well played!

[@paulnicolosi4792]

These are very easy to make. You can experiment with different foams. Some basses respond better with more or less rubber mass. Give it a try.

[@toniwonkanobi]

What a great idea. I remember when Carey was making basses in Yucaipa! Drove by there lots of times when I was in school in SoCal. Coolness.

[@zzipdrive]

Absolutely nailed the Jamerson vibe

[@rasfele1]

James Jamerson is The father of all Bass Grooves.

[@ravytheturtle7895]

There is something about this tone that I can't get over. Maybe it's because its simplicity, maybe just "resonates" with me, but God I love it. And I love the mute too, cheap, easy to bring with you and that tone... Down the Motown rabbithole I go again

[@ts4gv]

Andr4en wouldn't call it cheap but... yeah it's pretty awesome

[@davidpost4216]

Nice playing! You even pluck with one finger just like Jameson!

[@andrewmobley1818]

Thanks Jonathan for your endorsement of The Nordymute ❗ I received mine today April 23, 2020 and I am so happy with this incredible bass tool. My finger funk playing is going into overdrive ❗🎶🎶😁🙏

[@stevesharief7]

Excellent excellent demo and bass playing...really dope Jamerson play along....gotta get a mute now!

[@trevorblair5552]

Great tone and playing!! 👍🏾🙏🏿

[@Great-Documentaries]

Always happy to see someone using proper Jamerson 1 finger right-hand technique. But I think I can make a mute like that for far less than $40. Thanks.

[@andrewmobley1818]

JON, That was some excellent playing of a J5 Classic on a P bass !

[@mattrodela2030]

Holy Cow! Stellar feel and tone!

[@KevinMajka]

Thanks for sharing your experience with the Nordymute and fantastic audio quality. That Kern sounds amazing (along with the bass of course). Great playing!

[@DiogoBaeder]

Great tune, great playing, great mute gear, great P tone, great Sadowsky on the back... dude, what a combo! :-)

[@drewlawrence696]

Nice product which truly adheres to the 'Occams-Razor' principle (the simplist idea/solution....is nearly always the best).

[@andrewmobley1818]

Jon, incredible bass playing of a classic ! You can only do on a P bass !

[@danonthebass]

killer playing and tone man

[@davidgarcia6796]

That bass line is 😍

[@virgilioherrera]

Definitely buying this mute!thanks Jonathan!excellent playing there man.

[@samuelbrooks7854]

man i love yhat

[@AndreaAustoni]

Wow that hook finger!

[@profile2047]

“We tried to mute it using (insert all the things that mute the bass)” It wasn’t trying. It was muted. Hard to not just feel like I’m listening to a bad commercial after a statement like that.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Except this goes on instantly and can be removed instantly and gives even muting for all strings and looks nondescript and doesn't press up on the strings changing string tension, tuning, intonation. Trying to cram sponge under your bridge fails at all these things. Always been a hassle for me to get consistent muting on my basses so one of these would be perfect for my Fender width basses. I have a Hofner that sustains too much and that's only 14mm which Nordstrand don't cater to so the search continues for that one.

[@lennmendoza5130]

Awesome tone

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

Very good playing 👌🏿 I permanently use foam on my Status Graphite Custom S2 Classic 5 Strings Headless Bass, this mute wouldn't work well with it. Also, foam offers a subtle mute sound that I prefer. Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤

[@VEIL.UNKNOWN]

amazing video man

[@casual.bassist]

Sounds killer.

[@TheBassfresh]

Great playing! and a really good review. I tried this mute and it over-muted to me so I went back to the original fender bridge cover mute. Apples and oranges ;-; btw is that a pino bass or a 63 custom shop?

[@carlmontney7916]

This bass playing is "Hook" approved. Nice Job!

[@ichouinard]

Of course, the Thomastik Infields are for something in that tone, aren't they?

[@MadMagicPaul]

Fantastic! Are you using JJ favourite La Bella flats too? Or the Pino stock Thomastik? Thanks!

[@JonathanHerrera_Bass]

Hey...those are the stock Thomastiks. Never taking them off if I can avoid it!

[@robotusa88]

Great playing, sounds over muted to me as others have said.

[@MariUSukulele]

killer tone! … and i realized quickly that you are using your index exclusively, well almost. Is this b\c you are replicating 'the hook'?

[@MrTennisgolf]

It would have been more useful to hear a with and without. Especially for forty bucks.

[@henrybonruiz]

Can this fit inside the Fender Bass Bridge F cover? Thank you.

[@JonathanHerrera_Bass]

Nope...it’d be too tall

[@pedromtorres]

Hello Jonathan, could you please suggest to me a few amps to get this tone articulations ? Thanks a lot man, love your videos, playing and sound.

[@JonathanHerrera_Bass]

Hey Pedro, thanks for your kind words! Glad the video was helpful. Just so it's clear, I was actually going direct for this video. If you skip to about 2:59, you can see my signal chain. Jamerson also went direct for most of the Motown stuff, so I was trying to emulate that sound. For an amp that gets close, though, I would definitely want something that was fairly low-powered and all-tube. Something like an Ampeg SB-12 or B-15 or even an Ampeg V-4B into a small cabinet. A lot of Jamerson's sound was the warm distortion and natural compression he achieved by hitting the tube console hard.

[@oldguitarguy59]

Excellent playing! Love your tone! I'm trying to get this. Can you please tell me what bass you're playing? Alder/ash/model? Thanks!

[@JonathanHerrera_Bass]

Thanks! That's a Fender Custom Shop Pino Palladino Precision bass w/ Thomastik Jazz Flats. The same set that came on the bass when I got it 15 years ago ...

[@2000SkyView]

Is that rubber or sponge?

[@dwaynedelario]

Sounds awesome. Do the vintage Fender bridges (like on your CS Pino) have 20mm spacing?

[@JonathanHerrera_Bass]

It's 19mm. Thanks!

[@joshuacotton6436]

What was that song at the beginning

[@kahfigitar]

Does the foam touches the body or hanging?

[@MSchmitz77]

Neoprene won't react with nitro lacquer finish, right?

[@tmo7734]

Huh, $40? Are you kidding me? Carol Kaye uses a piece of felt for muting. According to Carol, it’s a 25-cent fix. To each his own, but that sounds like a silly investment to me.

[@bass08053]

One difference is that all those .25 cent fixes mess with intonation. You can never get it perfect. This is perfect every time and has the least amount of intonation shift of all mutes. Worth it

[@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n]

my dish sponge has always been an imperfect solution for a few reasons. working with my partner on a custom bass and i mute 50% of the time so i have been researching more. rickenbackers have an adjustable mute bridge. you can also try a fender jaguar 6string guitar mute which is kinda aftermarket. we're going to design our own. big shout to carol kaye btw one of my heroins

[@tmo7734]

@@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n Carol Kaye is great isn’t she? 👍

[@YTPartyTonight]

@@bass08053 Only if the foam is to dense and it’s not properly sized and shaped.

[@dirkjanklijn9949]

Why, 40 bucks? Never, make my own mutes work just as good and maybe better, but great playing and tone.

[@gimmeagig]

All that using "The Hook" you really nailed that song. But that mute is so overpriced , by the time you pay for shipping that thing is 50 bucks. For a piece of wood and some foam. I found one similar on e bay for 30.-

[@5169john]

Hello, Jonathan. I just received my Nordy mute in the mail. I put it on my Fender Precision bass with round wound strings to check it out. So far the Nordy mutes the strings too much, which gives me more of a thud sound. I envisioned the strings still ringing a little bit. Your demonstration has the sound I'm looking for. Did you have to modify your mute to achieve this? Possibly widen the gaps a tiny bit? Maybe my mute just needs to be broken in by putting it on and off several times. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.

[@ts4gv]

5169john put it as close to the bridge as you can

[@JonathanHerrera_Bass]

Sorry for the late reply. Hopefully by now you've experimented and found a tone that works for you. With the NordyMute, so many different timbres are achievable by varying the pressure and position of the mute. Just experiment until you find something that works for you! Thanks for watching.

[@jdssurf]

Does it fall off easy

[@1okanaganguy]

would have loved an A B without music track...

[@yannicbaron805]

Great Video! How do you set the Tone Knob for this Sound?

[@JonathanHerrera_Bass]

If I recall, it’s all the up...meaning, no high frequency cut. If I didn’t have old flatwounds and the mute, I might roll it off a bit, but a big part of the Jamerson sound is the crunch and cut of the higher overtones.

[@yannicbaron805]

@@JonathanHerrera_Bass thank you very much!

[@dougharriman711]

What strings are on the bass?

[@marccarter1350]

Nope. Foam all the way. It works, cost 10 cents.

[@Chriswoodworker]

$40 dollars?