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Article: NS DESIGN UNVEILED DOUBLE BASS AT NAMM.
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- Music Trades
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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NS DESIGN LAUNCHED the new production version of Ned Steinberger's original handmade top-of-the-line upright electric bass. Recently named by Bass Player Magazine as "one of the ten best gear ideas of the decade," the NS Double Bass is played by notables such as Tony Levin, Rob Wasserman, Jimmy Haslip, and Les Claypool.
All NS Double Basses feature the BiPolar transducer system. According to the designer. Ned Steinberger, the BiPolar transducer is the first and only pickup that allows the player to select string polarity. Two modes offer either the characteristic acoustic string bass tone with its rich bowed response and percussive attack, or the sustained sound ...