Nordstrand Acinonyx

[Chris P.]

I love the Nordstrand Acinonyx! A great short scale bass. There are some US basses, but mostly they're made in the far east. Especially the blue ones are nice.

It has a couple of old school push buttons. One for neck pickup, one for bridge, one for both and I believe it goes from series to parallel (or the other way around) if you push in both the bridge and neck button.

Other push buttons are for a low cut, high cut and mid cut, if I'm right. Played it but I forgot.

[Dave W]

Nordstrand has a very good reputation, I expect it to be a good bass. Yet I wonder just how many mass-produced short scales the bass market can support.

[Rob]

I like the burpy sound that comes through in both videos.
I'm with Dave on market share and demand.

[Chris P.]

I think last NAMM had around nine new short scales. 

Sire U5
G&L Fallout
G&L Tribute Fallout
Music Man StingRay Short Scale
Ashdown had one
Dan Lakin short scale
Vox Starstream
Schecter Banshee
Sandberg Lionel
Some new Mustang models
Norstrand Acinonyx

And I might forget some

[Basvarken]

I like because it sounds good and because it's different.

[Pilgrim]

That Nordstrand has some great retro visuals going on.  Cooool!

[Alanko]

I'm not entirely sold on the headstock. A simpler 2+2 would have worked. It looks like they ran out of design mojo once they got to the nut (so to speak!).

I'm all for more basses with a true neck pickup though. I'm not in favour of pickups heading towards the bridge and then active circuitry putting back the low end. It isn't the same beast!