NS Fin (Steinberger for 2025)

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

I’ll just wait for the Harley Benton version for £500 in yellow 🙂

[Bolo]

Stupid. 

They could make 18 if they only used four strings per bass!

[Woodinblack]

2 hours ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

I’ll just wait for the Harley Benton version for £500 in yellow 🙂

 

or the hofner wooden version!

[LeftyJ]

That would probably be Hohner 

[Russ]

On 28/09/2025 at 13:21, Misdee said:

Bear in mind that most bass manufacturers have had to acquiesce to the fact that the prevalent trend is for P Basses and retro instruments in general. Kudos to Ned for completely ignoring that with this offering. There's no dressing this bass up as being anything but futuristic and hi-tech. 

 

 

I think that may have been the case maybe 5 years ago or so. You're starting to see a lot more interesting stuff showing up these days - headless and multiscale (and headless multiscale) have taken off in a big way, to the point where almost every major guitar manufacturer (except the dinosaurs like Fender, Gibson, etc) have added them to their ranges. I think Ned has come in with this at the right time. The people who like his NS stuff *really* like it, and are prepared to pay for it, to the point where nothing else will do. 

[Misdee]

28 minutes ago, Russ said:

I think that may have been the case maybe 5 years ago or so. You're starting to see a lot more interesting stuff showing up these days - headless and multiscale (and headless multiscale) have taken off in a big way, to the point where almost every major guitar manufacturer (except the dinosaurs like Fender, Gibson, etc) have added them to their ranges. I think Ned has come in with this at the right time. The people who like his NS stuff *really* like it, and are prepared to pay for it, to the point where nothing else will do. 

You might well be right; I'm getting too old and confused to understand what young  people  really want. (That was the basis of my defense in court, anyway.) That whole math rock, new metal thing is unlistenable for me so I don't pay too much attention 

 

  In terms of sales numbers I have no idea, but traditional designs still seem to proliferate in the mainstream.