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[quote name='dave_bass5' post='892082' date='Jul 11 2010, 05:02 PM']Damn that must have been good. What did you play?[/quote]Rocks by Primal Scream with extended guitar solo....nice!.

Setting up at a wedding,and the best man comes up and says there is a guest who is a guitarist ..would you mind if he came up and played a song...well we dont normally say yes,but seeing it turns out to be Dan Hawkins from the Darkness....a really nice guy...well yes OK THEN

Very,very nice Barrie...that looks great...bet it sounds as good as it looks

in answer to question 3,which sounds best,for me in order it is clip 3 then 2 and 1

I like the finish on the fretless,looks a bit unusual

Thats one heck of a great looking bass...and thanks for the info,very interesting reading Rich

[quote name='JTUK' post='832146' date='May 9 2010, 01:10 PM']I use two on Jazz 5 strings so the J model not the U model. I think they are the same, but the J comes on a J plate. Extremely verstaile and powerful...so much so that most people I know who use them..set the amp for the room and don't touch it thereafter. They then use the onboard pre for all variations. Big bass control but boast only even though the pot is indented, treble with presense push-pull which can cut your head off...there is probably too much there, in reality, and the mid sweep, which is very powerful. Of course, you have volume and pickup select and presense for the passive option which I think is great and you don't lose too much volume in that emergency. Run it at 18v as I believe the 9V version sucks all the battery power if run with the volume fully open.. I haven't changed my batts in my 18v basses for 6 months whereas the 9v hardly lasts 2 weeks..IME. This is some pre amp IMV.[/quote] Thanks JTUK,i think i will go for it. and the bass has an 18v pre so will keep it at that,thanks Ady

I have recently bought a Fender P5 deluxe that i am very happy with,...but not so much the preamp, so i am thinking of changing it with a John East U-RETRO 01 Deluxe Anyone use one of these,opinions and advise please Thanks Ady

After stupidly selling my red Fender P5 deluxe last year i have been looking out for a replacement,and finally bought this one last week on the ebay..i took a chance on not seeing or playing it before buying but had a good result, Its just great,looks good,weighs only 9lbs 4ozs..and a big bonus,the neck is slightly slimmer than the last one,and the B string is good. I have used it at one gig and a couple rehearsals and am very pleased with it.