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Just bought a beautiful Thumb of Marco that he had refurbished. His communication was superb including sending me a video tour of the instrument! I am always wary of getting instruments overseas but would happily deal with Marco again as the transaction was seamless. Top guy to deal with!

Fab!

Apparently John not involved so much now.

tried that, they didn't bother to answer emails.

Yes the black on chrome works really well.

https://www.east-uk.com/index.php/all-products/j-tone101.html So easy to fix, no soldering, no routing straight swap out. I went for the Vol/Blend because it is more intuitive for me but you can go for the Vol/Vol option which I guess is closer to standard. Thoroughly recommend!

Did a deal recently with a great friend of mine to acquire this interesting bass. It is a Jaydee Celeste Supernatural 5, apparently only ten of these were ever made and one was for Geezer Butler as rumour has it! It has a gorgeous neck, beautiful body (which is a tad heavy). It is in great shape but at some point in it's life the pickups and electrics were removed and replaced with EMG pickups and pre-amp, which actually sound great. I am looking for some pickup surrounds or pickups which would fit better in the holes if anyone has any suggestions?

So, I acquired a lovely year 2000 US Fender Jazz recently. Took it to a gig with my Stingray and realised that whilst it was a beautiful instrument I am geared up for active basses and found it limp in comparison with my rock covers band. I put it up for sale initially but then did some research on onboard pre-amps and came to the conclusion that the new J-Tone by John East was the way to go. I have had John's kit before and it is beautifully designed and put together. It took minutes too install and has totally transformed the instrument. It is a straight drop in, no routing and no soldering. It has a push/pull pot which switches neatly between passive and active and the pot is also the passive tone control too, simple, clean and effective. The next pot is double stacked bass and treble in active mode and the remaining double stacked pot is volume and blend (this is also available with Vol/Vol too). It is still definitely a jazz and has all the right characteristics but it is now very much enhanced without losing any of the classic tones. This unit has made this instrument eminently usable for me and I will be gigging it tomorrow night with a big smile on my face!

cheers guys, makes sense

Good advice. Also I noticed that the one battery connector is very tight and there isn't any play in the length of wires so you have to push battery in and push against connector to fit it. Is this just mine or is this normal?

So, I just acquired one of these because I was curious about all the hype and wanted to see what all the fuss was about. First impressions are that I am very impressed, the tone is really, really good, the fit and finish is far better than a bass of this price range has a right to be and as a gigging instrument it is a no brainer. Only changes I would make at first glance would be the tuners and the bridge. Has anyone else on here done any upgrades on these?

Anyone know where I can obtain some jazz bass pickup surrounds? It is for 5 string jazz bass pickups. Cheers all

may the 4's be with you

Since I made the move to fives I have had a blast and totally got my head around it. I have just picked up a nice 4 in a trade and have enjoyed setting it up and playing it. I was concerned that going back and playing 4's might play with my head and muscle memory? How do you guys find swapping between the two types of bass?

I had one too, great bass but super low output

Great answers guys, and it pretty much confirms my thoughts. We tend not to use subs as we have found that the size of venues we play they are unnecessary, therefore wouldn't want the bass drum through them.