Beedster

Anyone got a little bastard near Glasgow is yet another classic Glasgow-esque thread title http://basschat.co.uk/topic/176491-hard-case-glasgow-area/page__p__1654803__hl__glasgow__fromsearch__1#entry1654803 Sorry my post wasn't much help Matthew, hope that old Jazz is doing OK? Chris

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1338617521' post='1677196'] Gradually, over 30 - 60 years, you will see an incremental improvement in the quality of your lines. [/quote] Sorted then

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1338551764' post='1676183'] Maybe I didn't give it enough time... [/quote] Took me about a month of tweaking (and a few emails to John), but it was well worth it. It's not unlike a new girlfriend, give it a while and all those idiosyncrasies and become quite simple to understand and predict. I understand that it didn't work for you on the Squier, but that's a different bass (I assumed fretted?) and probably a different problem - bear in mind I chose the P-Retro to use on exactly the same instrument you're talking about, maple fretless 70's Precision, and for exactly the the very same reason

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1338547525' post='1676069'] Why was this more effective than using the controls on your amp? [/quote] Good question; It probably wouldn't be more effective if my amp had the frequency sweep options that the P-Retro has. That's why the P-Retro's such a powerful unit, previous P-Bass circuits I'd used simply replicated what the pre-amp stage of my amp did.

And a true bypass

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1338546810' post='1676052'] Very interesting Chris. Could you say what benefits in sound/tone you got from fitting the P-Retro? [/quote] Almost unlimited control over tone from a unit that requires no mods to go into a standard design Precision. I could do anything from SERIOUS dub through to in yer face clank with a few tweaks. It's an extremely elegant solution to the P-Bass circuit problem, which has usually required either mods (for the battery) or has been unsatisfactory tone/versatility-wise (e.g., the SD actives). My main question to John - as I was in similar position to the OP - was 'will it give me something close to a Jazz tone?'. He's a very straight-up guy and was not prepared to say yes but said 'try it and see'. I did and it was close enough for me. C

Stick in a P-Retro and only if you still can't get the sound you want install a J-PUP. I had the same dilemma with an early 70's maple fretless Precision and John East solved it for me. Chris

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1338297504' post='1672289'] It's like putting Dolly Parton's boobs on Kylie. [/quote] Which in itself is crying out for a photoshop project

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1338152771' post='1670227'] Seafoam green is my favourite colour (I don't own one), I love Precisions (I don't own one), I love black blocks on maple (don't own one), I love the P/J config too but this just doesn't work for me. [/quote] A truly classic post though mate You're right though, it's a horrible mutant that looks like it's been put together for a primary school photoshop project titled "My favourite bits of Fender in one bass". It's like putting Dolly Parton's boobs on Kylie.