East pre-amp

[Jigster]

Have just acquired a bass with one of these - excited to use it this week in rehearsals. Can anyone give me a run down on what the mid-equaliser knob will do in a practical sense. Bass and treble cut and boost I obviously get.

Thanks for any info

[paul_5]

The outer ring (if it's the same one as mine) selects the mid frequency (150Hz to 3kHz) , and inner knob controls the amount of cut or boost applied to that frequency (+/- 12dB). Uber useful!

[url="http://www.east-uk.com/"]http://www.east-uk.com/[/url] has loads of info and specs etc...

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Edited August 12, 2012 by paul_5

[Darkstrike]

Remember though, on most of his preamps, bass is boost only, regardless of having a centre detent.

[paul_5]

True dat. The treble either boosts at 3kHz (clockwise) or cuts at 1KHz (anticlockwise), so it alters different frequencies depending on which way you turn it. You can also pull this knob up for a boost at 7kHz for extra top end boost.

Awesome piece of kit!

[Jigster]

thanks guys I suppose I meant more what it will do for my sound onstage - ie. by rolling the mid frequency up quite far, admittedly it's just on my practice amp right now, it creates a deeper sense of the mids, I'm imagining this will somehow give more presence to the sound in the mix?

[Darkstrike]

Well, with the sweep it can do a lot of things. Work as an auxillary high knob, if you don't fancy the freq. of the regular high for a certan track, add deep punch, grindy attack, even out pick attack if you cut high mids.

I use mine like a wah often. Crank the mid boost, and roll the freq. sweep back and forth. Haven't found serious use for that, but it's fun!

[Jigster]

the wah sounds like fun

[Darkstrike]

It really is!

[gjones]

I love my J -Retro and the sweepable mid is the best thing about it. I like to turn it all the way to the right (as you look down on it - turn to the right for low mid and the left for hi mid) and use the top knob to dial in as much mid as I need. It really does give a punch and presence while playing with a band. I sometimes wonder how I ever managed without it.

[paul_5]

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thanks guys I suppose I meant more what it will do for my sound onstage - ie. by rolling the mid frequency up quite far, admittedly it's just on my practice amp right now, it creates a deeper sense of the mids, I'm imagining this will somehow give more presence to the sound in the mix?
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I use mine to mimic the sound of a P bass or a StingRay, as well as sounding like a great Jazz bass and just take one bass to sessions etc...

[BassBus]

When I went to pick up my Jazz after having a J-Retro fitted I couldn't get over how monstrous it had made the bass's sound. Big fan here. Love the mid controls.