Lakland JO5 and J-Retro

[MoJoKe]

I have just finished fitting and testing a J-Retro to my new (to me) JO5.....

Wow... Tone Monster or what... Just sayin'

I have lost some of the passive control, but then I have rarely, if ever, touched the tone knob on a Jazz, so the J-Retro volume + a choice of two pickup options about covers my needs.

When you want it to do its thing, flick it into active and stand well back!! This amazing and legendary preamp has been much discussed and reviewed before, so I won't go into detail here (unless asked!), but it has turned my lovely stock JO5 into something really special. Thank you John East!

[Machines]

I'd like to do the same with mine but they're a little too pricey for me.

[MoJoKe]

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I'd like to do the same with mine but they're a little too pricey for me.
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Agreed not cheap, but makes it a different beast. It's now like having a jazz plus all that extra tone. In danger of causing a riot here, it's quite similar in tone palette to my old (sadly long gone) Wal.

My main bass until recently has been my 55-02, and though this one will take some getting used to, I think it'll be largely displacing it soon!