JOHN EAST J RETRO 01 PRE-AMP? Feedback please?

[Greg.Bassman]

Hi all.

Ok so, I was thinking of whacking one of these into my fender mexican jazz; just to give the ol' girl a bit of life again.

I read an article in bass guitar magazine recently, regarding the pre-amp, which sparked my initial interest.

Wanted to know what you guys made of it though? Feedback based on personal use is preferred please.

Cheers.

Edited February 19, 2016 by Greg.Bassman

[Treb]

Excellent sounding preamp, John East sure knows how to design a great EQ. Controls have a useable range. Bass boost, treble boost&cut, bright switch and a mid boost&cut with sweep. Excellent construction. What's not to like? Buy one! BTW, John is very responsive, drop him an email should you have any questions. I have the the DJ Retro preamp in my Lakland.

Edited February 19, 2016 by Treb

[woodster]

I have East pre-amps in 3 of my basses, including a J retro, J-retro deluxe (with additional tone control) and a P-retro. They are fantastic pre-amps, powerful and flexible with so many useable tones. I highly recommend them!

[Jakester]

I put one in a mex and a jap and they were both amazing.

Just watch the depth of the rout as it didn't drop straight in into one of them.

[Owen]

They are lush. I could go on and on about them.

[DarkHeart]

I put one in my self build and its awesome its also ex Neil Murray for extra kudos!

[BassBus]

They are 9v pre amps but have the output of an 18v. Monstrous sound. I liked them so much I have J and U-Retros and an ACG EQ-01. All brilliant and easy to use. And yes, John is very easy to deal with, apart from being a genius at pre amp design.

Edited February 20, 2016 by BassBus

[bubinga5]

I dig the East preamps. But i have heard great things about Rogers retro fit jazz bass preamp. http://sadowsky.com/product/sadowsky-onboard-bass-preamp/

[therealting]

I have a J-Retro in my Dingwall Super J, and had a J-Retro Deluxe in my old Modern Player Jazz. Superb preamps. Very different to the Sadowsky pre in character. I do wish I had the Deluxe in the Super J as the passive tone control is very handy, but that would require a jack socket to be cut so I've avoided it so far.

[gjones]

They're great! I have one in my Jazz. Most of the venues I play provide a backline. So instead of playing about with the EQ of an unfamiliar amp, I just set everything at flat and use the retro to get my sound.

It will give your Mex Jazz a whole new lease of life.

Edited February 20, 2016 by gjones

[Greg.Bassman]

This is great lads. Cheers for the feedback. Will definitely consider it now!

[EmmettC]

I just put a J-Retro deluxe in my Sandberg TM5 it is amazing, so much better than the Glockenlang, I have a John East MM pre in my stingray too. I really like them.

[paul_5]

East pres are AMAZEBALLS - just whack one in your bass and you'll never look back.