Replacement preamp Sire V7

[Marvin]

I'm contemplating replacing the preamp in my V7. 

 

Ideally it'd be something relatively staight forward to fit, maybe a John East but I'm not sure which one.

 

Any pointers, advice etc gratefully received 

[Geek99]

Consider first what is actually wrong with it ?

[Marvin]

The Sire preamp has a 'baked in' sound, I'd like something that's maybe a bit flatter or neutral.

[rmorris]

On 28/02/2022 at 06:02, Marvin said:

The Sire preamp has a 'baked in' sound, I'd like something that's maybe a bit flatter or neutral.

Is that compared to running the bass passive ?

[gjones]

There's two types of John east Jazz bass pre amps, one of them has a flat response when all controls are at zero.

 

You can also order it with fender style knobs, which look great.

 

Edit: and they've come down in price by about £20 since I bought mine a few years ago!

Edited March 1, 2022 by gjones

[Sibob]

For short period I had a Sire V3 2nd Gen 5er that I ripped the preamp out of and just ran fully passive. Sounded fantastic.

Personally I think the pickups in those basses are underrated, or rather, overshadowed by the preamp.

 

Si

[lonestar]

How about Sadowsky ?

Sorry, he is a bit annoying 

Edited March 1, 2022 by lonestar

[BassBunny]

I'm a big Glockenklang fan and they are totally transparent when set flat.

If you set them flat and switch between active and passive, there is no difference at all.

[EBS_freak]

1 hour ago, lonestar said:

How about Sadowsky ?

Sorry, he is a bit annoying 

 

"Hi, I'm Lobster"

 

Grow up.