BassAgent Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 A few months ago, I bought a USA Lakland JO5 which was fitted with a preamp. A DJ-Retro from John East, according to the seller. Hm, strange, because the control plate of a DJ is slightly curved, and on the JO it's symmetrical. The knobs however indicate a DJ-Retro (black-chrome vs chrome-chrome on the regular J-Retro). I took the preamp out because I wanted to restore the bass to passive, and wanted to fit it to my Sadowsky MetroExpress. It doesn't fit; the PCB is too far forward to squeeze in the control cavity. Point is: I can't seem to find which preamp it is. It's a symmetrical control plate (so you'd think J-Retro), the knobs are black-chrome (DJ-Retro)... Someone put some black tape which looks like kinesiology tape on it, and when I took it off it took a bit of the serial number sticker with it. It is barely readable, but what it certainly doesn't say is "East-UK [serial]", which it should say. So now I'm doubting it being something from John East at all. Can anyone ID this mystery preamp for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 It's a J-Retro, it's even written there: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 (edited) Got a response from mr East himself: Quote Hi Hidde We buy DJ plates directly from Lakland, and fit special J-Retro electronics to them for DJ-Retro. It’s purely a physical difference as the pots are on slight radius to match the Lakland curved plate. The electronics is a standard J-Retro. A JO5 will normally accept our standard J-Retro which uses a regular Fender Jazz style plate. The knobs being black and chrome is purely cosmetic. The pic confirms that it’s an East unit. Remove the white plug for the pickups, that’s a Lakland addition, to see if the preamp fits without their plug. Best wishes, John Edited September 13 by BassAgent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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